Charlotte to lose a half-billion dollars
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Charlotte County faces a half-billion in damages from Hurricane Charley, Budget Director Ann Navan announced Wednesday.
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By Jim Morrill, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 14--Tax incentives to entice corporations such as Google cost taxpayers too much and aren't fair to existing businesses, former Supreme Court Justice Bob Orr told a Charlotte audience Tuesday.
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By The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 22--While the Easley Administration is trying to decide how to restructure the N.C.
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ING US Financial Services said late on Tuesday it will withdraw about $5 billion from Janus Capital Group Inc. funds by year-end.
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By Kirsten Valle, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Sep. 10--STEELE CREEK -- RiverGate, the $50 million, 600,000-square-foot shopping center near the intersection of N.C. 49 and N.C. 160, is nearly finished, with stores and restaurants set to open now through spring.
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By Monica Chen, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Sep. 17--Local officials and hundreds of concerned residents are gearing up for a fight Tuesday in Charlotte at the last meeting on a proposal that could remove up to 36 million gallons a day from the Catawba River.
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Bayerische Motoren Werke will cut spending by 6 billion euros ($8.5 billion) over five years and change senior management after losing ground to the Mercedes Car Group of DaimlerChrysler.
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Vivendi Universal revealed on Tuesday the  full impact of selling most of its entertainment business, as  impairment charges incurred from the deal were largely behind a  nearly trebled first-half net loss of 1.86 billion euros ($2.28  billion.).
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The automaker said it lost $2.75 billion in the fourth quarter, a considerable improvement from the $12.6 billion that it lost in 2006.
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By Matt Garfield, The Herald, Rock Hill, S.C.  Feb. 16--The collapse of the textile industry left behind more than a legacy of job losses and poverty in center-city Rock Hill.
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James Hardie Industries NV underfunded a trust to compensate asbestos victims by at least A$1.5 billion ($1.1 billion) and misled investors when it said it had set aside enough money
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Feb. 12--North Carolina leaders have gone along with financial incentives to lure business relocations largely out of fear.
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The bank said it would sell a $5 billion stake to Chinaâs sovereign wealth fund as it posted a loss after taking a new $5.7 billion write-down related to mortgages.
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NEW YORK - A billion dollars just doesn't go as far as it used to.
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ING U.S. Financial Services said late  on Tuesday it will withdraw about $5 billion from Janus Capital  Group Inc. funds by year-end.
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ATLANTA A Mirant Corporation subsidiary has agreed to pay 12-and-a-half (M) million dollars to settle government claims. The federal government accused the bankrupt Atlanta-based energy supplier of trying
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World&#39;s No.1 retailer makes half-million dollar contribution to help defeat a state ballot measure. LOS ANGELES  - Wal-Mart Stores Inc.