Working capital / Triad.

• Position: Triad

Employed: 744,392

YTD change: (5,418)

Index: 98.4

Source: Division of Employment Security. March, Figures are not seasonally adjusted. The index is the number of jobs as a percentage of the average in 2000.

$3.6 billion

Reported value of the contract extension the Atlantic Coast Conference signed with ESPN in May, Coming just months after the Greensboro-based collegiate athletics league announced it is adding Syracuse University and University of Pittsburgh, the deal will pay each school $17 million a year through 2026-27, about $4 million more than the former agreement.

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Piedmont Triad Farmers Market in Colfax was the only state-run farmers market to break even last fiscal year.

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PIEDMONT TRIAD

Expenses: $864,738

Receipts: $864,738

Loss: 0

CHARLOTTE

Expenses: $309,930

Receipts: $240,856

Loss: $69,074

RALEIGH

Expenses: $1,590,628

Receipts: $1,589,903

Loss: $725

SOUTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA (Lumberton)*

Expenses...