Freightliner Cuts 1,200 Charlotte-Area Jobs
The numbers are in on Daimler Chrysler’s plan to lay off workers at its three Charlotte area Freightliner plants. The tally is 1,200 jobs. To comply with federal law, Daimler notified state and local...
View ArticleMetLife To Bring 2,600 Jobs To Charlotte And Cary
In what’s billed as the biggest jobs announcement in state history, Gov. Pat McCrory Thursday announced the arrival of 2,600 jobs with insurance giant MetLife, with half coming to Charlotte. MetLife,...
View ArticleChanged Choices Gives One Woman A Second Chance
Nationally, more than a quarter of all women who end up in prison, return to prison . A local nonprofit, Changed Choices, works to change that by providing support to female offenders from when they...
View ArticleLong-Term Unemployment
Currently, nearly half a million North Carolinans and 43,000 Charlotteans are jobless. Recently we found out that the state’s unemployment rate for April was 8.9 percent, the first time since 2009 that...
View ArticleCleveland County Approves Incentives For Unknown Company
Cleveland County commissioners took a bit of an unusual vote Tuesday night at a public hearing. The commission approved tax incentives to lure a new business to Shelby—that part’s pretty standard. The...
View ArticleGaston Secures Federal Grant For High Tech Job Center
Like the rest of the state, Gaston County is facing a shortage of people with the skills required to work in today's high tech factories. Gaston College hopes to address the issue with a training...
View ArticleEconomic Update With John Connaughton
According to frequent guest, UNC Charlotte Economics Professor John Connaughton , the economy is on the upswing in almost every sector. Interest rates may be on the rise and the housing industry, at...
View ArticleThe Internship Economy
An internship has long been considered the key to employment. In 2012, 60 percent of college graduates who took part in a paid internship received at least one job offer. Thirty-seven percent of...
View ArticleNC Almost Done Privatizing Part Of Commerce Department
The North Carolina House and Senate are finalizing significant changes to how the state recruits and retains businesses. The chambers have passed slightly different versions of a bill to privatize part...
View ArticleAvidXchange Expanding, Creating 600 Jobs In Charlotte
A software company founded in Charlotte is expanding to create about 600 jobs. AvidXchange will also build a new headquarters at the Music Factory. AvidXchange's first office was in an old fire station...
View ArticleNC Jobs Recovery Reaches Milestone
North Carolina has recovered the jobs it lost during the deep economic downturn, according to the state Commerce Department's latest unemployment report . Here's some context: The recession got started...
View ArticleUS Secretary Of Commerce Talks Jobs And Trade In Charlotte
The U.S. Secretary of Commerce made a stop in Charlotte Wednesday. She answered questions from business leaders and students at a symposium in uptown. It was an event sponsored by the Charlotte Chamber...
View ArticleCredit Suisse To Bring 1,200 Jobs To NC; Panthers' Oher Booked In Assault Case
Swiss bank Credit Suisse will add 1,200 jobs at its technology hub in the Research Triangle, representing North Carolina's largest corporate expansion since MetLife Inc. said in 2013 that it could move...
View ArticleAllstate Expands Operations In Charlotte
Allstate Insurance Company is bringing 2,250 jobs to Charlotte. The governor announced the expansion Wednesday at the Chamber of Commerce. The insurer said it will hire claims specialists, actuaries,...
View ArticleBattery Maker Alevo Shuts Concord Plant, Cutting 300 Jobs
An industrial battery company that took over the former Philip Morris plant in Concord three years ago is going out of business. Nearly 300 people are losing their jobs.
View ArticleNon-Profit Takes Training Opportunities To Neighborhoods
Charlotte Works is taking a different approach in its efforts to improve economic mobility for the city’s poor by focusing on neighborhoods. The Mecklenburg County workforce development board plans to...
View ArticleStanley Announces 500-Employee Power Tool Plant In Fort Mill
Stanley Black & Decker says it will build a $31 million power tool manufacturing plant near Fort Mill, S.C., south of Charlotte. The plant will make Dewalt cordless tools, and is expected to...
View ArticleAmazon Says Charlotte Falls Short On Tech Talent
Amazon has given local business recruiters a bit of feedback on why Charlotte didn't make the list of 20 finalists for the company's planned $5 billion second headquarters. One key reason: a shortage...
View ArticleMassMutual Moving 300 Jobs From Charlotte To Massachusetts
Financial services company MassMutual is moving about 300 corporate office jobs from south Charlotte to Massachusetts as part of a big restructuring announced this week.
View ArticleSoft Drink Machine Maker Bringing 250 Jobs To Cornelius
A company that makes home soft drink machines is taking over the long-vacant Michael Waltrip Racing shop off Exit 28 in Cornelius. Lake Norman business recruiters say Sprizzi Drink Company is creating...
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