An Oregon energy-efficiency firm plans to open its first East Coast office in North Carolina and has hired the former head of Duke Energy’s Save-A-Watt program to run it. Ted Schultz has joined Ecos IQ Inc. as a senior vice president for strategy and innovation. Schultz had been Duke’s vice president of energy efficiency and [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘News: Charlotte’
September 1, 2010
Small-business hiring up 4.1% this year
Payroll firm SurePayroll’s monthly Business Scorecard finds continued modest hiring gains among small businesses, but with pay little changed. U.S. small-business hiring in July continued at the same pace as in June, up 0.2 percent, SurePayroll says. That’s the second consecutive month of 0.2 percent hiring growth. The average paycheck was down 0.1 percent after [...]
September 1, 2010
Study ranks N.C. 8th on jobs potential from energy efficiency
North Carolina ranks eighth among states with the greatest potential for economic development through energy-efficiency policies, according to a report by a national think tank and an energy-investment firm. It’s the only Southeastern state in the top 10, which is led by Connecticut, California and Maryland. Florida is the only other Southeastern state in the [...]
August 25, 2010
N.C. gains 9,600 jobs through stimulus
North Carolina ranks No. 19 in the nation for the number of jobs that have been created since the passage of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, and South Carolina ranks No. 23, according to a report by Onvia. The Seattle business-consulting firm reports that stimulus-funded projects created 9,617 N.C. jobs and 8,152 in South [...]
August 25, 2010
General Dynamics wins $48M order
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products has won an order valued at $48 million to protective panels for the U.S. Army’s Bradley tank. The reactive armor system is composed of tiles that are fastened to the exterior of a vehicle, helping it withstand antiarmor munitions. The armor will be made at General Dynamics’ facility in [...]
August 25, 2010
Salisbury freezer maker W.A. Brown reopens, eyes growth
W.A. Brown & Son of Salisbury didn’t stay closed for long. The manufacturer of walk-in coolers and freezers closed in November, laying off 100 workers. But it reopened in January and has now grown to 41 employees. Southern Stainless Equipment Co. of Waynesboro, Va., bought the company and is expanding the sales territory for its [...]
August 17, 2010
Tyson Foods adds jobs, equipment in Monroe
Tyson Foods Inc. will add 60 jobs to its Monroe plant in a $9 million equipment expansion. The new jobs bring the facility to more than 1,500 employees. The plant is on Secrest Avenue, on the east side of town. Monroe City Council members have approved incentives of $171,000 in exchange for the expansion. “The [...]
August 17, 2010
N.C. gets $1M to oversee health premiums
The federal government has sent $1 million to North Carolina to help curb increases in health-insurance premiums. The funding, part of the Affordable Care Act, is intended to improve oversight of health-insurance premiums and to prevent insurers from seeking unreasonable rate hikes. The grant was announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. The [...]
August 17, 2010
Levine Children’s Hospital awarded Hyundai grant
Levine Children’s Hospital in midtown Charlotte has been selected to receive $50,000 from Hyundai Hope on Wheels. The grant is part of the 2010 Hope on Wheels Tour, a campaign by Hyundai dealers nationwide to donate more than $2.1 million to childhood cancer research institutions. Dr. Javier Oesterheld, director of the Levine hospital’s developmental therapeutics [...]
August 11, 2010
Number of North Carolina IT job openings jumps
North Carolina’s technology job market continues to show signs of recovery, with the number of information-technology job postings jumping 18.5 percent in July, according to the monthly jobs report by the North Carolina Technology Association. Employers posted 3,970 job openings in July, up from 3,350 job openings in June. The number of July job postings [...]
