Wachovia President and CEO Bob Steel spoke publicly for the first time Thursday morning regarding his company’s merger with Wells Fargo. Steel addressed around 800 attendees of the Power Breakfast 2 at the Charlotte Convention Center, an event sponsored by the Charlotte Business Journal. Before today, Steel has only spoken about the merger with Wachovia [...]
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Hundreds turned out Saturday afternoon in uptown Charlotte to rally for gay rights. Similar rallies and marches, promoted by Join the Impact, took place simultaneously across the nation. The rallies were prompted by the passage of Proposition 8, a California ballot measure than put an end to same-sex [...]
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11:05am- Right now the UNC Charlotte Board of Trustees are reviewing the marketing plan for the football program at UNCC. This is the final vote to bring football to the university and if the Board of Trustees give it a go, football is officially alive at UNC Charlotte. This is a pretty [...]
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Check out this video by Blair Trosper (@blairblends on Twitter) and Charlotte Tweets (@cltweets) showing Twitter keyword popularity in Charlotte, including the names of the various political candidates, as poll results streamed in on election night.
This is just the beginning, Blair has been saying on Twitter, so be sure [...]
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“This was not the night we had planned, but I accept the voters’ conclusions from North Carolina.â€
Last night was a first for Mayor Pat McCrory, the first time he had to make a concession speech. The speech was quick and and filled with many thanks to all of his campaign staff. McCrory [...]
“Senator Barack Obama’s campaign announced today that he will return to the Charlotte area on Monday.
The stop is part of a barnstorming tour of states the day before the election.”
Read more by Sean Corcoran at WBTV. Further details as yet unavailable.
photo of lunar eclipse taken from the Discovery Place parking deck, credit: Justin Ruckman
I’ve been looking around for some good ghost stories this week and this one is from the book Ghost Stories of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County by Stephanie Burt Williams. I’m not saying these are facts, but this book is really fun and [...]
Voters on Friday wait outside the Plaza-Midwood Library
Due to high turnout, early voting locations across Mecklenburg county will now be open Saturday from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM. Polls initially planned to close Saturday at 1:00 PM. If you are not in line at 5:00 PM Saturday you will have to wait until [...]
The above ad is only running in the Triangle and Triad, not in Charlotte, and seems to single out Charlotte from the rest of the state.
“‘The average person sees that ad as us against them, Charlotte versus Raleigh. How do you explain?’ asks Charlotte Observer columnist Tonya Jameson.
Perdue cuts her off and replies, ‘Let [...]
all photos credit: Matthew Tyndall
Earlier today Vice Presidential hopeful Joe Biden came to UNC Charlotte to help get people to the polls and vote early (you only have until Nov. 1 to vote early in NC). Biden was introduced by NC Attorney General Roy Cooper and was greeted by a fairly filled Halton Areana. Joe [...]
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