- Amazon is expanding its cloud computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence activities into a rural North Carolina county. The company said Wednesday it intends to invest $10 billion toward building a campus in Richmond County.
- After 35 years in operation, Neo-China in Durham closed its doors at the end of May. The family-owned Chinese restaurant struggled to keep up with rising operational costs, including the increased prices of imported Chinese goods that resulted from the high tariff earlier this spring.
- Leoneda Inge chats with Visit NC's Scott Peacock about the new Michelin guide dedicated to the American South.
- The Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary s Due South’s Leoneda Inge to share hard truths amid economic uncertainty, as well as strategies to move through it.
- The Assembly’s Johanna Still wrote about a "happy minority" of North Carolina business owners welcoming tariffs. She tells Due South's Jeff Tiberii about her recent reporting.
- Small businesses that depend on imported Chinese goods, like Asian restaurants and grocery stores, are grappling with rising costs due to the 145% tariff on China.
- The U.S. Small Business istration is reminding those impacted by Helene that they still have time to apply for disaster relief.
- The IRS has extended the deadline to next month for disaster victims in 12 states including North Carolina.
- Kellanova produces 8,000 pounds of Cheez-Its an hour at its Cary bakery.
- 42nd Street Oyster Bar was a popular seafood restaurant in Raleigh. The nearly century-old establishment closed its doors on Sunday.
- Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar for $1 billion a decade after it bought the North Carolina company for $8 billion.
- Leoneda Inge sits down with state treasurer Brad Briner to discuss his planned approach to the role.