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<title><![CDATA[Dell's chief executive buys  about $100 million in stock]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Michael Dell, the chief executive of Dell Inc., has bought about $100 million worth of stock in the company in the past week.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Judge OKs class-action suit  against Wachovia over fees]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Wachovia Corp. must face a proposed class-action lawsuit over overdraft fees after a federal judge in Atlanta refused yesterday the bank's motion to dismiss the case. Judge Beverly Martin of U.S. District Court, ruled that the plaintiffs can proceed with most of their claims alleging deceptive business practices.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Ratings cast uncertainty on Triad's ability to pay claims]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Standard & Poor's Ratings Services cut the counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Triad Guaranty Insurance Corp. four notches to junk status yesterday because of concerns about the mortgage insurer's capital adequacy.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Massachusetts adds $1 to cigarette excise tax]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The excise tax on a pack of cigarettes in Massachusetts will jump by $1 under a bill signed into law by Gov. Deval Patrick on Tuesday. The tax goes into effect immediately.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Wachovia says goodbye to ad agency]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Wachovia Corp. said yesterday that after 12 years, it is ending its advertising contract with Mullen, a national advertising agency with an office in Winston-Salem.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Appalachian State to hold annual leadership summit]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The Appalachian Regional Development Institute at Appalachian State University said yesterday that it will hold its eighth-annual leadership summit on Aug. 11.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Premier Commercial Bank to open branches in Triad]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Premier Commercial Bank said yesterday that it has opened as the first business-only bank operating in the Triad and the fourth in the state.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[N.C. Biotechnology Center to offer fellowship program]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The N.C. Biotechnology Center said yesterday that it is offering a fellowship program to help postdoctoral scientists from the state's research universities transition into industry research-and-development careers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[MoneyGram agrees to terms in settlement with 44 states]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[MoneyGram Payment Services Inc. agreed yesterday to put prominent warnings to consumers on the front of forms used to wire money and pay for a $1.1 million national consumer-awareness program as part of a settlement with 44 state attorneys general of an investigation into fraudulent use of its money-transfer services.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Questions about offer dings Krispy Kreme stock]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[An unsolicited takeover offer for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. appears to be having a negative effect on the company's stock.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Tomato scare is benefitting N.C. growers]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[It is customers such as Erik Will -- who turned to local farms to buy his produce after a salmonella outbreak sickened more than 800 people nationwide -- that has turned the crisis into a boon for North Carolina's tomato farmers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[VF Corp. says profit may beat guidance in second quarter]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[GREENSBORO -- VF Corp. said Monday that its second-quarter profit may beat its guidance because of stronger earnings from operations and a tax benefit.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Subsidiary of Excela to open a plant in Caldwell County]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[LENOIR -- Galexe Pharma Sciences, a subsidiary of Excela PharmSci Inc. of Virginia, said yesterday that it will open a pharmaceutical-manufacturing plant in Caldwell County.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Index: Economic activity in Triad up slightly in May]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[GREENSBORO -- Economic activity in the Triad rose slightly in May, according to the Triad Business Index released yesterday.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Krispy Kreme shares rise 4.4 percent after offer made]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The share price of Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. rose 4.4 percent, or 22 cents, to $5.21 yesterday as investors apparently responded to an unsolicited bid made by a company tied to a Forsyth County native.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[April orders fail to match mood at furniture market]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Whatever optimism that was generated at the spring High Point Market burned off in April like a morning fog, according a monthly survey on home-furnishings orders.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bank of the Carolinas may rebuy up to 398,737 shares]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Bank of the Carolinas Corp. said Friday that its board of directors has authorized it to rebuy up to 398,737 shares, or 10 percent, of its outstanding common stock during the year.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Primo water bottles made of plant-based plastic]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Primo Water Corp. said yesterday that more than 500 Winn-Dixie grocery stores will begin carrying packs of its single-serve water bottles that use plant material for plastic.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[NewBridge Bancorp names Pressley Ridgill as new CEO]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The board of directors of NewBridge Bancorp said yesterday that it has named Pressley Ridgill as its chief executive.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Next Experience: WFU business professor has had more careers than most people; now he's ready for a new one]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Tom Ogburn Jr. measures his life by chapters, not years.  So when Ogburn, 64, retires today after 10 years as an executive-management professor at Wake Forest University, he's not really going to hit the recliner, he says with a mischievous smile.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT]]></pubDate>
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