Car rental company Avis Budget Group and insurance giant Geico plan to hire or relocate a total of 210 workers here in the coming months, Mayor Will Sessoms announced today in his State of the City address.
Avis Budget plans to hire about 85 management and support staff and move about 15 more workers from the …

Notwithstanding the state’s $4.2 billion shortfall, he vowed to double the Governor’s Opportunity Fund – a source of grants to entice businesses to move to the state – to $20 million a year. As of 2005, a similar fund in North Carolina was three times as large, McDonnell said. “No wonder we’re getting beat,” he said last week…