Regional Briefs: Garbage collection curbside for today
Tuesday Dec 22 | via Winston-Salem Journal
A global drug-maker has doubled the endowment of the N.C. Cancer Hospital by making a $2 million donation. Comment?
Triangle homes sales jump but prices continue to dec...
Nov 30, 2009 | via Triangle Business Journal
Existing homes sales across North Carolina posted its the largest percentage gain since March 2006. Comment?
Mass. judge tosses lawsuit against Hasselbeck
Nov 17, 2009 | via Myrtle Beach Online
A federal judge in Massachusetts has dismissed a lawsuit accusing television personality Elisabeth Hasselbeck of plagiarism. Comment?
Sovran Self Storage Releases 3Q 2009 Financial Results
Nov 5, 2009 | via Inside Self-Storage
Sovran Self Storage Inc., a self-storage real estate investment trust, reported operating results for the third quarter ended Sept. Comment?
Capital Bank selling more mortgages with stimulus money
Oct 21, 2009 | via Blogs.newsobserver.com
Capital Banka s discount mortgage program, which was established with federal stimulus money, has generated 60 new mortgages totaling more than $20 million during the past two months. Comment?
AP source: Phillies, Baez agree to deal
9 hrs ago | via Myrtle Beach Online
Free agent reliever Danys Baez and the Philadelphia Phillies have agreed to a two-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. Comment?
Charlotte-area home sales jump 31%
20 hrs ago | via Charlotte Business Journal
The Charlotte area produced 2,000 home sales in November, a 31 percent increase from November 2008, the North Carolina Association of Realtors reports. Comment?
Yesterday | via Residential Real Estate
The Triangle produced 2,026 home sales in November, a 71 percent increase from November 2008, the North Carolina Association of Realtors reports. Comment?
Looking back at the newsmakers
Wednesday | via Smoky Mountain News
The Smoky Mountain News is paying homage this week to some of the newsmakers of 2009 by dishing out our annual awards. Comment?
Why N.C. housing bubble wasn't bigger
Sunday Dec 20 | via Jacksonville Daily News
Our trends look nothing like those of states such as California and Arizona where the housing markets look a bit like smoking ruins. Comment?
Some positive indicators for Rochester region in 2010
4 min ago | via Democrat & Chronicle
Indicators for region in 2010 are hardly bleak. January 1, 2010 Despite the worst economic meltdown since the Great Depression, the Rochester region weathered the turbulence of 2009 fairly well. Comment?
Washoe County Property Value Assessments Drop
5 min ago | via KOLO-TV Reno
Assessed property values in Washoe County could drop by $2 billion as a result of record levels of foreclosures and declining home prices. Comment?
Mortgage rates end the year above 5 percent
5 min ago | via The Reporter
Mortgage rates rose for the fourth straight week, ending the year above 5 percent. Comment?
16 min ago | via The Star Press Muncie News
It's great to see that this administration has its priorities together. Over the last year and a half, our country has been mired in an economic recession unlike any we've seen in a generation. Comment?
Sorry decade saw city try a " and fail a "...
23 min ago | via Stockton Record
In 2007 the housing bubble exploded over Stockton like the Hindenburg. But to really grasp the decade, one has to go back to 2004. Comment?