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Raleigh and Charlotte among top five cities for recent college grads
Two North Carolina cities are among the top five cities in the country for recent college graduates, according to payroll services company ADP.
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Troxler calls for more investment in state agriculture
With a growing population and need for more infrastructure, N.C. Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler stressed an urgent need for more investment in three department areas during a joint House and Senate Agriculture Committee meeting last week in Raleigh: department staff, farmland preservation, and agriculture research.
Opinion
Why we are losing the cyberwar
“The time has clearly come for the federal government to take on a larger role in the growing fight against cyber criminals.” This dangerous rhetoric comes from Rep. Deborah Ross’s July 16 opinion piece published by The Hill. Ross, a member of the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, also represents the Second District...
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Race to a vaccine: RTP company may have leg up on being first to market
If Novavax’s coronavirus vaccine gets approved, manufacturers in North Carolina hope to have millions of doses already prepared and immediately ready to immunize residents. Fujifilm Diosynth, a Japanese contract drug manufacturer, is making the main component of Novavax’s potential coronavirus vaccine in Research Triangle Park. The manufacturer is stockpiling vaccine ingredients to prepare for the...
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Trump visits RTP, vows COVID-19 vaccine in record time
President Trump promised fast approval of a COVID-19 vaccine when he came to North Carolina to talk about the progress of a potential vaccine candidate. Trump visited the Triangle on Monday, July 27, to see the production of a possible coronavirus vaccine at Japanese drug manufacturer Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies’ Innovation Center in Morrisville. Fujifilm Diosynth...
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Charlotte, RTP going all in to land Amazon’s second headquarters
Charlotte and the Research Triangle Park are joining the growing number of candidates submitting proposals for Amazon’s second headquarters. The tech giant plans to invest $5 billion for construction and hire up to 50,000 new employees. Proposals are due by Oct. 19, but the company won’t announce its choice until next year. Amazon is the...
