September 25, 2009
The unemployment rate in Guilford County dipped slightly in August to 11.4 percent from 11.7 percent in July, according to statistics released Friday by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.
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Townsends Inc., which makes poultry products, announced today that it will expand in Mocksville, adding 103 jobs and investing $700,000 over the next three years.
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September 24, 2009
Nintendo on Sunday will cut the price of its popular Wii console by $50, in a bid to broaden its appeal among potential new customers as it prepares to release the Wii Fit-Plus and New Super Mario Bros. games.
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The Reserve at Regents Center has 144 units and is located at 100 Regents Center Court in Lexington.
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September 23, 2009
Environmental regulators are suing the parent company of outdoor apparel maker The North Face, alleging footwear marketed as anti-bacterial violated federal pesticide laws.
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As lawmakers prepare to implement sweeping credit card reforms, Bank of America Corp. and JPMorgan Chase & Co. are moving to overhaul overdraft fees and practices that have been criticized industrywide as excessive and harmful to consumers.
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A charter airline that once operated as Hooters Air has quit ferrying NBA stars and rockers as it struggles against lost contracts and a felony charge against its CEO for allegedly failing to make payments on his employees' group health insurance.
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RALEIGH (AP) — Hanesbrands Inc. is using a Mount Everest climbing expedition to test and showcase the company's advances in high-tech apparel.Officials for the Winston-Salem-based company plan to announce the expedition Wednesday morning at North Ca...
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As the bidding begins and if your timing is good, you can pick something up at a really decent price.
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September 22, 2009
As many as five sites will be offered as possibilities at a meeting at 3 p.m. today in Greensboro.
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September 20, 2009
If you’re hoping to claim the tax credit for buying a first home, you need to start the process now.
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Several junk removal services in the area have found a robust market for cleaning, or "trashing-out," foreclosed properties during the past two years.
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Offering jeans at a fraction of what you'd pay at a high-end department store has paid off for store owner Jennie Barnes, who has seen steady business since she opened.
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September 18, 2009
North Carolina’s unemployment rate dipped to 10.8 percent in August from 10.9 percent in July, according to statistics released today by the Employment Security Commission of North Carolina.
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Greensboro’s United Way estimates it must find 5,000 new donors to meet a campaign goal of $12.5 million, which is a lower goal than last year’s.
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Unifi Inc. on Thursday raised its adjusted EBITDA guidance for the quarter that ends Sept. 27 to a range of $13 million to $14 million.
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County commissioners have sent a copy of the proposed policy to the state attorney general for review.
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September 17, 2009
Some hope the move could open space for an expansion of Festival Park.
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Hanesbrands Inc. said today it will stop making its own yarn, a move that will close one plant and two warehouses in North Carolina.
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88.5 WFDD, the public radio station licensed to Wake Forest University, will condense its normal 10-day pledge drive into one day: Oct. 7.
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Due to inclement weather, Replacements Ltd. has canceled its fall sidewalk sale.
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W. Horace Carter, a North Carolina newspaper publisher and editor whose crusades against the Ku Klux Klan in the 1950s earned him a Pulitzer Prize, died Wednesday. He was 88.
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September 16, 2009
Blockbuster Inc. may close as many as 960 stores by the end of next year, shedding more dead weight as the struggling video rental chain tries to reverse its losses and fend off rapidly growing rivals Netflix Inc. and Redbox.
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The city will hold a public workshop next week to get input as it moves forward with a second study for development recommendations along the High Point Road/West Lee Street corridor.
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Economic indicators still “aren’t all that great,” a Brookings researcher says, especially employment.
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