By Staff Reports | Thu, 05/17/2012 - 7:24am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Call it yogurt on wheels. TCBY (The Country's Best Yogurt) recently launched a new frozen yogurt truck here as part of the company's franchise expansion plans. The company says the mobile truck model is the first of its kind.
The truck offers four flavors that change periodically, along with a range of toppings. A Facebook page alerts customers to the daily location of the truck throughout the area.
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By Staff Reports | Wed, 04/04/2012 - 12:27pm
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Business Wire) -- An additional 32 small business bankers across North Carolina will provide "guidance and counsel to local small business owners," Bank of America today announced this week.
The new positions are part of the company’s previously announced plan to hire 1,000 small business bankers across the nation by mid-2012.
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By Staff Reports | Wed, 03/14/2012 - 2:56pm
RALEIGH, N.C. -- After adjusting the December unemployment rate upward to 10.4 percent, January's rate of 10.2 percent almost seems a promising sign.
While some state leaders indeed tried to put a positive face on the figures, for the hundreds of thousands of North Carolinians who remain out of work, a rate nearly 2 percent above the 8.3 percent national average remains a frustrating sign.
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By Staff Reports | Thu, 02/16/2012 - 12:15pm
SANFORD, N.C. - Area employers and agencies are invited to Business Services Connections 2012, an information-filled event showcasing how the Triangle South Workforce Development Board and JobLink Career Centers can benefit them.
The event takes place 8 a.m. to 10:20 a.m. Friday, February 24, at the Dennis A. Wicker Civic Center, 1801 Nash St., Sanford. Admission is free.
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By Staff Reports | Thu, 01/26/2012 - 6:08pm
DURHAM, N.C.(Business Wire) -- High growth companies have brought billions of dollars and tens of thousands of jobs to North Carolina, according to a report released today by a business support agency.
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By Staff Reports | Mon, 04/16/2012 - 3:43pm
 RDU AIRPORT, N.C. – Gov. Bev Perdue scheduled a stop at RDU airport last week to announce new non-stop service between the Research Triangle region and San Francisco. United Airlines will offer the daily service from RDU beginning August 15 using Boeing 737 aircraft.
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By Staff Reports | Fri, 03/30/2012 - 2:40pm
RALEIGH, N.C. – Sky-high unemployment rates continue to rock North Carolina, creating ongoing uncertainty from job markets to retail spending to political campaigns. No fewer than 80 of North Carolina's 100 counties have an unemployment rate in excess of 10 percent, according to figures released last week by the state's Department of Commerce.
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By Staff Reports | Sat, 03/10/2012 - 3:45pm
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. – North Carolina saw a $471 million increase in Department of Defense spending for prime contracts in 2011, a 13 percent jump from 2010, according to a just-released report by the North Carolina Military Business Center.
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By Staff Reports | Fri, 02/10/2012 - 3:39pm
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (Business Wire) – Charlotte-based Bank of America (BofA) announced yesterday it has joined the other four largest mortgage servicers in agreeing to a settlement resolving federal and state investigations into foreclosure practices.
The settlement with 49 state attorneys general, the United States Department of Justice and other federal agencies could also extend additional relief to homeowners struggling to make mortgage payments and to make refinancing options available to more homeowners
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By Staff Reports | Sat, 10/01/2011 - 6:47pm
RALEIGH, N.C. – Attitudes among North Carolina voters remain bleak concerning the economy as most say it will take at least two years or more for the recession to end.
Eighty-six percent of voters think recovery is more than one year away while 62 percent said they think it will take over two years for the economy to improve and the current recession to end. Twenty-four percent said they think it will take between one and two years, while just one percent said the recession has ended.
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