Volvo Construction Equipment North America LLC will cut 220 jobs — averaging $82,500 a year — from its Asheville sales and rental operations by September 2012.

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK — Victoria Haynes plans to retire as CEO of Research Triangle Institute, a nonprofit [...]

STONEVILLE — Gerbing’s Heated Clothing will bring production of its apparel and blankets from China to a factory [...]

PEMBROKE — Steven Roberts Original Desserts says it will open a 100,000-square-foot bakery here in July. The [...]

CHARLOTTE — Connextions, which operates call centers for the health-care industry, wants to hire 1,200 employees, [...]

At first glance, the proposed merger of FNB United Corp. and Bank of Granite Corp. looks like a bad match.

Back in January, leaders of the new Republican majority in the General Assembly spoke of working in partnership with the Democratic governor.

The night is hot, the beer cold, the neon bright. Rick’s Lounge, which anchors Hay Street — “Combat Alley” — in downtown Fayetteville, is packed.

Thirty minutes, they said. “Get your combat gear and be on the airplane at Pope” — the Air Force base next door to Fort Bragg.

Weststar Financial Services Corp. tried hard to put a happy face on Buddy Greenwood’s retirement as CEO of it and its lone subsidiary, Bank of Asheville.

I don’t know how much I’ll like having Duke Energy Corp. as my power company.