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WCED Promotes Area to Consultants and Brokers

Wake County Economic Development project manager James Sauls traveled to Charlotte, N.C., and Greenville, S.C., Dec. 10-11, 2008, to call on-site location consultants and brokers. Sauls joined the trip organized by Debbie Lilly, vice president of client services for Research Triangle Regiona… Read more >

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WCED Promotes Area to Prospective Companies

Wake County Economic Development project manager James Sauls traveled to the Atlanta area Nov. 20-21, 2008, to call on site location consultants and brokers. Sauls was joined on the trip by edge3 investors Pat Gilliard, senior business development executive with Progress Energy, and Jim Nich… Read more >

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Raleigh is Second Best Performing City In U.S.

Powered by outstanding job growth, Raleigh-Cary has seized the No. 2 spot in the latest edition of the Milken Institute's Best-Performing Cities index. It is joined at the top of the 2008 rankings by other growing metro areas in Utah, Texas, Washington, Alabama and the Carolinas. The Ra… Read more >

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HCL America to Create 513 New Jobs

Wake County Economic Development is pleased to announce that HCL America Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of HCL Technologies Ltd., India’s leading global IT services firm, will establish its first US Delivery Center in Wake County. The company will invest $3.2 million over the next fiv… Read more >

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Patheon Establishes HQ & Lab In RTP

Patheon (TSX:PTI; www.patheon.com), a global provider of drug development and manufacturing services to the international pharmaceutical industry, today announced that it has selected locations in the Wake County side of Research Triangle Park (RTP) and Durham, N.C., for its global head… Read more >

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Raleigh Named 4th Top City for Millennial Relocation

SmartAsset found Raleigh to be the 4th top city for millennial relocators. The report found that Raleigh’s millennial population grew by more than 3% in 2021 for a total of more than 4,000 new residents. The study primarily focused on comparing the number of people between the ages of … Read more >