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Ex-New Orleanian writing about banking for and looking for where I can buy Camellia brand beans in Charlotte. ⚜️🎭 

Charlotte, N.C.
charlotteobserver.com
Joined September 2012
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Dec 20

    Wells Fargo shifts many jobs overseas following layoffs in the US, documents show

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  2. Dec 22

    I see the Spanish moss, the bald cypress, and it hits me: I’m back home.

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  3. Dec 20

    “It’s shameful that an American company like Wells Fargo is slashing jobs at home and outsourcing them abroad, all while planning to spend more than $24 billion on stock buybacks that benefit only the bank’s executives and shareholders," says.

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  4. Retweeted
    Dec 20

    This excellent scoop from on Wells Fargo is a cautionary tale for business reporters. Corporations would rather give the impression that U.S. jobs are being lost to automation than acknowledge the reality that they are being shipped overseas.

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  5. Retweeted
    Dec 20

    Stop me if you've heard this before: Large publicly traded company receives incentives in exchange for hiring hundreds in Charlotte. This time it's Cognizant, a company that's relied heavily on outsourcing tech jobs and on the H-1B visa program

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    Dec 20

    Your periodic reminder that got a $3.7 billion cut from but still offshores jobs, h/t , rock solid reporting from

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    Dec 16

    Let me get this straight: Sears has $25 million laying around to pay out executives who ran the company into the ground, but doesn't have any money to give the thousands of workers they laid off severance pay?

    Sears bankruptcy court OKs $25 million in bonuses for top execs
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  8. Dec 17

    Some excellent reporting in here by .

    It’s been more than 1.5 years since was repealed. But with Charlotte’s reputation tainted, the city's still paying millions to market itself to visitors, according to records obtained by the Observer
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  9. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    "The State Board of Elections & Ethics Enforcement will conduct a public evidentiary hearing into irregularities in the 9th Congressional District election at 10 a.m. January 11, 2019." Latest update in . Location TBA.

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  10. Retweeted
    Dec 14

    Honored to be recognized by Momentum for Change for our Initiative and investment in clean energy.

    Finance is crucial for meeting targets. We need to invest in the a resilient and healthy future. Our show the way!
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  11. Dec 14

    Sonic Automotive plans to create 500 jobs with call center in the Charlotte area (by @)

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  12. Dec 14

    When did "leverage" become a corporate buzzword and why does it have to be in nearly every corporate press release?

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  13. Dec 14

    Wells Fargo’s cuts the pay rate in 2019 for its lowest-producing advisers

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  14. Dec 13

    . reported that "the Charlotte News & Observer" got a bomb threat today, which alarmed my out-of-state relatives. A. That's not our name, and B. the Charlotte Observer didn't get one. Does this mean we're not world class?
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  15. Dec 13

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    Dec 13

    Sonic Automotive plans to create 500 jobs with call center near Charlotte, thanks in part to a $6.8 million in incentives from NC, via

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  17. Retweeted
    Dec 13

    CMPD says most, but not all, of the Charlotte threats are uptown. Story:

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  18. Dec 13

    Or just have media relations people start using plain English.

    dictionary dot com except a tool that translates corporate PR speak into English
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    Dec 12

    Come work with our team at The Charlotte Observer! We're looking for the next editor of , our smart, savvy guide to the city. Bonus: You'll help lead C5's transition from special pubs to the newsroom.

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    Dec 12

    . providing $200,000 to help revitalize and stabilize neighborhoods in through NeighborhoodLIFT effort:

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