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North Carolina has received a $749,225 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to support export growth among North Carolina’s small businesses, North Carolina Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland announced today.
Company will invest $11.9 million to support new production lines
$1.9 million in vital capital will go to 32 small businesses across the state, Gov. Cooper announces
North Carolina Commerce Secretary Anthony M. Copeland has appointed Napoleon Wallace, a finance and community economic development executive, as the department’s Deputy Secretary to oversee the Divisions of Workforce Solutions and Rural Economic Development.

Raleigh, N.C. — The state’s seasonally adjusted July unemployment rate was 4.1 percent, decreasing 0.1 of a percentage point from June’s revised rate.  The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.3 percent.

Premtec Division of New York Air Brake to add jobs in Salisbury
North Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority awards $15.8 million in grants to support jobs and infrastructure and property upgrades
Company will create 170 jobs in Cleveland County and 30 in Charlotte
Company will create 145 jobs in 5 years and invest $60 million