N&O Parent Company Reporting Revenue Loss
McClatchy Co., the nation’s third largest newspaper chain, is reporting that October revenue fell by 17.8 percent as the slump in print advertising continues to weigh on its business. The publisher of Wake County’s only daily newspaper, The Raleigh News & Observer, said revenue fell to $176 million from $214.2 million last year. About 82 [...]
Inauguration Scam - BBB Warns of Online Scalpers
A record number of Americans want to be a part of history and attend the inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama. Unfortunately, only 250,000 tickets are up for grabs. While many Web sites are claiming to sell tickets online, Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Eastern North Carolina (www.bbb.org) is advising the public that purchasing scalped tickets [...]
AIM Group Two Promotional Products Offers Small Business Success Tips
Companies that have been around for over 10 years have faced economic challenges like our current one, learned from them and developed strategies for successfully weathering (or even leveraging) them. AIM Group Two Promotional Products Company of Apex, in its thirteenth year of working primarily to meet the needs of small businesses, offers this advice [...]
New Triangle Nonprofit, ‘Dream-2-Reality,’ Reinvents the Giving Tree Program
A new Cary-based nonprofit is reinventing the former Giving Tree organization, which in years past provided holiday presents to at-risk children throughout the region. Dream-2-Reality (D2R) will pick up where Giving Tree left off by collecting “Dream Tree” holiday presents for at-risk children in the Triangle region and beyond. The organization also plans to eventually [...]
Cary Developer Goes Bankrupt
MacGregor Development of Cary is seeking bankruptcy protection from creditors. The company listed assets of $23.8 million and consolidated debt of $41.4 million in Chapter 11 documents filed Nov. 14 in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilson. The company has developed some of the area’s biggest residential communities, including the high-end MacGregor Downs golf-club community and [...]
Beware of New Telephone Scam
The Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Eastern North Carolina warns consumers and businesses to be cautious when dealing with companies calling them to offer free gifts. Complaints are being filed throughout the country regarding a telephone scam being carried out. Indiana-based Lighting Products Company is offering a free gift to consumers after they verify their [...]
Swagger Gifts Helping Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
On Thursday, November 6, Swagger Gifts of Cary joined the fight against blood cancers by hosting their second annual Holiday Open House Preview Party to benefit LLS. The Holiday Open House Preview Party is an annual event at Swagger and this year owner Mandy Kratus Becker invited her customer’s to make suggestions about what charity [...]
Dex Wins 2008 Publisher Recognition Award
Dex has been honored with a 2008 Yellow Pages Publisher Recognition Award by the Association of Directory Marketing (ADM). ADM recently selected Dex for its “Communication Award,” which “recognizes efforts to improve communications between publishers and CMRs (Certified Marketing Representatives).” The award was announced at ADM’s Annual Conference in San Antonio, Tex. Dex is part [...]
Pinky Toes Party Palace Answers Call for Tween Gift Items with Online Boutique
The Pinky Toes Party Palace boutique is “filled with fun and whimsical items sure to please the most discriminating shoppers,” said Carmen Miller, owner of Pinky Toes Party Palace. In fact, the Bella Jane Originals products have been designed exclusively for Pinky Toes Party Palace and are only available online or in one of their party locations.
SafeGuard Guaranty Corporation Adds Gary Goldstein to Board of Advisors
SafeGuard Guaranty Corporation announced that Gary W. Goldstein has been appointed to SafeGuard Guaranty’s external board of advisors. SafeGuard’s groundbreaking insurance-based offering is focused on ensuring the financial wellbeing of successful marriages in the form of wealth creation and the prevention of the financial devastation so often caused by divorce. Gary Goldstein has produced some [...]
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