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Guilt by Association
Charlotte, which once boasted of being the nation's second-largest banking center after New York, now has a new distinction: we well could be the nation's premier loser in the financial sector meltdown.Sure, New York has the hat-trick disasters of AIG,…
Attention, Charlotte! The Nonprofits Are Now in Charge
Bob Morgan President, Charlotte Chamber On an early March day that felt like the first day of spring, Ken Thompson called to order the annual meeting of the Foundation for the Carolinas (FFTC). When the crowd realized it…
Notes on the news
And did anyone really think that WSOC and Time Warner wouldn't come to an agreement? Although the Observer must have loved the dispute, because Time Warner took out huge ads to plead its case to consumers.And some truly inspired writing…
The Good, the Bad, and the Blue | Audio Slideshow
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Is daily print journalism going away?
It's not hard to imagine that neither Charlotte nor Raleigh will be able to claim a daily paper by the end of the year. Maybe three days a week, maybe four. Perhaps some sort of combined Carolinas paper (which no…
Still Fighting
In my early twenties I decided to go to Boston for graduate school. I'd lived in North Carolina my entire life. By the time I was packing my U-Haul to head north I had been given specific instructions to…
Symphony announces 09/10 season: Yo Yo Ma coming
FROM PRESS RELEASE: The Charlotte Symphony announces today its 2009-2010 Bank of America Classics Series, a new 10-program season of inspiring orchestral masterworks with extraordinary guest artists. “Our 78th season is an exciting year of transition, as the Symphony embarks…
Charlotte Fillmore Music Hall looking like a sure thing
The project is designed to look like The Fillmore, the historic music venue in San Francisco, and is expected to bring national acts to uptown Charlotte. The 20,000-square-foot facility is scheduled to open in June and will have a capacity…
Charlotte mentioned in The Atlantic cover story
"Last fall, [Charlotte] escaped losing, big-time, by no more than a hair’s breadth. Overall, the roster of places that benefit from the failure of their champions’ rivals will probably be pretty short, and the names on the roster somewhat unpredictable.…
Trouble in Whitewater City
Local news orgs are reporting that the center has defaulted on its loans and that it will once again ask local governments to chip in the max. Jeff Wise, the executive director, "could not be reached for comment." County commish…
I-Banker: The new epithet
“I’d almost rather say I’m a pornographer,” said a retired Wall Street executive who, for self-evident reasons, asked not to be identified. “At least that’s a business that people understand.”The story has more than 250 comments. Here's Gawker's take.
Aligning My Compass
The woman in the Harris Teeter bathroom kept talking. "I've gotten so used to these faucets that when I go home, I hold out my hands and wait for the water to come on. Then I remember I'm not at…
