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Fresh from being named to the Fortune 500, Charlotte-based Albemarle cracked the newly released Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential Companies" list along with several big tech firms with a presence in North Carolina.

Albemarle joins IBM, Novo Nordisk, Apple, Microsoft, Google on Time's '100' list

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been an actor and leader, and now he's Time's Person of the Year, along with the Ukrainian people.

A leader who was reluctantly thrust into the international spotlight. Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelinski is Times 2022 person of the year. The political novice captured the attention of billions as Ukraine defiantly stood up to the law, largest country in the world. He has empowered his nation to join the fight against Russian forces, which is why the spirit of Ukraine is also recognized on the cover. When Zelensky said very forcefully in the very first minutes, this act of courage and said, I'm staying, we're going to fight this thing. It sent a signal to the rest of the hierarchy of the state. That was, in a sense contagious, the tv personality turned politician. We've been waiting for this so much time understands the importance of a well delivered line. He had this very strong ability to hold the attention of an audience to anticipate what the audience needs and wants not to disappoint them and not to be intimidated by the glare of a lot of expectant gazes. Right, pointed at you all those Alinsky supporters hail him as a hero. Times Editor in Chief says that is not what landed him on the cover. It's actually not an award. It's it's um, it's a designation for the person or sometimes it's an object that most influenced events through the years. Sometimes that's for good, sometimes that's for ill, sometimes it's in the middle. Zelinsky topped a short list of other contenders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping the Supreme court and for a second year in a row. Elon musk, the women of Iran are times heroes of the year after the death of 22 year old Masa Amini ignited protests across the world against Iran's morality laws. Times picks can sometimes come as a surprise, but their athlete of the year certainly did not come out of left field. He came out of right this year. It's Yankees, slugger Aaron judge who smashed the american league home run record for months. There was speculation about where he would end up. Do you see your career starting here exploding here ending here? Or do you not know what the future holds? I don't know what the future holds, you know, you never really know. But today the outfielder locked in a record breaking nine year, $360 million dollar contract with the Bronx bombers. As for other time honors country music artist Mickey Guyton is the breakthrough artist this year, Michelle Yeoh star of the movie. Everything everywhere. All at once is entertainer of the year and artists of the year. Our south korean girl group, Black Pink offering a catchy soundtrack to a memorable year. Joe fryer. NBC News

Zelenskyy, Ukrainian people named Time's Person of the Year

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Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, a Hillsborough native who helped develop the COVID-19 vaccine, has been named one of Time magazine's Heroes of the Year.



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A North Carolina native and UNC alum who helped develop the Moderna vaccine is being honored as one of Time Magazine's most influential people in the world.



>> A FEW OF THE QUILTS ARE STILL MISSING, ANYONE WHO FINDS THEM IS ASKED TO RETURN THEM. >> WHAT A POWERFUL STORY. >>> A NORTH CAROLINA NATIVE AND UNC ALUM, IS ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE'S MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE. DR. BEGAN FIRST DAY CLINICAL TRIALS LAST MARCH FOR CORONAVIRUS EXITS, AND JUST LAST WEEK, DR. CORBETT MET WITH

UNC alum honored by Time Magazine 

Time refers to the group of journalists targeted for their work as, "The Guardians."