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Resources for Doing Business in Charlotte, and the Carolinas:
Despite the current economic downturn, Charlotte remains a fairly vibrant place to run a business!
With an excellent pool of experienced labor, great education systems, and a wide variety of businesses, Charlotte is a great city in which to start or grow a business. Additionally, for service-oriented companies, Charlotte continues to enjoy an influx of people.
North Carolina is active in promoting small businesses, since 90% of the businesses in the state are considered "small businesses", having less than 500 employees. As a result, there are a wide variety of programs, ranging from funding, to education and assistance.
Small (and large) Business Resources:
NC Department of Commerce
Support Your Business
(NC Dept of Commerce Resources)
Incentives
(NC tax credits, Grants & Discretionary Funding ...)
Business Financing Programs
(SBA loans, Small Business Tech Funding ...)
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Charlotte Business Journal Headlines
A Mexican restaurant is slated to open Sept. 30 in the EpiCentre development in uptown Charlotte. (RF)
Vida Mexican Kitchen slated to open
The Queen City ranks 18th among the 50 most-stressful places to live and work in the United States, according to the 2010 Stress Rankings for Metro Areas.
Queen City ranks high for stress
The cost of a gallon of regular gasoline in the metro Charlotte area fell slightly last week.
Charlotte-area gas-prices ebb
Carolinas HealthCare System has hired a Utah-based company to provide medical-information technology for its physicians and caregivers.
Carolinas HealthCare System hires Medicity
Family Dollar Stores Inc. has named Jacob Modla to the newly created position of vice president of human resources. He most recently was the company’s vice president and deputy general counsel. (FDO)
Family Dollar names VP of human resources
US Airways Group Inc. finished the last month of the summer vacation season with a meager increase in passenger traffic, though a key revenue measure fared better for the carrier. (LCC)
US Airways ekes out August traffic gain
One of Charlotte’s most prominent luxury home builders is closing.
Simonini Builders to cease
Wells Fargo & Co. has appointed Tim Sloan chief administrative officer, a new position that reports to the company's chairman and chief executive, John Stumpf. (WFC)
Wells Fargo names chief administrative officer
U.S. payrolls shed 54,000 jobs in August, but private businesses added 67,000 workers, and the nation's unemployment rate rose slightly to 9.6 percent for the month as half a million Americans resumed their search for work, the U.S. Department of Labor reported Friday.
Private sector grows jobs, but Census pushes unemployment to 9.6%
Long-term mortgage rates fell again this week, with both 30- and 15-year mortgages remaining at the lowest levels since Freddie Mac began keeping track.
Mortgage rates continue to fall
WCNC Headlines
Amidst all the football and family fun at Freedom Park on Labor Day, there was a reunion of a very different variety.
Bank robbers reunite to share message
Mecklenburg Mugs | Snapshot of arrests Monday
A man was beaten with in an inch of his life over the weekend, trying to defend his wife's honor.
Matthews man beaten after festival
Police are looking for a man who shot 2 people in the parking lot of an apartment complex Monday afternoon in Kannapolis.
2 shot at Kannapolis apartment complex
A Gaston County man awaits his first court appearance, after police say he threatened his wife with a shotgun while trying to break into his own home.
Gaston County police officer shoots suspect during break-in
Mecklenburg Mugs | Snapshot of arrests Sunday
Thousands will take to the lakes this Labor Day weekend, and many will adhere to the rules of the waters.
Wildlife officers step up patrols for holiday weekend
North Carolina says John Blake has resigned his position on coach Butch Davis' staff.
Amid NCAA probe, Blake steps down at UNC
The Carolina coast escaped major damage and no serious injuries have been reported, but if the storm had veered just a little to its left, it could have been a lot worse.
Hurricane Earl a learning experience for Red Cross volunteers
A man was stabbed Saturday night outside Catawba College's football stadium while the college's football team was playing its home opener.
Man stabbed outside Catawba College football game
USAToday Health News
Getting a flu shot will be far easier this fall than last, with retailers already stocking millions of doses.
Flu vaccine readily available, and free for many this year
Study shows that's healthier than proteins from animal sources.
Cutting carbs? Replace them with proteins from plants
But the exposure is brief, and the benefits outweigh the risks.
Dental sealants temporarily raise BPA levels
GlaxoSmithKline's controversial diabetes pill Avandia should be pulled from the U.K. market because of concerns that the drug can increase the ...
British regulators want Avandia diabetes pill pulled
Drinking even moderate amounts of alcohol may raise the risk for breast cancer recurrence in some women, but may in fact lower the risk for dying ...
3 to 4 drinks per week may raise risk of breast cancer's return
The nation's leading group of pediatricians has issued a strong policy statement directed toward pediatricians, parents and mass media on the ...
Teens' 'unhealthy' sex exposure blamed on TV, music, Web
Smoking cannabis, also known as marijuana, reduced pain in patients with nerve pain stemming from injuries or surgical complications, new research ...
Marijuana may relieve nerve pain when other drugs don't
People who "hook up" for casual sex can have as rewarding a long-term relationship as those who take it slowly and establish a meaningful connection ...
Study: Casual sex doesn't kill chance of long-term relationship
Over the last 10 years, the percentage of Americans who took at least two prescription drugs in the past month increased from 25% to 31%, says ...
Prescription drug spending doubled in less than a decade
During the first phase of the health care reform law, some small businesses will be eligible for tax credits, affecting 16.6 million workers, ...
Report: Health law's small biz tax credit could expand coverage
Are eggs from caged or cage-free hens more at risk for food-borne illnesses? Depends on if you ask industrial agriculture representatives or ...
Egg farmers: Good managing can help control salmonella
The first outbreak linked to a rare strain of E. coli in ground beef is prompting a fresh look at tougher regulations to protect the nation's ...
Outbreak linked to ground beef puts focus on meat oversight
Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables and low in saturated fats can significantly lower the risk of heart attack for people with mildly ...
'DASH' diet can lower heart attack risk almost 20%
People who take bone-strengthening osteoporosis drugs for several years may have a slightly higher risk of esophageal cancer, a new study su ...
Bone drugs may raise throat cancer risk
Staff at two Iowa egg processors implicated in a national salmonella outbreak were supposed to enforce rules, federal regulations show.
Food safety groups slam USDA egg graders at farms in recall
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