Editing Research Triangle (section)

== Economy ==
[[File:IBM Research Triangle Park Raleigh North Carolina panorama.jpg|thumb|[[IBM]] [[Research Triangle Park]] facility, pictured around 1982]]
The region's growing high-technology community includes such companies as [[IBM]], [[Lenovo]], [[SAS Institute]], [[Cisco Systems]], [[NetApp]], [[Red Hat]], [[EMC Corporation]], and [[Credit Suisse First Boston]]. In addition to high-tech, the region is consistently ranked in the top three in the U.S. with concentration in life science companies. Some of these companies include [[GlaxoSmithKline]], [[Biogen Idec]], [[BASF]], [[Merck & Co.]], [[Novo Nordisk]], [[Novozymes]], and [[Pfizer]]. [[Research Triangle Park]] and [[Centennial Campus|North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus]] in Raleigh support innovation through R&D and technology transfer among the region's companies and research universities (including Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

The area fared relatively well during the [[late-2000s recession]], ranked as the strongest region in North Carolina by the [[Brookings Institution]] and among the top 40 in the country.  The change in unemployment during 2008 to 2009 was 4.6% and home prices was 2%.  The [[Greensboro, North Carolina|Greensboro]] metropolitan area was listed among the second-weakest and the [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]] area among the middle in the country.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2009/06/15/daily31.html|title=Brookings report ranks Raleigh–Cary strongest metro in N.C.|last=Snipes|first=Cameron |date=June 17, 2009|publisher=Triangle Business Journal|access-date=2009-06-23}}</ref>

===Major employers===
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* [[ABB]]
* [[Ajinomoto]]
* [[American Airlines]]
* [[BASF]]
* [[Bank of America]]
* [[Bayer]]
* [[BB&T]]
* Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
* [[Biogen]]
* [[bioMérieux]]
* [[The Body Shop]]
* [[Burt's Bees]]
* [[Caterpillar Inc.]]
* [[Cisco Systems]]
* [[Credit Suisse Group]]
* [[Cree Inc.]]
* [[Cengage]]
* [[Dell EMC]]
* [[Delta Electronics]]
* [[Deutsche Bank]]
* [[Duke University]]
* [[Durham Public Schools]]
* [[DuPont]]
* [[Eaton Corporation|Eaton]]
* [[Fidelity Investments]]
* [[Fujifilm]]
* [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]]
* [[General Electric]]
* [[GKN]]
* [[GlaxoSmithKline]]
* [[Google]]
* [[IBM]]
* [[Intel]]
* [[IQVIA]]
* [[John Deere]]
* [[LabCorp]]
* [[Lenovo]]
* [[MetLife]]
* [[National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences]], part of the [[National Institutes of Health]]
* [[Netapp]]
* [[North Carolina#Government and politics|North Carolina state government]] (including University of NC system)
* [[Novo Nordisk]]
* [[Nvidia]]
* [[Oracle Corporation]]
* [[Pfizer]] (Pfizer Poultry Health)
* [[Progress Energy Inc|Progress Energy]]
* [[PNC Financial Services|PNC]] (PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.)
* [[Qualcomm]]
* [[Railinc Corporation]]
* [[Red Hat]]
* [[Research Triangle Institute]]
* [[SAS Institute]]
* [[Sony Ericsson]]
* [[Syngenta]]
* [[Teleflex Medical]]
* [[Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions]]
* [[Toyota]]
* [[Truist Financial]]
* [[United States Forest Service]]
* [[Verizon]]
* [[Wake County Public School System]]
* [[WakeMed]] Hospital
}}

=== Major hospitals, medical centers and medical schools ===
[[File:North Carolina Memorial Hospital.jpg|thumb|North Carolina Memorial and Children's hospitals in Chapel Hill]]
[[File:2008-07-15 Durham VA Medical Center.jpg|thumb|Durham VA Medical Center in Durham]]

The Research Triangle region is served by these hospitals and medical centers:<ref>{{cite web|title=North Carolina Hospitals and Medical Centers |publisher=The Agape Center |url=http://theagapecenter.com/Hospitals/North-Carolina.htm |access-date=2008-05-30}}</ref>
* Hospitals of the [[Duke University Health System]]
** Duke Ambulatory Surgery Center (Durham)
** Duke Children's Hospital and Health Center (Durham)
** Duke Raleigh Hospital (formerly Raleigh Community Hospital)
** Duke University Medical Center (Durham)
** Duke Regional Hospital (formerly Durham Regional Hospital)
** Person Memorial Hospital (Roxboro)
* Hospitals of the [[UNC Health Care]] system
** Chatham Hospital (Siler City)
** North Carolina Cancer Hospital (Chapel Hill)
** North Carolina Children's Hospital (Chapel Hill)
** North Carolina Memorial Hospital (Chapel Hill)
** North Carolina Neurosciences Hospital (Chapel Hill)
** North Carolina Women's Hospital (Chapel Hill)
** [[Rex Hospital]] (Raleigh)
** UNC Health Johnston (Smithfield)
* Hospitals of the [[WakeMed]] system
** WakeMed Raleigh Campus (formerly Wake Memorial Hospital and Wake Medical Center)
** WakeMed North Hospital
** WakeMed Cary Hospital (formerly Western Wake Medical Center)
* Other hospitals and medical centers
** Central Regional Hospital (Butner)
** Durham [[Veteran's Administration|VA]] Medical Center (Durham)
** Franklin Regional Medical Center (Louisburg)
* Harnett Health System (Dunn)
** Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital
** Angier Medical Services
** Good Hope Hospital
** Betsy Johnson Cancer Research Clinic
** Central Harnett Hospital
* Medical Schools
** [[Duke University School of Medicine]]
** [[University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine]]
** [[Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine]]