By Sam Boykin, staff writer
Published: December 1,2010
As if finding a job wasn’t hard enough in this economy, a report released this week by New York-based online job search engine Juju.com ranks Charlotte 16th in job-search difficulty. Washington, D.C., was ranked the least difficult place to find a job, while Las Vegas was the most difficult. But some Charlotteans took issue with [...]
By Deon Roberts, editor
Published: December 1,2010
When Shaw Power Group announced Tuesday plans to add 225 jobs in Charlotte, it electrified economic development officials, who have been trying to raise the city’s profile as an energy capital. SPG, part of Baton Rouge, La.-based The Shaw Group, released the news after announcing the day before that the company and Toshiba Corp. entered [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 19,2010
Google this: western North Carolina is quickly becoming a hot spot to locate a data center. With companies such as Facebook, Apple, Wipro and, of course, Google investing millions in smaller, more rural towns to develop sites into large data centers, the region is becoming a technological corridor attractive to similar companies. Mecklenburg County, though, [...]
By Caitlin Coakley, staff writer
Published: October 28,2010
With Mecklenburg County’s unemployment rate at 10.5 percent and the economy still sluggish, it’s no wonder that nearly all candidates in the upcoming Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners races have vowed to make the economy their No. 1 priority if they take office. But experts suggest that such promises may be easier said than done. [...]
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