Charlotte is the largest metropolitan area in North and South Carolina, with more than one million residents. Serving as the headquarters for Bank of America and Wachovia, Charlotte is the banking center of the South and third largest in the U.S. Other notable employers include Bellsouth Telecommunications, Carolinas Healthcare Systems, Caromont Healthcare, Chrysler Freight Line, Freightliner LLC, IBM, Medcath Incorporated, Merchandising Corp. of America, NB Holdings Corp., Northeast Medical Center, Presbyterian Hospital, and Prime Energy SystemsInvestments of over $1 billion and 13,000 jobs have been created by start-ups and growth is predicted at 19% through the year 2005.The Charlotte Business Journal is in the Charlotte, NC DMA. The Charlotte Business Journal is part of the City Business Journal Network and offers ROP and insert advertising opportunities in its daily circulation. Echo Media has direct relationships with over 7,500 newspapers providing tremendous local coverage.