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Natural gas utility to pay customers to save energy

Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Raleigh News Observer - By John Murawski - Mar. 24 (News Report) - Piedmont Natural Gas, the state's biggest natural gas utility, will start paying customers to become more energy efficient.

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Hard ball

Mon, 05 Feb 2007 17:35:04 -0800

Raleigh News Observer - Feb. 05 (Editorial) - Thanks to laws that mandate release of documents pertaining to the recruitment of industry, North Carolinians now have a clear and very ugly picture of just what went on behind the scenes as Caldwell County officials and legislators sought to land a Google computer center for Lenoir. It was no small deal: Google could bring as much as a $600 million investment and 200 jobs. The company got a sweet little arrangement, too, with tax breaks that could amount to $100 million over 30 years. Incentives are just part of the recruiting game these days. States and localities have to balance what they can offer -- in Google's case, huge tax breaks on things such as electricity and equipment used by the company -- versus the economic benefit of having a company come to town. And companies are not shy about asking for the moon and stars, because the market is very competitive.

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Grand jury didn't intend to indict officer

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 11:45:45 -0800

Raleigh News Observer - By Mandy Locke - Dec. 13 (News Report) - In one day, veteran lawman Christopher Long went from being accused of murder to living in legal limbo. To blame: a grand jury foreman's errant slash of a pen.

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'Hardball' not so hard for Edwards

Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:26:02 -0800

Raleigh News Observer - By Rob Christensen - Dec. 13 (News Report) - In fact, Edwards seemed to have little trouble fielding questions, ranging from the war in Iraq to his relative lack of foreign policy experience to his political ties to organized labor, before a live UNC-Chapel Hill crowd and a national TV audience. "This is not hardball, this is batting practice," Matthews complained to the audience during a commercial break. "This guy is killing me. He couldn't do this four years ago."

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