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MoveOn plans Bank of America HQ protest over taxes

By The Associated Press
Published: April 18,2011

The liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org is making Bank of America a target in a campaign over what it calls unfair tax policies. Members of the group plan to rally outside the bank’s Charlotte headquarters today, the day federal income tax payments are due. It’s part of a national campaign aimed at other major corporations, including [...]


NC Supreme Court rejects Google incentives lawsuit

By The Associated Press
Published: February 5,2011

RALEIGH — North Carolina’s Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit Friday filed by a few taxpayers who challenged tens of millions of dollars in tax breaks used to lure Google Inc. to Caldwell County. Justices did not explain their decision that allows a lower ruling to stand. The state Court of Appeals ruled last year that [...]


Major data centers skip over Mecklenburg County (access required)

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, [...]