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Impact of tariffs on NC electronics and tech manufacturing
Tariffs are adding uncertainty to NC tech businesses.
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N.C.’s Apple deal named worst of 2021
The $846 million subsidy deal that North Carolina struck with Apple just topped the “year’s worst” list of a nonpartisan economic think tank. The Center for Economic Accountability selected the 39-year agreement to put Apple’s campus in Research Triangle Park as the “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year,” saying that its annual $21 million...
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N.C. gets a bite at the Apple
This week Apple Inc. announced North Carolina will be the new home to a billion-dollar campus working in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and software engineering. The move will create 3,000 jobs that pay an average of $187,000 annually. It is a high-impact announcement for the area around the state capital, Raleigh/Durham and Cary, but the...
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Governor’s pipeline negotiator had ties to Duke Energy
Ken Eudy, Gov. Roy Cooper’s policy adviser, was the governor’s key negotiator with Duke Energy in developing a $57.8 discretionary Atlantic Coast Pipeline fund Duke and its utility partners would pay to Cooper. Duke Energy also was a client of Capstrat, the marketing, advertising, lobbying and public relations firm Eudy co-founded in 1994. Documents released...
Opinion
Beware parachute journalism
Have you ever seen a news story reported in a national or regional media outlet about your hometown, or a place you know well, that portrays the area in such a light that you just can’t recognize it? The piece might use anecdotes or other information about the area to make a larger point, perhaps...
Opinion
Beware parachute journalism
Out-of-town reporters can miss the real story while chasing their favorite narrative.
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Friday Interview: A Closer Look at Rebranding the GOP
RALEIGH — Ever since Republicans lost the presidential election last November, the GOP’s fifth loss in the popular vote in the last six presidential races, some pundits have called for rebranding of the Republican Party. There’s been much less discussion of what rebranding would mean. Earlier this year, the John Locke Foundation’s Shaftesbury Society heard some ideas from Mark McNeilly, a lecturer at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He teaches topics such as branding after a 30-year career at IBM and Lenovo that included experience in marketing, strategy, and management. McNeilly discussed GOP rebranding with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
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Universities, Businesses Try To Spur Economic Growth
RALEIGH — Economic prospects for both the state and the university have changed dramatically since the UNC system released its “UNC Tomorrow” report in 2007, but that hasn’t stopped UNC from pushing its broad vision as a driver of economic transformation in North Carolina.
Opinion
21st Century Questions
The fight over public school history requirements is tied to a larger effort to place more of the school curriculum in a “contemporary context.”
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Friday Interview: Sun Tzu and the Business World
RALEIGH — When looking for ways to improve your business, you might not think of turning toward an ancient Chinese military text for help. But Mark McNeilly has mined Sun Tzu’s The Art Of War for lessons you can apply to the business world. McNeilly, executive director for brand management and strategic marketing at Lenovo, is author of Sun Tzu and the Art of Business. He discussed themes from that book with Mitch Kokai for Carolina Journal Radio.
