Chinese PC maker Lenovo continued to defy a sluggish market in its fiscal third quarter, posting a 44 percent gain in sales and a 54 percent jump in profits that blew past analysts' expectations.

Eastman Kodak Co. said Thursday that it will stop making digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames, marking the end of an era for the company that brought photography to the masses more than a century ago.

Agribusiness giant Syngenta posted double-digit gains in revenue and net income for 2011.

A new study released Wednesday by Gov. Bev Perdue said North Carolina had the largest offshore wind resource on the East Coast and that the state should work with industry to develop the wind energy industry.

Local drugmaker Biogen Idec dedicated 10 electric car rechargers Tuesday at its facility in Research Triangle Park as part of the federal government's push for electric cars.

PowerSecure International, the Wake Forest energy services company, announced Monday it has received $15 million in orders for its LED lights from three major retailers.

Final preparations are being made in Raleigh for what will be one of the nation's first open-air, large-scale experimental Wi-Fi networks.

Pharmaceutical company Cempra on Friday became the first Triangle company to complete an initial public offering of stock in 10 months, raising nearly $48 million.

The goody-two-shoes among us say it's better to give than to receive. That's not true for the average Facebook user, though.

Certain symbols have become universally recognizable in society, like the Christian fish that adorns many a bumper sticker, or the rainbow flag displayed in support of gay rights.

The 1991 background check was conducted when then-President George H.W. Bush was considering Steve Jobs for a spot on the President's Export Council, a position he did not get.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission voted 4-1 Thursday to grant a license to build two reactors at a nuclear plant in Georgia - a milestone for an industry whose long-hoped-for renaissance has been smaller and later than anticipated.

A Chapel Hill green energy developer has chosen its home base to build one of the state's largest solar energy plants.

Aldagen, a Durham biotechnology company whose attempts to go public didn't pan out, has been sold in a deal valued at more than $40 million.

Betting that a combination of Internet streaming and kiosk DVD rentals can give consumers the most complete package in a fractured media landscape, Redbox and Verizon are teaming on a movie rental service to launch in the second half of this year.

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Judging by the response to my last column on eliminating data from old hard drives, quite a few readers got excited about our prescription for physical violence toward their obsolete devices. But several contacted us about a more humane solution.

High-tech workers across North Carolina could see smaller paychecks under an industry-led campaign to revise labor laws to limit overtime benefits.

The international hackers group known as Anonymous turned the tables on the FBI by listening in on a conference call last month between the bureau, Scotland Yard and other foreign police agencies about their joint investigation of the group and its allies.