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NC Christmas Towns: Winston-Salem twinkles with Christmas spirit
Winston-Salem comes to life with holiday lights and festive activities.
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NC Christmas Towns: Marion lights up with holiday magic
Those looking for the hometown holiday experience should visit Marion, NC in the coming weeks.
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NC Christmas Towns: Fayetteville features a magical holiday roundup
Fayetteville has a lineup of Christmas festivities promising fun for old and young.
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Sowing Resilience: A new approach to combat food deserts
Food insecurity in North Carolina requires innovative thinking and digging into the challenges facing growers and consumers.
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VinFast’s losses continue to mount, officials still optimistic
Coming on the heels of a second-quarter report that saw losses of $526.7 million, VinFast reported Thursday that it lost an additional $623 million for the third quarter of 2023. That brings total losses since 2021 for the Vietnamese electric vehicle maker to $5.1 billion.
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Allstate’s pulling out of NC incentive deal continues trend
One of the nation’s oldest and largest insurance companies had its incentives package terminated by the North Carolina Economic Investment Committee Tuesday for failing to add thousands of jobs to its operations center in Charlotte.
Opinion
Black entrepreneurs in NC find success with simple, timeless comfort food
Fried chicken, collard greens, pinto beans, potato salad, cornbread, and of course macaroni & cheese — all staple items located on menus at Black-owned restaurants across the country. Some call it “Southern food,” others “soul food,” and you’ll hear the occasional “country cooking” tossed around too. But in the end, these simple and timeless menu...
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Uncertainty surrounding EV maker with plans to build in NC after announcing layoffs
A Vietnamese electric vehicle maker with plans to build a production plant in Chatham County may be in trouble after announcing it is cutting 80 jobs in the U.S., including its chief financial officer, all before delivering its first vehicle.
Opinion
When politics enters the workplace
Should businesses weigh in on political controversies? According to a recent Gallup poll, the general public is closely divided on the question, 48% in favor and 52% opposed. Not surprisingly, young people are friendlier to the idea — but even their preferences are more nuanced than a single yes-or-no question can convey. That’s one of...
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NC restaurant owner taps state’s booming business climate
With North Carolina recently being ranked the top state in the nation for business by CNBC (and just about everyone else) there are lots of headlines about major corporations relocating here to get the competitive advantage. But there are also thousands of smaller companies that relocate here or open storefronts every year. Last year this...
Opinion
North Carolina’s decade of tax reform
Naysayers from the political left warned that revenues would plummet, and our state would face a budget crisis.
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More than 50 N.C. business, political figures back brief supporting Leandro plaintiffs
Self-proclaimed “recognized leaders in the North Carolina business community” are jumping into the Leandro school funding debate. They filed paperwork Wednesday in the N.C. Supreme Court to support plaintiffs seeking court-ordered education funding.
