According to a story in the Triangle Business Journal, Google has stopped further development of it’s data center in Lenoir, North Carolina. The company was to receive a $4.7M state grant for the eventual creation of 210 jobs in the area, but has formally opted out of receipt of the grant. So far, 50 hires have been made and only one of the two planned buildings is built and in use.
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The Sunday edition of the Greenville News gave their endorsement to Bob Inglis in the upcoming election:
Both Upstate U.S. House representatives are up for re-election this year, and Republicans Bob Inglis and Gresham Barrett face credible Democratic opposition. The Greenville News recommends both incumbents….
Among other factors contributing to their endorsement, the article cites Inglis’ active engagement of the residents of the 4th District and his innovative approach to energy independence.
Congressman Bob Inglis will speak to the GSA Technology Council on November 12.
via: Greenville News
Dolph Bell has an article about the UCAN Angel Network in today’s Greenville News:
Susan Schmidt Bies spent years working with Federal Reserve chairmen Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke to set U.S. monetary policy.
Now she wants to help Upstate entrepreneurs find capital….
continue at the Greenville News online
Few things are more detrimental to this country than the erosion of and attack on the civil liberties we enjoy. This isn’t a Democratic issue or a Republican issue; this is an American issue. If after debate, the Senate appears ready to pass legislation granting telecom providers retroactive immunity I will use any and all legislative tools at my disposal, including a filibuster, to prevent this deeply flawed bill from becoming law. More and more, Americans are rejecting the false choice that has come to define this administration: security or liberty, but never, ever both. For all those who have stood with me throughout this fight, I pledge, once more, to stand up for you.
Senator Chris Dodd speaks as the Senate revisits legislation permanently granting government operatives a free hand to unilaterally wiretap American telecom facilities and services and give immunity to those telcos who cooperate with them.
We hope you didn’t miss the September meeting of the GSA Technology Council, but in case you did, you can read what we talked about in a story by Rudolph Bell of the Greenville News.
Senator seeks statewide wireless — Ritchie says state must focus on technology to prosper
Google says it won’t build a data center in Blythewood this year but remains very interested in the site for future use, especially now that the property has received an important wetlands permit. ->More at The State
Gov. Mark Sanford on Wednesday criticized a tax break that lawmakers approved this year for Michelin North America, saying the tiremaker isn’t required to add any jobs in South Carolina to be eligible for it. More at The Greenville News…
On Tuesday, June 26, thousands of U.S.-based webcasters plan to turn off the music and go silent in a unified effort to draw attention to an impending royalty rate increase that, if implemented, would lead to the virtual shutdown of this country’s Internet radio industry.
GoTo> Kurt Hanson
Lenovo surprised Guilford County [North Carolina] commissioners during their regular Thursday meeting by simultaneously withdrawing its $154,000 tax incentive request and announcing plans to build a $10 million facility at Rock Creek Center. The company will bring 45 new jobs to Guilford County, earning an average of $37,500. More By Michael D. Abernethy / Times-News
South Carolina has the seventh-highest unemployment rate in the U.S., but according to new statistics the state is climbing out of the hole fast.
The South Carolina Employment Security Commission’s unemployment statistics for May indicate that unemployment dropped almost a half percent to 5.4 from last month’s 5.8 percent.
Unemployment is at its lowest since 2002 and… continue at GoUpstate
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