http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/businessVisit rockymounttelegram.com for more news, weather and more!Wed, 25 Aug 2010 6:50:35 EDTen-usCopyright (C) 2009 rockymounttelegram.combusinessState grant money has been awarded to provide free job skills assessments for local high school students to help them land employment in certain fields. North Carolina’s Eastern Region, an economic development partnership, has approved a $35,000 grant for the Turning Point Workforce Development Board to administer the program.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/22697Sun, 15 Aug 2010 11:40:09 EDTbusinessOrganization is vital in business.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/22640Fri, 13 Aug 2010 8:56:00 EDTbusinessA store where people can sell and buy a wide range of pre-owned merchandise plans to open later this week in front of the Golden East Crossing mall. “Trade It!” is taking over the 10,000-square-feet of space at 1150 N. Wesleyan Blvd. that had been home to Fred’s Beds for three years.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/22491Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:08:28 EDTbusinessCustomer traffic should not decline at businesses near Interstate 95 should a proposal to charge tolls on the highway come to fruition, managers and employees at motels and restaurants at the highway’s Gold Rock exit said. But not everyone is so sure.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/22474Sun, 08 Aug 2010 10:11:41 EDTbusinessThousands of bank customers in the Twin Counties who use checking overdraft protection to cover unexpected expenses or make it through to the next payday could be out of luck come Aug. 15. A new federal banking regulation requires banks to do away with the coverage unless customers inform their bank they want it.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/22040Sun, 25 Jul 2010 9:29:16 EDTbusinessA plastic manufacturing plant in Battleboro that employs 241 full-time workers will be closing its doors at the end of November. Berry Plastics is closing its tapes, bags and coatings manufacturing plant at 5746 Pearsall St. that has been open for 24 years. It operates out of a 390,000-square-foot building that the company will be putting up for sale.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/21957Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:43:17 EDTbusinessA group of local farmers has found a way that might help them beat the heat. The seven farmers own Nash Produce Co., a limited liability company that handles everything from processing to selling vegetables.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/21806Sun, 18 Jul 2010 8:52:59 EDTbusinessEd Ormsby had reached a point in life where he was searching for a position exactly like the one he recently landed as director of the Small Business Center at Edgecombe Community College. As someone who had experienced the ups and downs of owning small businesses, he felt he had a lot of experience to offer people who were trying to get a business started or stay afloat.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/21585Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:55:00 EDTbusinessThe Telegram’s retail and classified advertising department recently won 28 awards in two newspaper advertising contests. The staff received 21 awards in the N.C. Press Association’s 2010 Best Advertising contest, including nine first-place awards, eight second-place awards and four third-place awards.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/21580Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:46:04 EDTbusinessLocal tanning booth operators and customers are livid about a new federal tax on people who use tanning beds. The new tax, imposed by the federal health care reform act, kicked in July 1. Tanning booth operators contend that it is unfair to single out that industry as a funding source for a new federal insurance program.http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/node/21531Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:08:11 EDT