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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

Whoa whoa whoa

OMG. The large cadre of right wing blowhards who seem to be the only people capable of being interviewed about politics have completely forgotten about [...]
March 5, 2009 | Posted in: Current Events, Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Bill of the Day: Collective bargaining

Senator Shaw does the honors and introduces S178, which would repeal 95-98, which would clear the way for collective bargaining for state and local government [...]
February 17, 2009 | Posted in: Economy, Legislation | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Oh noes! NC has the lowest business tax burden in the country.

Those commies over at Ernst & Young have put the state — yes, this one here — at the bottom of the list in terms [...]
February 13, 2009 | Posted in: Economy, Legislation | Tags: , | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink

Never thought I’d live to see the day

The end, perhaps, of the mega-mall era. I have no problem with the clustering of shops and merchants. But as anyone who has spent time [...]
January 31, 2009 | Posted in: Economy | Comments closed | Full Story Permalink