Small businesses across the country and across the state of North Carolina have suffered devastating economic losses due to COVID-19. While nearly every sector has been impacted, businesses involved in accommodations, food service and education, […]
RALEIGH — As Americans prepare to ring in the New Year, it’s clear 2020 will go down as being one of the worst. But from a purely economic standpoint, the virus has impacted businesses and […]
The food truck scene in and around the Triangle area has seen an explosion in popularity over the course of the past several years. Offering everything from barbeque, to lobster rolls, to Italian meatballs and […]
RALEIGH — Since winning the White House in 2016, President Trump has called on Congress to pass a major infrastructure package aimed at improving the nation’s roads, ports, bridges and railway system. While negotiations to […]
RALEIGH — The 2020 lockdowns to contain the coronavirus pandemic sent shockwaves through both the national and local economies. The nation saw record declines in employment as well as the retail and hospitality sectors. It […]
RALEGH — The coronavirus has directly impacted the way America’s farmers and ranchers operate and upended much of the nation’s food supply chain. In response, USDA Secretary Sonny Perdue announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance program […]
KINSTON — The coronavirus has forced businesses in almost every sector of the economy to at least temporarily shift their employees to working remotely. The transition has been easier on certain groups like technology and […]
RALEIGH — Over the past two months, government efforts to contain the coronavirus have brought national and local economies to a screeching halt. Consumer spending and consumer confidence are at their lowest since the 1950’s […]
HIGH POINT, N.C. — As if the state’s economy hadn’t taken enough of a hit from COVID-19, local officials were forced to cancel what would have been the High Point Furniture Market, originally set for […]
RALEIGH/CHAPEL HILL — While members of Congress wrangle over how to replenish a popular loan program aimed at helping small-businesses retain workers, the sentiment among North Carolina’s restaurant industry is that the aid package does […]
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