Malaria. Tuberculosis. Alzheimer's disease. AIDS. Pandemic flu. Genital herpes. Urinary tract infections. Grass allergies. Traveler's diarrhea. You name it, the pharmaceutical industry is working on a vaccine to prevent it.
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Investment banking giant Credit Suisse has sold back about half its land in Research Triangle Park after concluding that it has ample room for future expansion in its current facility.
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Natural gas prices have dropped by more than 12 percent in the past month as the country continues to sip at its energy reserves and a balmy November allowed homeowners to leave the heat off.
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Medical technology company Viztek, which moved its headquarters from Florida to Garner in August, expects to hire about 20 employees next year.
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Tyson Foods Inc., the world's largest meat producer, is scheduled to report results for its fiscal fourth quarter on Monday before the market opens. The following is a summary of key developments and analyst opinion related to the period.
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Pfizer Inc. said Friday the Food and Drug Administration approved Geodon as a part of a combination maintenance treatment for bipolar disorder in adults.
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Love it or loathe it, Triangle radio listeners are getting twice as much Christmas music this year.
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The increase returns the state to the same unemployment rate it had in June.
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Medical-testing testing company LabCorp wants to consolidate its billing operations and could receive nearly $900,000 in taxpayer incentives if it chooses a site in Greensboro.
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Facing a hail of criticism, Goldman Sachs' top officer has offered a halting apology for the premier investment bank's role in the subprime mortgage crisis that sank the nation's economy.
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Local workers at Kellogg's biggest snack manufacturing plant in the nation received layoff notices Thursday morning.
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After two years of losses, Clinton-based Coharie and three smaller North Carolina pork producers recently declared bankruptcy, causing scores of grain and hog farmers to lose once-stable contracts to raise hogs.
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Progress Energy wants to diversify its fuel resources to generate more electricity from wood scraps.
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Retailing:
A family-owned business in Raleigh that dates back more than a century is revisiting the past.
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Sony Ericsson will dismantle its Research Triangle Park operations and eliminate 425 jobs.
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Some town leaders say they would consider giving ConAgra Foods financial incentives to keep its damaged Slim Jim plant open in Garner.
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The glittering former possessions of former Raleigh financier William Wise flew off a local auction block Wednesday.
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American Airlines flight attendants walked picket lines Wednesday at 13 airports, including Raleigh-Durham International, in a mock strike to press for resolution of contract talks with the nation's second-largest airline.
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SciQuest, a Cary technology company whose software allows businesses and universities to order supplies and services online, has signed a major new client: the University of North Carolina.
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Kellogg Co. says there will be a nationwide shortage of its popular Eggo frozen waffles until next summer because of interruptions in production.
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Medical-testing testing company LabCorp wants to consolidate its billing operations and could receive nearly $900,000 in taxpayer incentives if it chooses a site in Greensboro.
Earnings Preview: Tyson Foods Inc.
Just a day after Dell laid off about 400 workers at its Winston-Salem computer factory, the company reported weaker quarterly sales and profit.
N.C. unemployment rises to 11 percent
Signs of a subdued economic recovery sent investors out of stocks Thursday and in search of safer assets like the dollar.
Natural gas plunges 12 percent this month
Just a day after Dell laid off about 400 workers at its Winston-Salem computer factory, the company reported weaker quarterly sales and profit.
With fewer ill-conceived projects dotting the local landscape, there's a chance the swelling crowd of vulture investors circling overhead may not have much to prey on.
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