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Legislature proposes sales tax changes, manages to get everybody in the state who uses the Amazon program shut down. WSJ: In an email, Amazon reportedly [...]
June 26, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Another Wilmington bank eated

On the heels of the resignation of its chairman, Cooperative Bank of Wilmington makes the FDIC’s failed bank list. From the FDIC page: III. Acquiring [...]
June 19, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Jobs and people

Please don’t fall into the trap of yaking about: • How Obama is not getting credit now that the market is coming back; • That [...]
May 10, 2009 | Posted in: Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Hagan says renegotiate NAFTA

Senator Kay Hagan reminds a few folks in D.C. that she is indeed one of two U.S. Senators from North Carolina and that the NAFTA [...]
April 21, 2009 | Posted in: Economy, NCSenate | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Chinese drywall in the house

More wonders from our flat earth. Fly ash. Great. Just great.
April 11, 2009 | Posted in: Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

FDIC takes over Cape Fear Bank

Wilmington bank will open Monday under new ownership after FDIC steps in. Bank officials had said the declining real estate market was the big reason. [...]
April 11, 2009 | Posted in: Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Prevailed we have

Fellow citizens, we have reached the end of the War on Unfettered Capitalism. LONDON (Reuters) – World leaders are set to declare an end to [...]
April 1, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Brad Miller not happy

Rep. Miller harshing the Treasury’s mellow. This from Talking Points Memo: Miller’s chagrin over Treasury’s lack of responsiveness and transparency signals a distressing trend for [...]
March 17, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Economy | Tags: | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink