Local female business leaders honored at inaugural WomanUP networking event

The capacity crowd joined staff members of the CoC, event sponsors and colleagues to share breakfast and network with fellow women professionals from a diverse array of local industries. After the breakfast, an awards ceremony recognized three local female leaders in business, executive leadership and the nonprofit world.

Bye bye, Asheville Savings Bank

According to the manager at our branch, the proxy votes have all been counted and the move to trade Asheville Savings Bank on the stock market has been "unanimously decided.” (How can it be unanimous if we voted against it?) What's so bad about this? Well, the stock market is much less stable than the […]

Biz: Safe havens

With all the turmoil and confusion in the financial sector, it’s easy to believe that the carnage is endemic. But while the pall of doom is all too real, not every financial institution is in peril. Give them credit: While the banking and financial sectors are in a shambles, relatively cautious, conservative credit unions and […]