North Carolina

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NC regulators will not revoke Duke Energy permit

AP News 3 days ago

NC regulators deny enviromentalists' request to revoke Duke's permit for coal-fired generators North Carolina regulators have denied a request by environmental groups to revoke Duke Energy Corp.'s permit for coal-fired generators at its new power plant in the western part of the ...

NC businesses see workers' comp coverage savings

AP News 3 days ago

Price break: NC companies to see nearly 10 percent savings in workers' compensation insurance North Carolina businesses will pay nearly 10 percent less next year for workers' compensation insurance under an agreement between the insurance industry and state regulators. State Insurance Department ...

Lawmakers return to NC capital to talk sales tax

AP News 4 days ago

Another look: Combined House, Senate finance committees ponder NC tax overhaul again North Carolina lawmakers returned Tuesday to resume conversations on overhauling the state's tax system as soon as next spring after House and Senate Democrats couldn't agree on a plan before ...

BofA CEO may be based outside Charlotte: report

Reuters US Online Report Business News 4 days ago

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp <BAC.N> is considering allowing its next chief executive to be based in a city other than Charlotte, North Carolina, the bank's long-time headquarters, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The bank has broadened its search ...

Children direct certified for school lunches

AP News 5 days ago

Children direct certified for school lunches The following is the percent of school-aged children from households receiving food stamps who were directly certified for free or reduced priced lunches by schools in 2008-2009. Percentages above 100 percent are possible because some school ...

Stress Map Booming Counties

AP News 7 days ago

In the state capital's downtown core, decorative street lights beam down on a recently revitalized pedestrian plaza in Raleigh, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. A study shows that the nation's 100 fastest-growing counties have, as a whole, fared worse than the national ...

NCarolina Virginia Tech Football

AP News 9 days ago

Virginia Tech's Dyrell Roberts (11) and North Carolina's Charles Brown (12) battle for a bobbled pass during the first half of an NCAA college football game at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Don Petersen) Copyright 2009 AP ...

Study: Smokies' $800M tops in visitor spending

AP News 10 days ago

Study: Great Smoky Mountains' $800 million in visitor spending tops among national parks A National Park Service study has ranked the Great Smoky Mountains as tops in visitor spending. The study estimates the Smokies' 9 million visitors in 2008 spent more than ...

Census: 'Brain gains' for high-tech cities

AP News 10 days ago

Census data shows college graduates choosing urban, high-tech meccas in recession Many college graduates are passing up industrial centers and former hotspots in the Southwest, which have been hit hard by the recession, in favor of life in urban, high-tech meccas. Their ...

Financial technology company adding 419 jobs in NC

AP News 10 days ago

Financial technology company Fiserv adding 419 jobs in western NC; jobs to begin next year Financial technology company Fiserv Inc. plans to open a new location in North Carolina and add more than 400 jobs. State officials said Tuesday the Brookfield, Wis.-based ...

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