North Carolina’s business climate ranks first in the nation, according to an annual listing by Site Selection magazine.
The Tar Heel State garnered the top honor for the fifth consecutive year.
“The concentration of brainpower and research and development activity in North Carolina cuts across many disciplines, territories and institutions,” says Adam Bruns, managing editor of Site [...]
November 9, 2009
N.C. ranked first for business climate
November 9, 2009
Cato’s October sales up 4%
Cato Corp. reports sales for the four weeks ended Oct. 31 of $61.9 million, a 4 percent increase from $59.5 million a year ago.
Sales at stores in operation for at least a year were flat.
The Charlotte-based retailer says higher-than-expected sales and margins will push projected earnings to between 7 cents and 9 cents per diluted [...]
November 9, 2009
Davidson College honored for value
Davidson College has been named the fourth-best value among top liberal arts colleges by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance.
The rankings are based largely on academic quality and affordability. Tuition, fees and room and board cost $45,000 at the private school.
Pomona College in California ranked first, followed by Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania and Williams College in Massachusetts.
Davidson is [...]
November 9, 2009
Dewey’s Bakery to open holiday store
Dewey’s Bakery has opened a seasonal holiday store in Biltmore Village.
Based in Winston-Salem, Dewey’s opened in 1930 and has become noted around the state for selling baked goods such as Moravian sugar cookies and sugar cake.
The seasonal store, which will be open through December, also will sell gift tins, baskets, ornaments and other holiday items.
The [...]
November 9, 2009
Asheville GoMini’s Dealer Receives Asheville Chamber Award
GoMini’s Portable Storage in Asheville has been recognized as one of the area’s fastest growing small businesses by the Asheville Chamber of Commerce.
On Thursday, October 29, the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce hosted a Business After Hours at the North Carolina Arboretum attended by hundreds of local business leaders to announce the 2009 Sky High [...]
