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South Carolina’s biggest bank bets on Charlotte and Richmond for peppier growth.

A Raleigh medical-industry startup is setting a blistering growth pace, hoping to disrupt an industry dominated by two incumbents.

FNB’s bet on North Carolina is taking time to pay off as the Pittsburgh-based bank raises its profile.

Local ownership dwindles as institutions in nearby states acquire North Carolina banks, some built over decades, some constructed in a hurry.

Nashville's Pinnacle Financial Partners is acquiring High Point-based BNC Bancorp, which operates Bank of North Carolina, in a $1.9 billion transaction

Winston-Salem is getting out of the sports entertainment arena, planning to sell Bowman Gray Stadium and Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Gov. Pat McCrory quickly backed off a proposal to cut the twice-annual High Point Market's state funding.

Harris Teeter, which opened its first store in Charlotte in 1936, has agreed to buy 10 stores in the population-dense Charlotte metropolitan statistical area from Winston-Salem-based Lowe’s [...]

Guilford College and High Point University presidents differ over the value of debt as an asset.

High-Point-based BNC Bancorp has agreed to buy four banks since March 31, 2010, greatly expanding its market by acquiring smaller regional banks.