N.C. Officials Stand By Incentives for Google
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By David IngramRALEIGH -- Asked to appear before a powerful state Senate committee, public officials who negotiated millions in tax incentives for Google defended their work Wednesday and argued that the incentives were necessary to help economically depressed Caldwell County.
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GOOGLE caused a stir when it announced recently that its search engine can now look for data that is stored in users&#39; computers.
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By Jim Morrill, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 14--Tax incentives to entice corporations such as Google cost taxpayers too much and aren't fair to existing businesses, former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr told a Charlotte audience Tuesday.
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By Christopher D. Kirkpatrick, Jen Aronoff and Victoria Cherrie, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 11--LENOIR -- Eugene and Violet Anderson were home last spring when a van pulled up and the mayor, a county commissioner and several others piled out.
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Businesses and developers can work with the rival to Google's ad programs on a free or subscription basis.
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By Frank Norton, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Jun. 14--Lenovo wants to build a $10 million distribution facility near Greensboro, though the computer maker considered sites in Wake County and in other states.
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Google has launched a public policy blog that it will use to post comments about privacy, patent reform and other issues while also seeking support and aid from Internet users.
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By John P. McDermott, The Post and Courier, Charleston, S.C.  Feb. 3--Lifting what had been a nearly impenetrable veil of secrecy,  Google Inc. elaborated for the first time Friday about properties it is  considering in Berkeley County and the Midlands for large data-processing  centers.
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Users will see the coupons displayed with maps when they search on Google Local.
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From $500,000 for a teapot museum in North Carolina to $450,000 for plants on the east side of the Capitol, the federal government spends hundreds of billions every year for grants, contracts, earmarks and loans. With creation of a new federal Web site, citizens will at least be able to see where some of their tax money goes.
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By Victoria Cherrie Christopher D. Kirkpatrick, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 15--Governments in Caldwell County committed to 30 years of tax breaks for Google without ever completing a study to see if it made economic sense.
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 12--North Carolina leaders have gone along with financial incentives to lure business relocations largely out of fear.
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Imagine being able to check instantly   whether or not statements made by politicians were correct.   That is the sort of service Google Inc. GOOG.O boss Eric   Schmidt believes the Internet will offer within five years.
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Device uses NCQ technology to prioritize a PC's requests.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 20--CHARLOTTE -- York County residents who oppose a plan from two North Carolina cities to draw water from the Catawba River pleaded their case to N.C. officials Tuesday during the last public hearing on the proposal.
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By Jonathan B. Cox,Economic incentives are again in the spotlight after Google was promised as much as $260 million in tax breaks and other perks to create 210 jobs.
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Google Inc.  said on Friday its board of directors had agreed to pay executive officers a bonus of up to $1.5 million total for 2006, but it was not clear if the plan applied to the billionaires who started the Web search leader.