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Founder makes son CEO of NC-based outlets Tanger (WBTV Charlotte)
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) - The founder of North Carolina-based Tanger Factory Outlet Centers is passing the day-to-day operation of the outlet centers to his son.

Short Orders: Ganache chefs combine comedy, cuisine (Greensboro News & Record)
When the salad course arrived, one diner's salad was stuffed in an empty can bearing a label for peas (she doesn't like peas) and another diner's salad was in flames (he doesn't like raw vegetables). It was then that the eight participants of this dinner hosted by Ganache (403 N. Elm St., Greensboro; 230-2253; www.ganachebakery.com ) realized the evening held more than they bargained ...

Call Center Company To Close; 50 To Lose Jobs (WXII-TV Winston-Salem)
GREENSBORO -- Fifty employees will lose their jobs when telephone call center company iQor closes it's Northline Avenue facility in late February. The company notified the North Carolina Department of Commerce on Monday of the closure.

Charlotte home values post record decline (The Hendersonville Times-News)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Home prices in Charlotte recorded their worst annual downfall on record in October, tracking a menacing national trend but avoiding some of the major corrections faced in San Francisco or Phoenix.

First-time homebuyers gain a perk in tax credit (The Wilmington Star-News)
This may be the year you really want to file your income tax returns early. For first-time homebuyers, it's a chance to get your hands on up to $7,500 via a tax credit approved by Congress last year.

Tanger founder's son takes over company (Greensboro News & Record)
When Stanley Tanger envisioned building a shopping center just for outlet stores in the early 1980s, many bankers thought the idea would never fly and refused to give him a loan. But his son, Steven Tanger, thought the concept had great potential. After all, he knew the popularity of the outlet store for the menswear company the family owned at the time. The father — and son — were right. ...

Strange Days XV: Where the weird turn pro (Greensboro News & Record)
Welcome to the 15th annual edition of Strange Days, the News & Record's roundup of the idiotic, the ironic and the just plain weird. You're probably about as sick of this year's election as we are, so this version is relatively politics free. Relatively, because otherwise, the only big thing we're left to talk about is the economy, which, well -- not funny. Still, even in hard times people ...

Wachovia vote makes Wells Fargo merger final (The Charlotte Observer)
(By Rick Rothacker, rrothacker@charlotteobserver.com) By approving the sale of Wachovia to Wells Fargo on Tuesday, shareholders signed off on creating a new coast-to-coast banking giant but mourned the end of a once venerable N.C. institution that neared collapse in the current financial crisis. The conclusion was not surprising because the Charlotte bank had granted the San Francisco-based ...

2008: A Year in Review (The News Journal)
A Biden-free look back at people and events in the news this year

Patriot Transportation CEO Baker elected to Wells Fargo board (The Business Journal of Jacksonville)
John Baker, president and CEO of Patriot Transportation Holding Inc., was among four members who were appointed to the board of directors of Wells Fargo & Co. effective Jan. 1. (PATR) (WB) (WFC) (VMC) (VFC)