Charlotte's Electrolux campus in University City is currently planning a massive expansion. They recently commissioned Red Rock Developments and a Chicago real estate investment firm to build a new $85 million facility next to their main headquarters building. Once completed, it will increase it's total employee count to over 1,600, about 600 more than they currently employee in the greater Charlotte...
What does an orangutan have to do with Energy? Apparently a European energy company thinks it makes a perfect mascot. Scottish and Southern Energy’s new campaign is one of the craziest and most illogical marketing campaigns we've seen in years. It stars ‘Maya’, a CGI orangutan (currently on the endangered species list), exploring a city and marveling at all the wonderful things that...
CBS has just released a line of NCIS action figures for kids - click here to see more details on Amazon.com   They are also selling action figures for The Walking Dead, Breaking Bad, and several others on Amazon.com     // // //
A major wave of hirings are coming to Milwaukee this coming Thursday (10/23). Currently there are 75 employers signed up to fill about 1,000 positions and will be interviewing candidates over the next couple weeks. The event is being organized and promoted by Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board. It will take place from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. at American Serb Memorial Hall, 5101...
Many have seen this before/after image circulating the internet... but if this isn't proof enough for you that Renée Zellweger is a shape-shifting alien, here are 5 more rock solid proofs that she either no is no longer human, or never was one to begin with; 5. She’s got superhuman strength. Renée is a beast in a teeny, tiny body. She does...
Jeffrey Fowle was arrested back in May by North Korean officials for leaving a bible in his hotel room. He was initially detained at the airport earlier this year just before he was about to fly out of North Korea. There are now reports circulating the internet claiming that North Korea has officially released him, however it appears there may be some foul play at work....
DOMA Technologies, headquartered in Virginia Beach is about to  carry out a multi-million dollar expansion that will add at least 150 new jobs. This comes on the heals of a major contract that was recently awarded by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, to help improve timeliness for the receipt of private medical records to support a Veteran’s claim for disability...
The annual Ghost Walk of Historic Pocahontas has just started with tours given each Friday evening and Saturday afternoon, as well as a “Monster Mash Costume Dance” this coming Saturday night, Oct. 25, in the Pocahontas Opera House. “This is our third year for the event, the number of people attending has more than doubled each year. We had 11 our...
In an effort to help those living on the streets of Nashville find homes, the government has just issued a $3.6 million federal grant to Davidson and Shelby Counties. The grant is from the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The state department of mental health services will coordinate how it is distributed. Currie said 85 percent of it will...
Alevo Inc. has now begun spending "hundreds of millions" of dollars on its new facilities in Concord NC, which will employ over 2,500 workers. It will produce revolutionary new battery systems, used to store and release energy with significantly more efficiency than previous technologies. The sheer size of the company's new facility will significantly help the Charlotte region to establish itself as an energy hub for the nation. Storage for utility...