Boeing triggers a high-stakes courtship – Rocky Mount Telegram

Eastern North Carolina is dressing up to go courting a bride with one of the largest dowries ever seen. Here comes Boeing, a giant aircraft manufacturing plant that would employ thousands of workers with high-paying jobs, bring millions of dollars in investment and who knows how many supporting companies?

The Global TransPark in Kinston would love nothing more than to announce that kind of wedding. But of course, so would Greensboro and Charlotte and – oh, yeah – a dozen or so other states. (More)