Charlotte, North Carolina – Home of InvestEd 2008

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Financial/Business Sector

The Charlotte area boasts one of the most dynamic economies in the United States and some of the largest financial institutions, including the nation's second and fourth largest financial institutions, Bank of America and Wachovia, respectively. A number of other Fortune 500 companies also are headquartered in the Charlotte metropolitan area: Duke Energy, Family Dollar, Goodrich Corporation, Nucor, Sonic Automotive, and SPX Corporation. If you own or are interested in any of these companies, this may be your opportunity to see them up close and personal.

Bank of America Corporation
100 North Tryon Street
Charlotte NC 28255
Phone: 704-377-2565

Bank of America, a financial holding company that provides banking and non-banking financial services in the United States and internationally, was founded in 1874 and is headquartered in Charlotte.

Wachovia Corporation
1 Wachovia Center
Charlotte NC 28288-0013
Phone: 704-374-6565

Wachovia Corporation, founded in 1879 and headquartered in Charlotte, is a financial holding company providing commercial and retail banking services and other financial services in the United States and internationally.
 
Duke Energy Corporation
526 South Church Street
Charlotte NC 28202-1803
Phone: 704-594-6200

Duke Energy Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a power company in the United States. The Corporation was founded 1916 and is headquartered in Charlotte.

Family Dollar Stores, Incorporated
10401 Monroe Road
Matthews NC 28105
Phone: 704-847-6961

Family Dollar Stores, founded in 1959 and headquartered in Charlotte, operates a chain of neighborhood retail discount stores in the United States.

Goodrich Corporation
2730 West Tyvola Road
Charlotte NC 28217-4578
Phone: 704-423-7000

Goodrich Corporation, founded in 1870 and headquartered in Charlotte, supplies components, systems, and services to the commercial and general aviation airplane markets, as well as to the defense and space markets worldwide.

Nucor Corporation
1915 Rexford Road
Charlotte NC 28211
Phone: 704-366-7000

Nucor Corporation engages in the manufacture and sale of steel and steel products in the United States. The company was founded in 1940 and is based in Charlotte.

Sonic Automotive, Incorporated
6415 Idlewild Road
Charlotte NC 28212
Phone: 704-566-2400

Sonic Automotive, founded in 1997 and headquartered in Charlotte, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States.

SPX Corporation
13515 Ballantyne Corporate Place
Charlotte NC 28277
Phone: 704-752-4400

SPX Corporation, founded in 1911 as The Piston Ring Company, is based in Charlotte. It changed its name to Sealed Power Corporation in 1931 and then to SPX Corporation in 1988. The corporation offers flow technology, thermal equipment and services, and industrial products and services primarily in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom.

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