From October to November, a record-high 3,500 jobs were shed in Charlotte’s leisure and hospitality industry, according to the latest unemployment data from the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina. It’s the most jobs lost in a single month in that sector in Mecklenburg County since 1990, when the ESC started tracking the data, said [...]
Katie Simon walked around uptown Charlotte Tuesday, having just finished a job interview. For the 30-year-old, the Queen City seemed like a place she could call home. “I’m really hoping this works out for me,” said Simon, who lives in Greenville, S.C., and wouldn’t reveal the name of her potential employer. “I want to stay [...]
From expanding facilities, mergers and acquisitions and the creation of new jobs, there’s been a spate of business announcements in Charlotte recently. Some say the announcements indicate that the region’s business climate is improving, but they are hesitant to say when Charlotte will emerge from the recession. “Charlotte is hitting the radar of a lot [...]
Looking to generate some buzz for their new marketing and public relations company, Trafk Media, business partners Todd Trimakas and Matt Kokenes used chalk to create about 50 temporary ads on uptown sidewalks on Halloween. “It was a way to get the word out about the company that was not the norm,” Trimakas said. “Plus [...]
Across the nation, there has been a movement toward the development of electric smart grids. The grids allow utility customers to track and manage energy use on a near real-time basis, giving the customer an opportunity to decrease power use and save money. President Barrack Obama last year awarded $3.4 billion in stimulus money to [...]
