When healing takes work

Lisa Schiller's work ID still shows her with a full head of hair.
Modified: 11/08/09 04:53:46 AM

Banks had time to make changes

Cents and Sensibility: Ever since Congress passed a bill this year aimed at getting credit card companies to clean up their act, they've been doing anything but.
Modified: 11/06/09 11:30:45 PM

Software cos. eye key patent case in Supreme Court

With the technology industry looking on, the Supreme Court on Monday will explore what types of inventions should be eligible for a patent in a pivotal case that could undermine such legal protections for software.
Modified: 11/07/09 11:58:11 AM

Work-at-home ploys explode

Warning time: More Internet work-at-home schemes are popping up to take advantage of people who are trying to earn extra money for the holidays.
Modified: 11/06/09 09:10:53 PM

Shops sell holiday deals early

Retailers want you to believe the day-after-Thanksgiving sales have arrived early this year.
Modified: 11/07/09 04:50:48 AM

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Cloud service lifts Hosted Solutions

Data center company Hosted Solutions' new cloud computing service is attracting business from new and existing customers, including a regional department store chain and the Cleveland Cavaliers basketball team.
Modified: 11/06/09 09:10:50 PM

Benefits to 230,000 will go on

More than 230,000 out-of-work people in the state stand to benefit from a financial lifeline extended by Congress this week.
Modified: 11/06/09 09:05:41 PM

Court ends tobacco company payments in Md., Pa.

North Carolina's highest court ruled Friday that three cigarette companies no longer have to make payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania under a decade-old settlement.
Modified: 11/06/09 10:28:28 PM

End of project hits PowerSecure

PowerSecure International, the Wake Forest energy services company, took a financial hit in the third quarter as it shifts to new lines of business.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:16:20 PM

Duke cuts 400 jobs; more possible

Duke University has culled its payroll by about 400 employees thus far, but layoffs are still a possibility, officials said during an employee meeting this week.
Modified: 11/05/09 09:15:15 PM

PSNC coverage faces criticism

PSNC Energy, the Triangle's natural gas utility, is raising questions with its newest line of business: insuring water lines and sewer lines against damage.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:35:13 PM

Pet sleuth cracks pooch case

Saunders: Amy Martin of Raleigh was grief-stricken and frantic when she called Kare Romanski recently after Chelsea, Martin's 14-year-old miniature schnauzer, didn't return from answering nature's call. Romanski is a pet detective.
Modified: 11/06/09 05:11:03 AM

Credit buoys sellers' hopes

When Congress voted overwhelmingly Thursday to expand the first-time homebuyer tax credit to include repeat buyers, it brought a ray of hope to segments of the Triangle housing market that have not had much to cheer about of late.
Modified: 11/06/09 05:06:05 AM

$40,000 grants given to nonprofits working on health care

Nine local nonprofit organizations have each been awarded $40,000 GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT grants to further their work providing access to health care in the Triangle.
Modified: 11/05/09 09:15:14 PM

A bead store is reborn

Retailing: On Saturday, Evan Smith will turn 23 years old. She will also officially become an entrepreneur.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:30:24 PM

Big weekend in appliances

With the state's second sales tax holiday on Energy Star appliances starting today, retailers are hoping for big sales, and shoppers are looking for big discounts.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:16:15 PM

Inspire reports revenue growth

Inspire Pharmaceuticals reported a narrower loss in the third quarter because of double-digit revenue growth.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:15:53 PM

Harris Stratex loses $7.8 million

Sales at Morrisville-based Harris Stratex slumped 39 percent in the latest quarter.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:15:52 PM

First Citizens deals blossom

The recent acquisitions of two failed banks by First Citizens BancShares have proved to be a profitable move.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:15:51 PM

China sales, layoffs fuel Lenovo profit

Strong PC shipments in China powered Lenovo to better-than-expected profits in the latest quarter, reversing three consecutive money-losing quarters.
Modified: 11/05/09 11:15:45 PM