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4 recognized for Lifetime Achievement by Business Today

Fifteen hyper success stories were recognized at Top Women Champagne Reception at River Run Country Club in late October. More than 150 people attended the 12th annual celebration of women achievers. Former Lake Norman Chamber Chair Donna Moffett was one of the 15, and an example of women who lead. The head of her own […]

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The ABC’s and P’s of selling

Extraordinary selling skills are developed over time through training, review, feedback, and refinement. Excellent sales professionals never cease considering ways to improve themselves or their processes. Exceptional attention to the A, B, C, & P’s of selling can continuously polish your skill set. Don’t be distracted by daily ‘busy-ness’; make sure you allocate time to […]

Linder plans regional HQ in Kannapolis

Nov. 11. The Kannapolis City Council will consider tax incentives for Linder Industrial Machinery which plans to build a regional headquarters on Davidson Highway. The company, which sells earth moving and paving equipment, plans a 39,000 square foot facility with a total investment of $7.6 million, over the next five years. The firm will relocate 40 […]

Distillery plans to open in Statesville early next year

Poised to open early next year, Statesville-based Southern Distilling Co. is joining a growing list of North Carolina distilleries. In 2013, there were just 13 distilleries in the state. Now, more than 50 dot the North Carolina ABC Board’s map. One reason for the explosion of craft distilleries is a state law passed in October […]

Cooper hires legal team to protect vote; N. Meck bailed on McCrory

Nov. 10. Roy Cooper has hired a legal team to protect the results of the gubernatorial election which has him ahead of Pat McCrory by 4,979 votes, with 100 percent of the precincts reporting. McCrory has not conceded. The team will be led by election-protection attorneys Marc Elias and Kevin Hamilton of Perkins Coie, and Edwin Speas […]

Mooresville Chamber luncheon features John J. Mack

Nov. 10. Wall Street luminary and Mooresville native John J. Mack will be the keynote speaker at the Mooresville-South Iredell Chamber of Commerce annual luncheon Jan. 24. Mack is the former CEO of Morgan Stanley and a Wall Street legend who was played by Tony Shalhoub in “Too Big to Fail” on HBO. Mack began […]

CCIA buys Pless-Haire

Central Carolina Insurance Agency has purchase Pless-Haire Insurance in Mooresville. Central Carolina, which dates back to 1931, has 28 employees and offices in Salisbury and Iredell County.

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Aquesta Financial announces cash dividend

Nov. 8. Aquesta Financial, parent of Aquesta Bank, has declared a cash dividend of 10.5 cents per share to shareholders of record as of Dec. 8, 2016. The dividend, its fourth annual cash payment to shareholders, is payable on Dec. 22. “We are very pleased that Aquesta continues to show strong earnings and loan growth. In […]

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Bowling pins hopes on ‘outside the box’ ideas

By Dave Friedman. The Blue Flames 1960 hit Bowling USA proclaims, “everybody’s going bowling.” At its height in the mid 60’s, there were more than 12,000 bowling alleys in the country, and professionals made as much money as football stars and Hollywood moguls. Times have changed. “Family Entertainment Center” is the new lingo in the industry; […]

Cabarrus County Commissioner Grace Mynatt. Photo by Marty Price

Grace Mynatt: A lifetime of servant leadership

By Marty Price. Teaching primary grades for 14 years, before helping her late husband build the successful Ben Mynatt dealerships in Concord for another 16 years, prepared Grace Mynatt for the top echelon of Cabarrus County politics. Elected to the Board of Education in 1993, she served as both chair and vice-chair before leaving in 2006 […]