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NSTAR Global Services Earns Fourth Consecutive Year on Prestigious Inc. 500/5000 List
Raleigh, NC - August 24, 2010 - NSTAR Global Services, a leading service and staffing provider to high-tech manufacturing industries around the globe, has earned a place on the prestigious Inc. 500/5000 list of the fastest growing entrepreneurial companies in America, for the fourth year in a row.With a 3-year growth rate of 28%, NSTAR Global Services ranks 4th in their category in North Carolina, 20th in the entire Southeast, and 101st Nationwide. Overall, the company earned a rank of 4186 among all industries nationwide. As an Inc. 5000 honoree, NSTAR shares a prestigious pedigree with some of the most successful businesses in America.
Raleigh Tops for Quality of Life
Raleigh can’t match the cultural splendors of New York, the financial clout of Chicago, or the ethnic diversity of Los Angeles. But it does have plenty of attractive qualities of its own.
Such as its high-tech industries, which have established Raleigh as an anchor of the famed Research Triangle. Then there are its high-profile universities, led by North Carolina State, which have cemented its reputation as an educational center. And its status as a state capital, which has brought political prominence and economic stability.
And now you can add this: Raleigh is the major metropolitan market that offers the best quality of life in the United States. Raleigh earned first place, edging out two metros that are substantially larger, No. 2 Washington and No. 3 Minneapolis-St. Paul.
M+W Americas acquires 100 percent of NSTAR Global Services
The global engineering and construction company M+W Group (formerly M+W Zander) strengthens its position in the high tech services business. Today the company announced that its subsidiary, M+W Americas, Inc. purchased 100 percent of NSTAR Global Services
Raleigh big population winner, Buffalo big loser
Raleigh has made the most impressive climb since 2000 in the population rankings of metropolitan areas, according to estimates released Tuesday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
North Carolina’s Raleigh-Cary metro, which ranked 59th in 2000, is 49th in the new standings. Its rise of 10 places in nine years is the biggest gain registered by any metro in the current top 50.