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Previous: August 30, 2010

Friday 09.03.2010

• US Airways ekes out August traffic gain
• Simonini Builders to cease
• Wells Fargo names chief administrative officer
• Bank of America-Merrill sued for gender bias [Blog: Bank Notes]
• Make your claim against Bank of America [Blog: Bank Notes]
• Private sector grows jobs, but Census pushes unemployment to 9.6%
• Mortgage rates continue to fall
• Activity rises at Charlotte/Douglas
• Charlotte airport hopes for sky-high sales [Blog: Queen City Agenda]

Thursday 09.02.2010

• Lowe’s leads Charlotte-area stocks
• Duke Energy saluted for industrial development
• Pending home sales rise in July
• US Airways offers grand slam for frequent fliers
• Duke Energy extends smart-grid contracts
• Book: Bank of America nearly taken over by Obama administration [Blog: Bank Notes]
• CATS buses ready to turn left [Blog: Queen City Agenda]
• Same-store sales rise for Cato
• Family Dollar sales rise
• US Airways announces buy back on 7% notes

Wednesday 09.01.2010

• Bank of America leads local stocks
• Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx to lead small-business group
• L&C of Lancaster being sold [Blog: Outside the Loop]
• Shift in ownership at Peak 10
• Chemetall to grow in Kings Mountain
• Tech execs form association
• Study ranks N.C. 8th on jobs potential from energy efficiency [Blog: Power City]
• Small-business hiring up 4.1% this year
• Monsanto job cuts won't affect Kannapolis operation
• Harris Teeter stores to offer flu shots
• SPX names Dow vet Raj Kapur to lead unit in India, Africa
• Heart Group of the Carolinas merges with Sanger Heart & Vascular

Tuesday 08.31.2010

• PGA and Quail: Setting the stage in Charlotte [Blog: Queen City Agenda]
• Cato up in mixed day in stocks
• Want to hear Bob Steel's side of the Wachovia story? [Blog: Bank Notes]
• Duke Energy lowering Lake James for dam project [Blog: Power City]
• Charlotte lands PGA Championship
• Oregon efficiency firm plans N.C. office [Blog: Power City]
• S&P/Case-Shiller: Charlotte home prices fall 2.7%
• Ridgemont Equity invests in Unite Private Networks
• Catawba College starts smart-grid pilot [Blog: Power City]
• Continental-United merger approved by U.S. regulators

Monday 08.30.2010

• Wells Fargo leads Charlotte-area stocks lower
• Charlotte USGBC job had 65 applicants [Blog: Going Green]
• Duke Energy reaches deal to hike S.C. fuel charge [Blog: Power City]
• Duke Energy lobbying totals $3.3M so far [Blog: Power City]
• Quail Hollow coup: PGA Championship [Blog: Queen City Agenda]
• MedCath to sell stake in S.D. hospital
• Duke Energy HQ named ‘Smartest Building in America’ [Blog: Power City]
• Bobcats team with Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools [Blog: Queen City Agenda]
• Intuit: Small businesses growing slowly
• Charlotte-area gasoline prices continue to drop
• Bank of America curtails pushing credit cards on campus [Blog: Bank Notes]

Friday 08.27.2010

• Nucor posts strong gain
• Charlotte in middle of pack
• 156,061 homes in N.C. ‘underwater’
• Report: Blockbuster bankruptcy is imminent
• Shepherd’s Federal Credit Union gains charter
• Charlotte-area unemployment dips to 11.2%
• Fed: Business activity turns negative in Carolinas [Blog: Bank Notes]

Thursday 08.26.2010

• Uptown Charlotte group eyes PR blitz [Blog: Queen City Agenda]
• Charlotte's mayor weighs in on DNC [Blog: Queen City Agenda]
• Belk income jumps nearly 32%
• Goodrich takes off in down market
• Davidson President Thomas Ross to head UNC System
• Feds side with Duke Energy on court appeal [Blog: Power City]
• Siemens gets gasified coal plant contract [Blog: Power City]
• Carolina Panthers hold steady in Forbes rankings [Blog: Queen City Agenda]
• Wells Fargo expands remittance business in Mexico [Blog: Bank Notes]
• Mortgage rates still falling
• Curtis named to BofA real estate post
• Judge OKs new FairPoint CEO

Wednesday 08.25.2010

• Speedway Motorsports has strong finish
• Fitness center set for Ballantyne debut
• N.C. regulators consider easing chicken-waste rules [Blog: Power City]
• Judge: EpiCentre lawyers must return money
• Kewaunee Scientific’s earnings fall
• CoaLogix wins contract
• New-home sales follow existing sales lower
• General Dynamics wins $48M order
• Salisbury freezer maker W.A. Brown reopens, eyes growth
• Coal power booming or busting? [Blog: Power City]
• Union National Bank drops application for federal charter

Tuesday 08.24.2010

• Regions Bank asks court: Where did the EpiCentre money go?
• Family Dollar among few gainers
• Analyst says Ohio issues may hurt Duke Energy [Blog: Power City]
• Park Sterling names HR chief
• American starts Charlotte-N.Y. service
• N.C. wins Race to the Top funds
• Report: Job market may be better than it seems
• Wells Fargo's mobile banking wins kudos
• Existing-home sales across U.S. drop sharply
• Time Warner sets vendor fair
• Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan buys 30K BofA shares [Blog: Bank Notes]
• An update on Charlotte's $6.5M energy grant [Blog: Going Green]

Monday 08.23.2010

• Piedmont Natural Gas leads Charlotte-area stocks
• Trees off, growth on at Charlotte City Council meeting [Blog: Going Green]
• Abercrombie & Fitch to close 110 stores by 2011
• Charlotte-area gasoline prices decline
• Tesla sparks interest in Cornelius [Blog: Power City]
• Hey, Cuomo, the name's Joe, not Joseph [Blog: Bank Notes]
• Shaw Power resumes nuke construction [Blog: Power City]
• Mass layoffs fall in July
• N.C. DOT: Stimulus-funded jobs rise in July