Recently added articles from Business North Carolina:
Working together will boost the east: roads, broadband Internet and other infrastructure would help. So would getting the state to see beyond the Triangle.(EASTERN ROUND TABLE)
Oct 01, 2009 ... Eastern North Carolina must promote itself better--not only around the world but inside the state. But it will take a regional effort to tout far-flung assets such as the North Carolina Global TransPark in Kinston and the state ports in Wilmington and Morehead City. That was one of many ...
The realities of realty.(FINEPRINT)
Oct 01, 2009; ... On Sept. 17, 2007, a for-sale sign was jammed into the front yard of my home, which I had bought just 2 1/2 years prior (which is to say, near the peak of the housing market). Thus began my education in real estate, a learning experience that dovetailed almost exactly with the national ...
When the levy breaks.(Statewide)(Brief article)
Oct 01, 2009 ... It's autumn. Do you know where your county tax bill is? Statements for levies on real property start going out in the summer, and while some folks pay quickly, others hold out until after Christmas, just before interest starts to accumulate in January. This year, about two-thirds of ...
Boat building takes on water in recession.(Eastern)
Oct 01, 2009 ... When commercial fishing and seafood processing foundered in the mid-'90s, industry hunters turned to another traditional maritime trade to help buoy the coastal economy. But now boat building--2,500 businesses statewide, including parts and service suppliers--faces foul weather after high ...
Union treads lightly on pay to get grip on jobs.(Eastern)
Oct 01, 2009 ... Roughly 3,000 workers at the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. factory in Fayetteville, already benefiting from state incentives to keep employment up, got extra protection against job loss in contract talks between the company and the United Steelworkers. With recession crimping company ...