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Smartphones and College Students are Changing the Moving Business

Posted by Staff | Jun 20, 2016 | Business, Featured, News

Warm weather makes summer the most popular time of the year to move. But carrying large boxes and unloading trucks isn’t the way most people want to spend their time. That’s where Bellhops comes in – a rapidly growing start-up...

WCHL & Chapelboro Moving to University Place

Posted by Staff | Jun 8, 2016 | Business, Featured

WCHL radio is moving to a new space at University Place on South Estes Drive, after 14 years at its location off Weaver Dairy Road. The station was purchased last August by California and Colorado-based businessman Leslie Rudd,...

New Overtime Pay Requirements to Include Millions of Workers

Posted by Staff | Jun 8, 2016 | Business

Extended overtime pay protections are making their way to millions of workers this year. In March, President Obama announced the Department of Labor’s update on overtime regulations, which more than doubled the salary workers...

Morinaga Celebrates Hi-Chew Factory Opening

Posted by Staff | May 26, 2016 | Business, Featured

You may have seen the Japanese candy Hi-Chew on the shelves of stores like Target, CostCo and Walmart. It’s chewy, comes in a variety of fruit flavors and is now being made in North Carolina. The makers of Hi-Chew, a Japanese...

Women Continue to Fight for Their Place in the Work Force

Posted by Staff | May 18, 2016 | Business

Addie Swartz has built a career based on two things she knows best – business and motherhood. Swartz is an accomplished entrepreneur, having founded several companies and established new businesses within Disney and...

Local Startup? Launch Chapel Hill Could Help

Posted by Staff | May 12, 2016 | Business

Launch Chapel Hill helps local startups get off the ground. And now, they’re looking for the next big idea. Dina Rousset is director of Launch Chapel Hill. She said the program has help about 55 companies, the vast majority of...

New ABC Store in Chatham County Approved

Posted by Blake Hodge | May 9, 2016 | Business

A new ABC store could be opened before the end of the year in northern Chatham County. The North Carolina Alcohol Beverage Control Commission approved the request for a new location at its board meeting last Wednesday. The...

Mountaire Farms To Open New Siler City Facility

Posted by Staff | May 5, 2016 | Business

Mountaire Farms has entered into an agreement to acquire the former Townsend processing plant and an adjoining property in Siler City Thursday. “The increasing demand for our products requires us to expand our production...

Chamber of Commerce to Let Their Hair Down at the BEAs

Posted by Staff | May 2, 2016 | Business

Aaron Nelson and Chela Tu of the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Chamber of Commerce joined Ron Stutts on Monday to discuss the BEAs....

More North Carolinians Than Ever Are Working From Home

Posted by Staff | Apr 13, 2016 | Business, Featured

Teleworking: The New Normal More North Carolinians than ever are working from home, or “teleworking,” according to a new study. More than 200,000 people across the state now work from home, including Brad Bednar. He has been...

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