http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/breaking_news.html?ana=from_rss Triangle Business Journal : breaking news from Raleigh/Durham http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily38.html?ana=from_rss Internet giant Google has opted not to take a $4.7 million state grant to build a data center in the Caldwell County town of Lenoir – a sign the company may be slowing down its North Carolina expansion. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:47:38 GMT Triangle Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily37.html?ana=from_rss Law firm K&L Gates, which has offices in both Raleigh and Research Triangle Park, is talks to buy Chicago’s Bell, Boyd & Lloyd. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:04:29 GMT Triangle Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily35.html?ana=from_rss Drug giant Merck, which is building a $750 million manufacturing facility in Durham, said Thursday that 2009 would be worse than Wall Street had expected as the company prepares to deal with a strengthening dollar and a weakening economy. (MRK) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:41:50 GMT Triangle Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily33.html?ana=from_rss November was a dismal month for many of the nation’s top retailers, but Wal-Mart Stores Inc. managed a strong increase in sales. (WMT) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:38:32 GMT Triangle Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily32.html?ana=from_rss North Carolina officials announced Thursday that Credit Suisse would add 175 jobs in the Triangle despite the announcement of more than 5,000 cuts across the globe. But the Swiss company will be paying workers here less money than it originally had planned, according to commerce officials. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:53:15 GMT Triangle Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily30.html?ana=from_rss Countrywide Financial has agreed to pay $11.5 million to 4,800 North Carolinians, and to fund state foreclosure prevention programs to the tune of $2 million, in a settlement with state regulators. (BAC) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:39:12 GMT Triangle Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily29.html?ana=from_rss Keith Burns will chair the board of directors for the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce in 2009, and Tony Pugliese is waiting to take over the position as chair-elect. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:07:00 GMT Triangle Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily28.html?ana=from_rss AT&T Inc. said Thursday that it will cut 12,000 jobs, or about 4 percent of its work force, as the telecom giant moves headlong into a slumping U.S. economy. (T) Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:38:45 GMT Triangle Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily27.html?ana=from_rss A $450 million federal laboratory that once seemed likely to head to the Triangle before running into fierce local opposition is now headed to Kansas. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:09:48 GMT Triangle Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/ct/rc/30414/www.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/12/01/daily26.html?ana=from_rss Business conditions have weakened across the Carolinas in recent weeks, a new federal report says. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:35:40 GMT Triangle Business Journal