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Aquesta 3Q net soars 43%
Oct. 15. Aquesta Financial Holdings reported third quarter net income rose 43% to $1 million from the same year-ago period. “We experienced another quarter of exciting growth in earnings, core deposits and loans. Our annualized 37.1 percent growth in core deposits continues to demonstrate our employees’ dedication to serving our customers and the community at-large,” said […]
Top Women event honors achievers
By Katie Sherman. Twenty women with exceptional backgrounds, backbones and positive attitudes will be honored at Business Today’s Top Women Champagne Reception & Mini Business Expo Oct. 17 at River Run Country Club. Winners will be announced at the event, and in the November edition of Business Today. Twenty-five percent of this year’s nominees identified […]
2 Cornelius finance execs sued by SEC
Oct. 11. UPDATE 5:30 pm. By Dave Yochum. Two Cornelius financial executives have been charged with fraud by the Securities and Exchange Commission. The SEC says Marlin Hershey and Dana Bradley fraudulently raised nearly $6 million from investors, some of whom were family and friends. The SEC’s complaint, filed in U.S. District Court in Charlotte, […]
LKN Biz Expo: Networking in a digital world
Oct. 10. The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce Business Expo is under way right now at the Huntersville Recreation Center. In a digital world, there is room for old-school analog—and dialog. This particular B2B expo—which runs until 5 pm—has held its own since the very first year when Chamber CEO Bill Russell asked a Cornelius […]
New Corporations September 2019
Mecklenburg County 9/3/19 Studio8to10 Inc., United States Corporation Agents, 15112 Sharrow Bay Ct., Huntersville 9/3/19 Triple F LLC, Nicole V. Bryan, 442 S. Main St. Ste. 10, Davidson 9/4/19 Crusader Properties LLC, Jesse C. Jones, 209 Delburg St. Ste. 203, Davidson 9/4/19 SLI Hazardous Transport INC., Jacob J. Palillo, 18611 Starcreek Dr., Cornelius 9/4/19 SouthCreek […]
Home Transactions September 2019
Iredell County 9/10/19 $473,000 Todd & Daris Ervin to Brian & April Bird, 149 Orchard Farm Ln. 28117 9/10/19 $291,000 Raja Ranganathan & Julie Kottamala to Brandon & Madison Bell, 118 Farmers Folly Dr. 28117 9/11/19 $950,000 Charles Stephen Ebert to Colleen & Joseph Delany, 621 Barber Loop 28117 9/11/19 $400,000 Michael & Randy Reese […]
Ice cream franchises aren’t just desserts
Oct. 9. Ice cream franchises are hot and it’s not just this year’s prolonged heat. Andy’s Frozen Custard will open a new location in a 48,000 square foot shopping center in Cornelius to be known as Catawba at Knox. The Missouri-based chain has some four dozen locations in eight states. The 48,225-square-foot shopping center on […]
Aquesta hires new Charlotte market president
Jeff Brinkman has been named Charlotte market president for Aquesta Bank. He will be based in Aquesta’s Rea Farms branch which opened in August. He will help develop and grow commercial relationships in the Charlotte area, as well as promote the bank in the Charlotte market and identify hiring and expansion opportunities. Brinkman 30 years […]
Ginny Mackin is keynote speaker at Top Women Champagne Reception
By Katie Piccirillo Sherman. Ginny Mackin, a 35-year communications veteran of world-class companies, will be the speaker at Business Today’s 15th Annual Top Women Champagne Reception & Mini Business Expo on Oct. 17. Mackin has led critical communications efforts for large, multinational companies such as Bank of America, Wells Fargo Corp., Duke Energy and Ingersoll […]
New EVP at Uwharrie Bank
Stafford Kelly is the new executive vice president and senior relationship manager at Uwharrie Bank. The new EVP will be responsible for developing, leading and executing growth in both new and existing commercial relationships throughout the Charlotte region. CEO Brendan Duffey said Kelly is a rising star in Charlotte’s commercial banking landscape and an “excellent” […]
