Economy in the tank? It must mean the state needs to offer more corporate welfare:

State commerce officials aren’t cutting back on their targeted
efforts to create jobs, and plan to focus in 2009 on about a dozen
industries that promise good wages. The most promising prospects
include aircraft engines and parts, transportation equipment, and data
centers similar to the one Google opened in 2008 near Lenoir.

Commerce
Secretary Jim Fain said North Carolina also plans to chase companies in
life sciences, food production and services, solar-energy equipment
production, nuclear services projects, and maybe even a few corporate
headquarters.

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