According to American City Business Journals comparison of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Raleigh seeing a sizable increase in retail jobs over the past five years. Read more

Durham has one of the strongest economies in America, according to a new index developed by American City Business Journals.  he Bull City ranked No. 12 on the index, the highest of any North Carolina city. Federal data show Durham’s one-year private sector growth was at 1.87 percent and the city’s unemployment rate was about [...]

Triangle Business Journal on Tuesday unveiled its 2012 Fast 50 Awards list of the 50 fastest-growing private companies in the Raleigh-Durham area. The Fast 50 winners were selected and ranked based on a formula that counts revenue growth and profitability in the preceding three years (2009-2011). The numbers are crunched and analyzed by PricewaterhouseCoopers, a [...]

According to Economists with Wells Fargo Securities, North Carolina’s pace of economic progress over the past year was disappointing. The state’s economy struggled to add jobs, with non-farm employment rising a disappointing 0.5 percent in 2011, while the unemployment rate edged up 0.1 percent. Now that 2011 is in the rear view mirror, North Carolina’s [...]