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Just 4% of Raleigh businesses with employees are Black owned. Why that’s a problem.

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Black-owned businesses make up a small share of Raleigh’s employer firms. But a surge in Black entrepreneurship over the past ...

Durham is making Thursday the tastiest night to dine out. Here’s what’s on the menu.

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The city is hosting a kind of downtown food festival every Thursday night. How you can take part. Powered by ...

Pharmaceutical company plans $177 million expansion, nearly 400 new jobs near Charlotte

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The company, which makes over-the-counter pharmaceutical, vitamin, and supplement products, also is in line for government incentives with its NC ...

Just 4% of Raleigh businesses with employees are Black owned. Why that’s a problem.

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Black-owned businesses make up a small share of Raleigh’s employer firms. But a surge in Black entrepreneurship over the past ...

Bitcoin could plummet to $10,000 by 2023 as 3 macro factors of crypto prices suggest weakness ahead, Stifel says

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In this photo illustration, a visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin is displayed in front of the Bitcoin course’s ...

Four Impediments to CX Excellence

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Customers’ expectations around experience are changing. 94% US consumers ages 18 and older surveyed in May 2020 by Qualtrics’ XM ...

New satellite photos show a bridge was built over a river near Ukraine that could be used for a military assault on Kyiv

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A new military pontoon bridge has been established over the Pripyat River, less than four miles from the Belarus-Ukraine border. ...

How to achieve financial freedom, according to 4 couples and individuals under 40 who’ve done it

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Yulia Reznikov/Getty Images For many people, financial freedom means being able to retire early and work only by choice. Several ...

Trump’s lawyers accuse NY AG Tish James of political bias and ‘prosecutorial misconduct’ in fiery court hearing

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New York Attorney General and governor candidate Letitia James and former President Donald Trump. David Dee Delgado/Getty Images; Paul Hennessy/Anadolu ...

The Triangle’s french fry trend is staying hot, as a Raleigh brand expands to Durham

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Loaded fries are having a moment. The Triangle’s first french fry bar, which opened last year, is already growing. Powered ...

A love song to Raleigh’s circular Holiday Inn, an oddball ‘pleasure dome’ of the past

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The iconic round building on Hillsborough Street is slated for destruction, taking some of Raleigh’s character with it. Powered by ...

The Triangle’s french fry trend is staying hot, as a Raleigh brand expands to Durham

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Loaded fries are having a moment. The Triangle’s first french fry bar, which opened last year, is already growing. Powered ...

A love song to Raleigh’s circular Holiday Inn, an oddball ‘pleasure dome’ of the past

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The iconic round building on Hillsborough Street is slated for destruction, taking some of Raleigh’s character with it. Powered by ...

Biden says there is a ‘very high’ risk of a Russian invasion of Ukraine in next few days

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U.S. President Joe Biden. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images President Joe Biden said there is a “very high” risk of a Russian ...

Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest buys the dip in Roblox stock after earnings miss erases $11 billion in market value

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Cathie Wood’s Ark Innovation ETF has slumped in 2022. David Swanson/Reuters Cathie Wood’s Ark Invest viewed Roblox’s 27% decline on ...

Warren Buffett’s right-hand man slams crypto, touts Apple and Chevron, and calls out market mania in a new interview

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Warren Buffett (left) and Charlie Munger. JOHANNES EISELE/Getty Images Charlie Munger praised Apple and Chevron in a Yahoo Finance interview ...

With finances under scrutiny, Trump claims his net worth was $5.7B in 2014. Around the same time he also said it was $8.7B and $10B.

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Donald Trump is seen in his office in Trump Tower in Manhattan, NY, in 2012. Jennifer S. Altman/For The Washington ...

US stocks fall as fears of escalation in Russia-Ukraine crisis overshadow strong corporate earnings reports

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Scott Heins/Getty Images Stocks fell Thursday on escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine. NATO said there’s no indication Russian troops ...

More retailers and an office tenant announced for Cary’s gigantic Fenton development

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The massive complex on Cary Towne Boulevard is scheduled to open April 1. Here are the latest retailers joining its ...

More retailers and an office tenant announced for Cary’s gigantic Fenton development

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The massive complex on Cary Towne Boulevard is scheduled to open April 1. Here are the latest retailers joining its ...

How to get sponsored on Instagram, according to influencers

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Influencer manager and nano influencer Julie Tecson. Julie Tecson. On Instagram, it can seem like the hashtags #ad and #sponsored ...

Social Determinants of Health: Technology, examples and healthcare trends in 2021

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Healthcare payers and providers are broadening the scope of health-influencing factors they address to include social determinants of health (SDOH). ...

10 things before the opening bell

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Omicron has brought volatility to Wall Street. John Moore/Getty Images Welcome to 10 Things Before the Opening Bell. If this ...

FAA refers 80 unruly airline passenger cases to FBI for possible criminal prosecution, officials say

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The FAA has sent 80 cases of unruly passengers to the FBI for possible criminal charges, officials told NBC News. ...

A Carnival cruise passenger jumped overboard off the coast of Louisiana and has still not been found

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The passenger jumped into the water 150 miles off the coast of Louisiana, according to reports. Photo by Dylan McCord/U.S. ...

China used to be the great exporter of Olympic talent. The Beijing Winter Games show China is becoming a talent importer.

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15 out of 25 players on China’s men’s ice hockey team roster are naturalized athletes. Bruce Bennett/Getty Images China is ...

Billionaire investor Charlie Munger blasts traders, slams crypto, and rings the inflation alarm at Daily Journal’s annual meeting

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Charlie Munger. Lane Hickenbottom/Reuters Charlie Munger tackled a slew of subjects during Daily Journal’s annual meeting on Wednesday. Warren Buffett’s ...

Rudy Giuliani says the January 6 committee is ‘illegal’ and ‘can’t subpoena anybody,’ — after being subpoenaed himself

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the January 6 committee “can’t really subpoena anybody.” Robert Bumsted/Associated Press On ...

The CDC wants to ‘give people a break’ from masking up indoors as hospitalizations, cases, and deaths drop

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CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said health officials want to “give people a break” from wearing masks indoors. Greg Nash/Pool via ...

MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s shipment of 12,000 pillows meant for the protesting Canadian truckers has been delayed

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MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell’s care package for the protesting truckers is awaiting a permit for it to be allowed into ...