The Charlotte-based department store chain believes people outside the South are interested in southern style so it is conducting a national ad campaign, putting the Belk logo in magazines like the current issue of GQ. Experts say going national is a way to compete with online retailers like Amazon.
05/24/2013 12:44 PM
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The latest numbers show that it may be a good time to put your house on the market in the Triad. Home sales are up significantly from this time last year.
05/24/2013 11:42 AM
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Harris Teeter might soon be sold. According to the Wall Street Journal, Cerberus Capital Management and Bain Capital are interested in buying the grocery store chain. Earlier this year, Harris Teeter confirmed that it hired J.P. Morgan Chase to look into a possible sale.
05/24/2013 08:30 AM
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Senate Republicans are handing off their vision of North Carolina's state budget to their House counterparts. The Senate gave its final approval Thursday to a government spending plan of roughly $21 billion for each of the next two years.
05/23/2013 11:29 AM
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A coastal community recognized business innovation and success. Thursday the spot light shined on several business leaders at the 2013 Coastal Entrepreneur awards breakfast in Wilmington.
05/23/2013 08:36 AM
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The world's second-largest home improvement chain says cold, wet weather this spring hurt its bottom line. Mooresville-based Lowe's posted net quarterly earnings of $540 million, missing analyst expectations, but the CEO says sales are starting to pick up now.
05/22/2013 05:28 PM
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The House is expected to vote this week on a plan to keep student loan interest rates from doubling July 1, but some Democrats say the plan is actually worse than doing nothing.
05/22/2013 11:34 AM
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Charlotte Motor Speedway owner Bruton Smith says a report about a possible move of one of the track's NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races is false. Smith said Tuesday that no final decision has been made, but with hundreds of millions of dollars on the line, the thought of the race leaving the speedway made many nervous.
05/21/2013 08:08 PM
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An IT company opened its new headquarters in Raleigh Monday. NeoNova deals with cloud-based services and Google apps. The company serves more than 500,000 people across the country.
05/21/2013 02:44 PM
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At a breakfast in uptown Charlotte on Tuesday, Wells Fargo awarded $1,000 grants to nonprofits in the greater Charlotte region. It's part of the Wells Fargo Community Partners grant program, which is now in its fourth year.
05/21/2013 01:31 PM
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