‘“ I’ve been very honest with everybody:
On Jan. 10, Beverly Eaves Perdue became the 73rd governor of North Carolina — the first woman to hold the office. The New Bern Democrat spent eight years as lieutenant governor and 14 as a state [...]
Y’all come – and stay awhile
Gasoline prices fell dramatically during the final days of 2008, but it wasn’t enough to help the hospitality industry.
What a piece of work is man
Just one more day to go, and Harry Payne admits he’s a little edgy. Tomorrow he’ll give up his job as chairman of the state Employment Security Commission to Moses Carey, the incoming governor’s [...]
Trying to make due
North Carolina has lost more than a third of its manufacturing jobs since the end of 1999, and the exodus accelerated last year when the state shed about 6% of its factory jobs through November.
The road to recovery
Painfully high gasoline prices in North Carolina crept even higher — averaging more than $4 a gallon — after two hurricanes slammed Gulf Coast refineries in September. Pricey petrol made trains [...]
The best-laid plans of governors
In 16 years as governor, Jim Hunt never let anyone doubt what he wanted his legacy to be.
Squeezing out sparks
Three months before panic hit the financial industry, Charlotte-based Duke Energy Corp. started seeing demand for electricity soften.
Signing up for unions
It took 16 years, but the Smithfield Packing plant near Tar Heel — where 32,000 hogs a day go in one door and countless pork chops pour out another — is now a union shop.
Shop till you drop
When the going gets tough, Americans tend to go shopping. Consumer spending has pulled the U.S. economy out of many tight spots. But this time, it might take lot more than that.
It’s an ill wind that blows
Health-insurance costs for U.S. employers are rising — by about 6% this year, according to one consulting firm — and care is still hard to find in some parts of North Carolina.