Earlier this week I reported that Cincinnati is losing one of its longtime companies, Chiquita, to Charlotte NC. Charlotte ended up offering Chiquita $22 million in incentives and Ohio’s governor, John Kasich, said that we couldn’t offer them any more than the $6 million already offered. Now we know why: Ohio has offered Sears incentives […]
Cincinnati’s iconic skyline has been called one of the most beautiful around. One building that helps make up that skyline is the Chiquita Center. Today Chiquita has announced that they are moving their operations from Cincinnati to Charlotte, North Carolina: Chiquita Brands International, Inc. will relocate its headquarters to Charlotte, N.C., the company announced Tuesday […]
I posted earlier this week about Cincinnati billionaire Carl Lindner and his deep pockets for the GOP. As you recall, Lindner was the CEO of Chiquita during the time they were supporting terrorist organizations in South America. In that post I directed the readers to Newsmeat to check out Carl’s past donations. I also noted that […]