Shortages of teachers, infrastructure and technology workers will hamper schools' ability to provide the best education, facilities and tools to children, Superintendent Robert Taylor said Thursday.

Higher employee pay will be key to running Wake schools smoothly, superintendent says

Wake County Public School System Superintendent Robert Taylor speaks to the League fo Women Voters of Wake County, April 18, 2024

More than 21% of North Carolina's four-year-olds enrolled in the state's pre-kindergarten programs during the 2022-2023 school year, up from the prior year but still below the state's pre-pandemic highs, according to the National Institute for Early Education Research.

North Carolina ranks 29th in public pre-K enrollment, new report shows

Durham County budget increases funding for pre-K students

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Vinfast is the Vietnam-based electric vehicle manufacturer who just broke ground on a huge manufacturing plant in Chatham County. Vinfast expects to hire more than 7-thousand people and invest some 2 billion dollars in the first phase of construction. The stock of the combined company will begin trading within a few days.

WRAL. FAYETTEVILLE, REPORTER GILBERT BAYS WILL BE THERE AND SHARE INFORMATION BEGINNING AT 04:00PM. >> THEN PASSED, SHAREHOLDERS APPROVED A MERGER WITH BLACKS PAY THAT COULD BE VALUED AT 23 BILLION DOLLARS. THEN FAST IS THE VIETNAM BASED ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANUFACTURER WHO JUST BROKE GROUND ON A HUGE MANUFACTURING PLANT IN CHATHAM COUNTY. THEN FAST EXPECTS TO HIRE MORE THAN 7,000 PEOPLE AND PLANS TO INVEST SOME 2 BILLION DOLLARS IN THE FIRST PHASE OF CONSTRUCTION. THE

Vinfast shareholders approves $23 billion merger with Black Spade

Three regional companies operating in the Carolinas will merge to form Affiliated Lighting + Controls, which will now span both Carolinas as it grows.

Three lighting and control companies merge, forming Affiliated Lighting + Controls

M&A report shows tech industry move toward cloud and virtual environments

From infectious disease planning to mental health spending, here's a look at how North Carolina members of Congress voted over the previous week.

How they voted: NC congressional votes for the week ending Sept. 29

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Winston-Salem blockchain startup Fluree PBC completed a merger with a New Jersey company to build "the data infrastructure for the future," its co-founder says.

W-S blockchain company Fluree merging with NJ AI startup

Fluree, a Filipowski-led blockchain startup, closes on $6.5M in new capital

By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business The tech giant has closed its $8.5 billion deal to acquire MGM, the home of […]

Bond, James Bond, now an Amazon employee

Jeff Bezos' lion: Here's why Amazon is spending $8.5B to acquire MGM

Following the merger of Raleigh-based inMotionNow and Lytho BV, the company will rebrand with a name that alludes to lithography, an 18th-century printing process.

Raleigh-based inMotionNow takes new name - Lytho - following merger

Durham-headquartered ArchiveSocial will merge with Monsido, a company founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, with three other global office locations.  The companies also announced that ArchiveSocial's acquisition of Next Request is now final.

ArchiveSocial to merge with Monsido; acquisition of Next Request now final

Two Moore County startups that provide behavioral marketing services will merge and open a new office in Pinehurst.

Startups merge, form integrated marketing, behavioral science consulting firm

Feds step in to block Visa's $5.3B acquisition of fintech startup

Together, the companies said they would build out their physician network with more coverage options and strengthen operational capacity to meet growing customer demands. It will also create a strategic partnership with ApolloMD, one of the nation's leading hospital services companies, RelyMD said in its release.

Cary's RelyMD merges with MyidealDOCTOR as telehealth continues to rise

The merger between BB&T, based in Winston-Salem, and SunTrust, based in Atlanta, is the largest bank merger since the Great Recession.

Merger between BB&T, SunTrust banks approved by Federal Reserve

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The new company is expected to have combined sales of $12.7 billion a year.

GSK and Pfizer officially merge healthcare businesses

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission recommended that the agency approve the merger of wireless carriers T-Mobile and Sprint based on what he called the companies' "significant commitments" to expand rural broadband service, build a robust 5G network and sell off Boost Mobile.

T-Mobile-Sprint Merger Wins Approval of FCC Chairman

RALEIGH – If anyone is worried that Red Hat will undergo a seismic reshuffle once IBM completes its $34 billion buyout of the open source firm later this year, you can put those fears to rest. One of North Carolina's top IBM executives gave a rare glimpse into ongoing acquisition negotiations, and said Big Blue…

Culture wars as Red Hat-IBM merge? No way, says Big Blue exec

The new firm has acquired Brandshop, a full-service direct-to-consumer commerce company.