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Stocks closed modestly lower Thursday but recouped earlier losses, as investors digested an unexpected rise in jobless claims and Cisco Systems’ cautious outlook.
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HealthSouth and BioCryst Pharmaceuticals led local stocks Friday closing a steady day for most local publicly traded companies.
HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS) gained 56 cents or […]

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Downtown Pittsburgh-based integrated steel manufacturer United States Steel Corp. narrowed its losses in the second quarter and reported that sales more than doubled in the […]

An exceptionally cold winter in the Carolinas and Florida helped to heat up Progress Energy’s first-quarter earnings, the Raleigh-based utility operator said Wednesday.
Progress (NYSE: PGN), […]

A Raleigh production studio is $650,000 richer Monday after a Doritos ad taped in Cary was ranked No. 2 among the best TV commercials aired […]

Peabody Energy Corp., the world’s largest private-sector coal company, on Thursday said it will spend $70 million to expand its Metropolitan mine in New […]

SolarWorld AG on Tuesday said its 2009 sales surpassed expectations, reaching nearly $1.5 billion.
The Germany solar panel manufacturer, which has a nearly 700,000-square-foot plant in […]

India’s exports rose for the first time in 14 months as recovery in the global economy boosted year-end holiday demand for the South Asian […]

Insurance giant American International Group Inc (AIG) said on Tuesday it had closed two transactions that reduce its debt with the Federal Reserve Bank […]

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At one time, the factors driving the home-building decision were location, construction quality […]