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NC Community colleges, high schools emphasize training for manufacturing jobs

North Carolina's community colleges offer skills certifications geared to advanced manufacturing, and a new Triangle apprenticeship program is launched.

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WAKE COUNTY

In it, but unlikely to win it. Still, excitement stirs over record Powerball jackpot

Though they know their chances of hitting it big are limited, many in the Triangle say they are buying Powerball tickets just for a chance to dream about limitless luxury.
ECONOMY

NC jobless rate falls below 9 percent

North Carolina's unemployment rate fell for the third consecutive month in April, declining three-tenths of a percentage point to 8.9 percent. It marks the first time that the state's jobless rate has dipped below 9 percent since January 2009.
ECONOMY

Raleigh-based pharmaceutical services company PRA lines up IPO

PRA Holdings, which is headquartered in Raleigh and has more than 5,000 employees worldwide, announced Thursday that it has made a confidential filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a possible initial public offering.
STATE POLITICS

BCBS influence waning with NC lawmakers

The state's largest health insurer so far this session has seen three measure pieces of legislation go against its wishes.
ECONOMY

Feds permit natural gas export

The Energy Department on Friday conditionally approved a Texas company's proposal to export liquefied natural gas, only the second such project allowed to move forward amid a production boom that has led to glut of domestic natural gas.
ECONOMY

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe...
ECONOMY

WakeMed warns of looming staff cuts

WakeMed CEO Bill Atkinson said staff cuts are inevitable under the Affordable Care Act, which is designed to squeeze costs of out the health care system.
STATE POLITICS

House, Senate differ on how to pay for NC tax cuts

The divide between legislative Republicans over how to revamp the state's tax code became clear Thursday as House leaders unveiled their plan, calling it a more measured approach than one outlined last week by the Senate.
ECONOMY

Wal-Mart stocks hit record high then plummets after quarter performance

Despite several quarters of controversy over bribery allegations in Mexico, Wal-Mart's profitable earnings and strong sales in recent quarters made it a Wall Street darling, with its stock price hitting a record high Wednesday.
ECONOMY

Consumer prices drop again in April

Another sharp decline in the cost of gasoline pushed consumer prices lower in April for the second straight month and inflationary pressure dropped to the lowest rate since late 2010, the U.S. government reported Thursday.