Archives

Federal cuts known as sequestration will close parts of Great Smoky Mountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway this year.

Red Oak Brewery's CEO says a state law requiring beer makers to turn all of their distribution over to wholesalers if they produce more than 25,000 31-gallon barrels in a year has stymied his [...]

Duke Energy closed its merger with Progress Energy and hours later made a shocking change at CEO.

Martin Marietta launched an unsolicited bid in December for Birmingham, Ala.-based Vulcan, which is suing Martin Marietta, contending that its use of confidential information in an unfriendly [...]

Chiquita Brands International Inc. is moving its headquarters  from Cincinnati to Charlotte this year.

Fine Print: In recent weeks I’ve found myself returning to the idea that Charlotte-based Bank of America will not survive.

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

In October, Asheville Savings Bank converted from a mutual association owned by its members to a financial institution owned by stockholders, selling more than $55 million of shares [...]

“Get the heck out of that bank.”— Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin’s advice to Bank of America customers Oct. 3 after it announces it will institute [...]

The Charlotte energy sector, which President Barack Obama has repeatedly praised, features such behemoths as Duke Energy Corp. and Siemens Energy Inc., a subsidiary of Germany-based Siemens [...]