The March of Dimes has named Teresa M. Wolf as the new state director for the North Carolina chapter.
Martha Patterson was appointed director of marketing and purchasing at General Tobacco in Mayodan.
Michael C. Jordan was promoted to shareholder in the Goldsboro office of accounting firm Pittard Perry & Crone.
Erin O'Quinn, a 2008 graduate of the University of North Carolina, formerly of the North Hills area of Raleigh, recently was hired as a case manager for Pittsburgh AIDS Task Force.
Christopher Smith was appointed to vice president of quality and regulatory affairs at Wilmington-based AAIPharma Services, which provides pharmaceutical product development services.
Elanah Sykes was promoted to manager of office services, and Jean Cormier was promoted to recruiter in human resources at McKinney, an advertising agency in Durham.
Robby Blyth has been named senior project manager at Greg Paul Builders in Raleigh. Blyth will concentrate on incorporating sustainable building practices. Sherry Lail has been named chief financial officer. Lail recently earned her Master of Business Administration from Campbell University.
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Top executives at United Continental Holdings Inc. usually don't field questions about 1980s Matthew Broderick films during conference calls to discuss the airline's quarterly profits. But they did during a recent earnings call. 
Pet lovers won't have to look away anymore when those heart-wrenching TV ads appear during the Westminster dog show - the ones with the pitiful little faces peering out from behind those rusted bars of a cage and wondering "how I ended up in here." 
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. 
Stocks had their worst day of the year Friday after Greece hit a roadblock on its way to a critical bailout. 
Homeowners in North Carolina who owe more than their homes are worth could get principal reductions on their mortgages as early as next month after states and federal agencies announced a $25 billion settlement with the country's largest mortgage servicers. Keep up with the latest business stories with our free e-mail newsletter, delivered straight to your inbox!
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