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
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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
Tom Fair understands the dilemma of working in the world of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Its world moves at a snails pace and has caused a backlog of applications and a process that can take up to four years for approval. (more…)
