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From the desk Chuck Fuller, CEO of The Results Company If there’s a throughline on the American psyche from the revolutionary era to now, it’s this: fear and pessimism, followed by courage and resilience. Today, as you celebrate our freedom with friends and family, I offer the below collage of stories – some historical, some personal…
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From the desk Mike Rusher, President of The Results Company Thank you for joining again this Saturday morning, kicking off one of the liveliest holiday periods of the year. Let’s take a little detour today to talk about the latest Presidential debate… Just kidding. Times like these should give us pause to stop and remember…
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Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. Today, we’re offering you a piece authored by Allen Gant, Jr., the Chairman of Glen Raven, a major textiles manufacturer based in Burlington. Mr. Gant also chairs a nonprofit called the North Carolina Marine & Estuary Foundation, an effort he helped launch in 2017. The Foundation envisions a North Carolina…
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Nearly two years ago, a bipartisan Congress passed and President Joe Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act, a sweeping American foray into protectionist industrial policy for one of the most strategically important technologies in the world. Chips are small integrated circuits critical to proper functionality in everything from computers to stealth bombers. Without them, modern…
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Today we’re continuing our series about statewide races with outsized impact on the business community. We wrote previously about the Agriculture Commissioner and Labor Commissioner – today we’re talking about the Attorney General. The last Republican elected as attorney general in North Carolina was Zeb V. Walser in 1896. Another Republican, James Carson, Jr., served briefly in the 1970s…
Read MoreThanks for joining us this morning. Today we’re returning to North Carolina’s energy future, a topic we’ve covered periodically in recent years, and one we’ll keep checking in on because it’s so critical to growth. In January, Duke Energy revised sharply upward its expected power generation needs through 2030. The utility now expects demand growth up to eight…
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From the Desk of Chuck Fuller I imagine Memorial Day means something different to each of us, based on our connections to particular wars or branches or bases. I grew up the youngest of three children, and the only boy. I wouldn’t learn until years after my father’s death that he shared stories about his World…
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Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. Today, we survey a dynamic quietly roiling the administrative state and the nation’s business community. In recent months, the Biden administration has fast-tracked major business regulations in a race to “Trump-proof” the new rules – a term that has peppered media reports recently. What does it mean? …
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Thanks for joining us this morning. Two weeks ago, we ran the first in a series of pieces examining Council of State races that don’t attract much attention but that nevertheless impact the business community. Today, we’re discussing the Agriculture Commissioner. What does the commissioner actually do, why does it matter to the business community,…
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Thank you for joining us this Saturday morning. Last month, a committee of the UNC Board of Governors advanced a new policy taking aim at “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies in the UNC System. This topic is fraught with sensitivities, confusion, and misunderstanding. Today, we’ll unpack it. Regardless of your position on DEI policies, you’ll at…
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