43 NC counties are now under advisories, watches, or warnings.
  1. Generic Money
    Federal stimulus checks go unclaimed in NC

    The North Carolina Budget and Tax Center said Thursday that more than 175,000 low-income seniors, veterans and people with disabilities have yet to claim their checks.

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  2. Durham metro area's per capital income surges
    Durham metro area personal income average surges past Raleigh-Cary

    New government data shows Bull City ranks 73rd nationally, Raleigh-Cary 76th among nation’s metro areas. Growth in both exceeds national average.

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  3. Retail_Sales
    Apparel retailers face tough back-to-school time

    With the benefits of their stimulus checks dried up, Americans are focusing even more on necessities like detergent and milk. That's creating big problems for apparel chains at the malls as the important back-to-school shopping season gets under way.

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  4. Electric supply
    Duke Energy to turn Durham landfill gas into power

    Utility signs 20-year contract with Methane Power. Methane to produce electricity equivalent to that needed for 1,600 residential users, company says.

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  5. Progress Energy in Downtown Raleigh
    Progress Energy profit beats Wall Street estimates

    Progress reported profits of $199 million, or 77 cents per share, for the second quarter of this year.

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  6. Stock falls on weak jobs report, Wal-Mart sales
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  7. Dollar rises as central banks keep rates steady
    1. Posted at 4:38 p.m.
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  8. Pending home sales rise 5.3 percent
    1. Updated at 10:59 a.m.
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  9. Jobless claims hit highest point since March 2002
    1. Updated at 5:00 p.m.
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  10. EPA denies Texas governor's ethanol waiver request
    1. Updated at 5:47 p.m.
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  11. Retailers report mixed sales results in July
    1. Updated at 12:45 p.m.
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  12. Lexus once again tops JD Power dependability study
    1. Updated at 3:02 p.m.
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  13. Biodefense lab in North Carolina? Forget it.
    1. Updated at 8:27 a.m.
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  14. Oil steady near $119; US demand still a concern
    1. Updated at 6:16 a.m.
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  15. Toyota reports fall in fiscal first-quarter profit
    1. Posted at 4:08 a.m.
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  16. N.C. economy won't regain 'solid footing' until 2009, NCSU professor predicts
    1. Aug. 6, 2008
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    Only 21 percent of respondents in new survey say they were satisfied overall with Web 2.0 tools, while 22 percent voiced clear dissatisfaction. Some disappointed companies have stopped using certain technologies altogether. What about you?

  2. Investing in a company’s future – at employee level
  3. Olympics someday to go virtual – as in videogames as a sport?
  4. Doing business as a woman in North Africa? Tread carefully
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