Acme scores Wilmington’s biggest fish story
Acme Smoked Fish is adding 40 employees to its current staff of 165 as it adds a sixth packaging line and a second shift at the company’s largest U.S. smoked-fish manufacturing plant in Wilmington.
How about them N.C. apples
North Carolina was the ninth-largest apple-producing state in 2017, led by Henderson County.
Tepper promotes a fresh start, but about that statue …
Business North Carolina’s Caroline Maas attended the July 10 press conference held by new Carolina Panthers’ owned David Tepper. Here is her report. The room buzzed with a quiet [...]
Kombucha craze spreads to N.C. brewers
As soda sales slide and healthy habits prevail, kombucha is having a moment.
Oracle shines in ranking of biggest N.C. tech employers
The company that hired the most tech workers in May 2018 in North Carolina is a software industry giant that is relatively little known in the Tar Heel state. Redwood City, Calif.-based Oracle [...]
N.C. outlook looks promising, UNCC economist predicts
The U.S. economic expansion is now the second-longest economic expansion since 1844, and UNC Charlotte professor John Connaughton sees continued growth in the state and nation.
Union workers demand justice after death of construction worker
Labor activists are pushing to ensure that the death of Juventino Mata-Hernandez, who was helping build one of Charlotte’s most prominent new office towers, will lead to safer working conditions. [...]