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Dell sheds NC desktop manufacturing plant despite groundbreaking incentive offersChanging focus leads Dell to close NC plant RALEIGH, N.C. — A massive Dell Inc. computer assembly plant once seen as a job generator worthy of the promise of more than $300 million in state and local inducements will go dark in four months, a victim of new corporate calculations and changing customer tastes. Dell to close Winston-Salem, NC plan, lay off 905 as computer maker streamlines operationsDell to close Winston-Salem, NC plant, lay off 905 ROUND ROCK, Texas — Dell Inc. says it will close a desktop computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina by the end of January. Red Hat posts higher 2nd-quarter profit, sales; shares jump after hoursRed Hat posts higher 2Q profit, sales RALEIGH, N.C. — Red Hat Inc., the software distributor behind the Linux operating system, said Wednesday its fiscal second-quarter profit grew as companies opted for its source products amid the economic downturn. Fairpoint Communications posts 2nd-quarter loss on hefty debt swap charges, lower salesFairpoint Communications posts 2Q loss of $17.8M CHARLOTTE, N.C. — FairPoint Communications Inc. said Wednesday it posted a second-quarter loss as the provider of local and long-distance phone and Internet services recorded lower sales and hefty debt restructuring costs. SC asks judge to drop Craigslist suit, says firm hasn’t proved he violated employees’ rightsAG in SC asks judge to drop Craigslist lawsuit COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina attorney general who has threatened to prosecute Craigslist for prostitution-related ads wants a federal judge to dismiss the company's complaint against him, according to court papers filed this week. Apple coaxed to NC area hurting from manufacturing layoffs as site for East Coast data center
RALEIGH, N.C. — A North Carolina community battered by manufacturing layoffs raised the offer for Apple Inc. to open its East Coast data center just 30 miles down the road from a similar Google Inc. server farm that opened last year. Catawba County and the town of Maiden agreed Monday to a package of local incentives aimed at luring Apple and cutting into the 15 percent unemployment rate. The state last month changed its tax calculations to land Apple's $1 billion data center, giving the company a tax break estimated at $46 million in the next decade. Amazon and other Web retailers escalate fight over sales taxes, with affiliates in crossfireWeb retailers, states tussle over tax rules NEW YORK — In a big break for online shoppers, Web retailers generally don't have to charge sales taxes in states where they lack a store or some other physical presence. |
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