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  • Tesla Service Center in Raleigh Portends NC Showroom

    Take a peek inside the Tesla service center in Raleigh, not far down the road from the Angus Barn steakhouse, and you will get a glimpse at what some believe is the future of the American automobile. The single bay garage is just big enough to squeeze in a pair of lifts, shelves of wipers and battery packs stacked in wooden crates. But notice what's not there: no motor oil, no belts, ...

  • O2 Fitness pumps up Wilmington presence

    O2 Fitness will open a second club in Wilmington, this one in Hanover Center. O2, the largest privately owned independent fitness operator in the state, already has 11 locations, mostly in the Triangle. This newest club is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter this year. The club will cover 28,000 square feet of space in the Mayfaire Town Center, five miles from the other Wilmington ...

  • Changing face of legal billing in corporate America

    survey of firms by the consulting firm Altman Weil. The survey found firms continuing to offer discounted hourly rates more frequently than in the past, and taking in about 10 percent of their revenue under alternative fee arrangements. Revenue has continued to grow for most firms, but at a more modest pace than before the recession, according to the survey. And the use of contract lawyers and ...

  • A sad warning from N.C. Secretary of State

    Salvation Army . They are group's equipped to respond immediately. o Beware of "pop-up charities" that seemingly come out of nowhere and purport to be able to directly help those in need. o Also resist emails or Facebook requests phishing for donations. o Potential donors can check the track records of existing charities on-line at the secretary of ...

  • Governor Raleigh mayor to talk Dix deal Thursday

    Gov. Pat McCrory and Raleigh Mayor Nancy McFarlane will come together Thursday morning to discuss the ongoing wrangling in the General Assembly over the original deal to lease the Dorothea Dix campus to the city.Details of the pair's 9:30 a.m. news conference have not been released, but the meeting comes less than 24 hours after a Hose committee voted to rewrite Senate-passed legislation ...


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Beverly Hills Cop [Blu-Ray]

Beverly Hills Cop [Blu-Ray]

Beverly Hills Cop, one of the first megahits of the early 1980s and the movie that catapulted star Eddie Murphy into the Hollywood stratosphere, is all about attitude. It has to be: Short in the narrative department, filled with caricatures, and largely lacking in any re ... ...

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  • Triangle Rock Club to receive award from Raleigh Chamber of Commerce

    Andrew Kratz and Joel Graybeal run Triangle Rock Club. The Triangle Rock Club in Morrisville will receive the 2013 Steady Growth and Profitability Award from the Greater Raleigh Chamber of Commerce at its annual awards luncheon next week. The award recognizes companies exhibiting steady growth and profitability for the past three years. The company has grown from revenue of $366,000 in 2009 to ...

  • One Drone Victim’s Trail From Raleigh to Pakistan

    WASHINGTON -- When Jude Kenan Mohammad was about 18 and living in Raleigh, N.C., according to people who knew him, he came under the influence of an older ...

  • North Carolinas Raleigh Adding City Jobs Giving Workers Raises

    As Raleigh continues to recover from the recession, City Manager Russell Allen's proposed budget keeps property taxes steady while increasing utility bills, adding 40 new positions and giving employees a 3 percent raise. The budget for fiscal year 2013-14 totals $705.23 million in spending. Up from $679 million this past year, it's the highest in city history and a reflection of ...

  • House bill lets Raleigh state renegotiate Dix property lease

    The N.C. House judiciary committee approved a bill that gives Raleigh and the state of North Carolina one year to renegotiate terms of a lease agreement for the Dorothea Dix ...

  • Cisco survey Bringing your own device is what all the cool kids are doing nowadays

    a new survey from Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) that shows nearly half of all respondents prefer BYOD over corporate devices. Additionally, those BYOD-ers back up their mindsets with cash, spending on average $965 purchasing devices for work, and an additional $734 annually on mobile voice and data plans. But BYOD is also a factor in job selection. The survey finds that the average BYOD-er would require ...

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