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Wake County Economic Development And Red Hat Discuss Strengths Of Local Economy

RALEIGH, N.C. – Wake County Economic Development (WCED) (www.raleigh-wake.org) has announced the official release of its first video profile for “Raleigh-Wake County Business Feature,” a new video series profiling locally-based companies that continue to grow and remai… Read more >

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Munktell Filter AB, a Swedish based paper filtration company, has opened its first North American sales and distribution office

Munktell Filter AB, a Swedish based paper filtration company, has opened its first North American sales and distribution office in Raleigh at Brier Creek. The Munktell Group, based in Falun, Sweden, is one of the world's leading companies specializing in filtration and separation technologie… Read more >

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Raleigh and Durham home prices rose against tide in 2008

The Triangle's housing market continues to be among the best in the country in terms of prices, according to a new batch of federal data. The Federal Housing Finance Agency says home prices in the Raleigh-Cary area increased by 2.96 percent in 2008. That ranks the Raleigh metropol… Read more >

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Veredus Corp. to open Raleigh office

An IT staffing company based in Tampa, Fla., is opening an office in Raleigh and looking to place 30 workers within the next year. Veredus Corp., which has offices in Tampa, Atlanta and Maitland, Fla., will open its office off Six Forks Road on March 2. The privately held company says the R… Read more >

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Raleigh-Durham in pretty good shape, retail-wise

A national study that ranked 63 metropolitan areas based on their potential for distressed retail assets placed the Triangle region at No. 45 on the list. This means the Triangle market is less distressed than 44 other markets. According to Walter Bialas, vice president of research for Madi… Read more >

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Council for Entrepreneurial Development releases podcast on the state of biotechnology in North Carolina

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. – Joan Siefert Rose, president of the Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED) a private, nonprofit organization that promotes entrepreneurial efforts in the Triangle region of North Carolina, has announced the release of a new podcast discussing the c… Read more >

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Garner names economic development director

The town of Garner has named a new economic development director. Tony Beasley has been promoted from senior inspector in the Inspections Department, where he has worked for the past two years. In his new job, he will be responsible for leading Garner’s efforts to recruit companies an… Read more >

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Small business optimism increases

Small business bosses are feeling a little more optimistic than they were a few months ago. But that optimism is accompanied by a deep conservatism toward expansion, and an expectation that it will take time for the economy to recover, a new Network of City Business Journals survey of 776 s… Read more >

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Essays on freedom and North Carolina's Bill of Rights published

RALEIGH – In celebration of the March 2008 Wake County Superior Court ruling that North Carolina’s copy of the Bill of Rights belonged to the state, the Historical Publications Section of the Office of Archives and History has published “Liberty and Freedom: North Carolina&… Read more >

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New downtown Raleigh campaign: 'YOU R HERE'

The Downtown Raleigh Alliance is launching Thursday a new branding campaign meant to boost the way the Capital City is marketed.  The new campaign will be called “YOU R HERE,” according to a release from the downtown alliance. The organization plans to release more inf… Read more >