Updated: 05/09/13 - Data from the year 2011 shows prices for a pacemaker range from $22,000 at Wayne Memorial Hospital in Goldsboro to $64,000 at Pitt County Memorial Hospital, now named Vidant. Read More

Posted: 04/29/13 - Several local East Carolina banks opened their doors Monday in Greenville as Vantage-South banks after a merger between the two companies. Read More

Posted: 04/28/13 - Companies that issue installment loans in North Carolina are lobbying anew to raise borrowing costs for many of their customers. Read More

Posted: 04/09/13 - Rep. Deborah Ross of Raleigh filed the "Equal Pay Act" legislation. House Democrats say North Carolina is one of a few states with no equal pay protections. Read More

Updated: 03/27/13 - Rivals to Blue Cross Blue shield are backing legislation to eliminate a negotiation technique that state health insurers use with doctors and hospitals. Read More

Posted: 03/27/13 - The world's second-largest reinsurer says natural catastrophes and man-made disasters cost the insurance industry $77 billion in 2012, the third costliest year on record. Read More

Updated: 03/06/13 - The European Union Commission fines Microsoft 561 million euro, or $733 million U.S. dollars, for breaking the terms of an earlier agreement to offer users a choice of internet browser. Read More

Posted: 02/26/13 - Americans' confidence in the economy rebounded in February, reversing three straight months of declines as shoppers began adjusting to a payroll tax hike last month. Read More

Posted: 02/23/13 - More than a decade after North Carolina became the first state to outlaw payday lending, legislators and lobbyists are pushing to legalize the short-term, high-cost loans. Read More

Posted: 02/20/13 - Republicans at the North Carolina General Assembly are working on a tax code overhaul they want passed before they adjourn this year. But that's not stopping House GOP members from trying now to eliminate portions of the tax law they find onerous. Read More

Updated: 02/10/13 - The average price of a gallon of gasoline has jumped 25 cents over the past two weeks. Read More

Updated: 02/05/13 - A solution to ridding North Carolina of its $2.6 billion in unemployment debt more quickly through lower benefits and higher taxes has received approval by the full House. Read More

Posted: 02/01/13 - Bank of America says its online banking website crashed Friday, leaving customers unable to access their accounts. Read More

Posted: 01/29/13 - An announcement from the lottery says it transferred $117.4 million. That brings the total amount earned for education and the state since the lottery started almost seven years ago to $2.69 billion. Read More

Updated: 01/18/13 - North Carolina's unemployment rate increased slightly in December as the size of the labor force also increased. Read More