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Siemens Energy to invest $421 million in NC 

This week Siemens Energy announced that it would be investing $421 million to expand its’ operations in North Carolina. The expansions will occur at multiple locations, involve the manufacturing of energy infrastructure equipment, and are expected to create 500 new jobs statewide. “The equipment we produce in North Carolina is helping meet our nation’s unprecedented...

Katherine Zehnder, Isabella Cashman
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Aging societies and falling birth rate could cost trillions, McKinsey report finds

A new report by the McKinsey Global Institute sounds the alarm on what it calls one of the most significant and under-discussed global issues facing advanced economies: Population decline driven by falling fertility rates. With two-thirds of the world living in countries where fertility rates are below the replacement rate of 2.1 children per family,...

David N. Bass

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Whistleblower report blows the lid on VinFast vehicles safety

A British whistleblower has been fired over his alleged claims that VinFast vehicles can fall apart while driving, causing serious injuries or death, as in the case of a family of four from California that were killed earlier this year. The state of North Carolina is spending hundreds of millions of dollars on the car maker's Chatham County manufacturing project.

Theresa Opeka