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In Winston-Salem, a business that wants tax breaks doesn't have to stick out an open hand. And if that business is Chicago-based Sara Lee Corp., the city comes running with an open wallet. Just hinting that it might move its 2,900 jobs out of Forsyth County was enough to get the company a half-million dollars' worth of tax rebates.
"We never said to either the city or the county, 'Do this or that,' says Peggy Carter, the company's Winston-Salem...