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North Carolina

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Half of America's Furniture Was Once Made Within 150 Miles of High Point, North Carolina. Now the Same Region Is Building the First Supersonic Jet Since Concorde and Toyota's Only Battery Plant Outside Japan.

September 5, 2026

The Piedmont Triad's identity runs through furniture, tobacco, and textiles -- High Point Market alone is the largest home-furnishings trade show on Earth. In the same region…

In 1994, 48 Companies Kept an Office Near Walmart's Headquarters. By 2001 It Was 445. Today It's Over 1,500.

August 23, 2026

A large enough anchor employer pulls a second economy into its orbit. Bentonville tracked it year over year: 48 companies kept a Walmart-supplier office there in 1994, 445 by…

North Carolina's Grid Grew by 10 Terawatt-Hours in Fifteen Years. Duke Energy's Own Plan Has It Growing by 80 in the Next Fifteen.

August 22, 2026

Electricity demand across Duke Energy's Carolinas system grew by 10 terawatt-hours over the past 15 years. Duke's own resource plan projects the next 15 years growing demand by…

IBM Anchored Research Triangle Park for 60 Years. It's Packing Up the Same Year the Region Pulled In $10.8 Billion.

August 22, 2026

Research Triangle Park opened in 1959 as a deliberate state bet on three nearby universities. IBM anchored it for sixty years as its largest employer -- and is now consolidating…