North Carolina's Democrat in the U.S. Senate gave Cary software maker SAS a plug in a speech to lawmakers Tuesday.
U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan said SAS software could save billions in wasted and fraudulent health-care expenses, our sister blog Under the Dome reports. SAS makes software that government agencies and corporations use to mine vast amounts of data to spot trends and make predictions.
Campaign finance records show that Hagan received $4,000 from SAS CEO Jim Goodnight or his wife, Ann Goodnight, for her Senate campaign.
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