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The Charlotte City Council voted Monday in favor of amending the city's contract to buy electricity from a planned solar farm in Iredell County and absorb a 25% fee increase. The council also approved an economic development grant for a new lithium research center in northeast Charlotte.
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Charlotte-based chemicals supplier Albemarle Corp. plans a $200 million lithium research center in Charlotte's University Research Park. The company says the center will create 200 jobs and support the fast-growing market for lithium and electric vehicle batteries.
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Honeywell International will get state incentives of up to $42.5 million over 12 years in exchange for moving its headquarters from New Jersey to…
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Updated 11:20pmCorning Optical Communications has picked a site off I-485 in northwest Charlotte for its new $38 million headquarters, a spokesman said…
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Corning Optical Communications plans to move its headquarters from Hickory to a new $38.7 million office building Charlotte in 2018. A spokeswoman said…
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Governor Pat McCrory stopped in Charlotte Wednesday—ostensibly to announce a financial company will bring new, high-paying jobs to the city. But the…
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Three film productions will split North Carolina’s film and entertainment grant money for the first half of 2015. This is the first year for the state’s…
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Governor Pat McCrory has made replenishing the state’s economic incentives fund one of his top, immediate priorities. This week Republican leaders in the…
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A bill containing tax breaks to lure businesses to North Carolina passed its first vote in the state House of Representatives, although it divided both…
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Chiquita has notified state officials the company will close its Charlotte headquarters slightly earlier than expected, with layoffs to begin in two…