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Article: Haywood. (Regional Report).(Brief ...
Business North Carolina;  October 1, 2002 ;     538 words ...Haywood is the only county in western North Carolina expressing interest in a high-security, 1,000-cell prison and the approximately 400 jobs it would create. County commissioners haven't identified a site. But the N.C. Department of Correction requires 150 acres with electricity, water and sewer

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Business North Carolina;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...HOOKERTON -- Tile Restoration, which restores and sanitizes tile in places such as hospitals, will invest about $800,000 in an expansion that will add 100 jobs at an average salary of $22,800. The company employs 35. HAMLET -- Webb Trucking, which hauls paper products for manufacturers here and in

Article: Western.(Regional Report)(Brief ...
Business North Carolina;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...FLETCHER -- Grand Rapids, Mich.-based Steelcase will close its officefurniture plant by the end of the year, eliminating 480 jobs. The company will shift the work to Michigan and California. BLACK MOUNTAIN -- Houstonbased Cooper Bussman, which makes electrical fuses, will phase out operations here

Article: Charlotte.(Regional Report)(Brief ...
Business North Carolina;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...CHARLOTTE -- Bank of America will spend $68.1 million to open 23 branches in South Florida within two years. Wachovia is expanding into the wholesale and retail markets in Texas. It will open 30 to 50 branches per year from 2005 to 2010. HIDDENITE -- Bassett, Va.-based furniture maker Bassett

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Business North Carolina;  April 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...MORRISVILLE -- Software maker ChannelAdvisor, which helps companies such as IBM and Sears sell merchandise on the Internet, plans to double its work force to about 120 this year after receiving $7 million in venture capital. Investors included Waltham, Mass.-based Kodiak Venture Partners and San

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Business North Carolina;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...Easley wants U.S. to leave trees alone North Carolina asked the federal government to protect 174,000 acres of national forest--152,000 acres of it in western counties--from loggers and road builders. Gov. Mike Easley told the U.S. Department of Agriculture that the Nantahala and Pisgah national

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Business North Carolina;  May 1, 2002 ;     633 words ...Columbus County's economy is improving, but not enough, soy county officials, complaining that a state Department of Commerce decision to move the county from Tier 1, the poorest counties, to Tier II will cost it state economic-recruiting money. Unemployment was 9.5% in January, compared with 11% a