3/10/2010 4:18 PM - Nitronex adds sales muscle
Durham semiconductor company Nitronex is beefing up its sales armada by bringing on a new North American sales director and forging partnerships with three sales representative firms.

3/10/2010 3:49 PM - Poll: Don’t let Junior be a politician
Seeing their child become a CEO ranks low among possible career goals with a majority of parents and scant few want their kid to be a politician, according to an online poll of readers of Triangle Business Journal’s Web site.

3/10/2010 3:40 PM - RBC CEO uncertain about Raleigh unit’s growth
RBC Bank CEO James Westlake says Royal Bank of Canada is looking to acquire U.S. banks in the $10 billion total asset range but won’t add on to its Raleigh-based RBC Bank “until the political and regulatory uncertainty ends,” according to the Canadian newspaper, The Calgary Herald.

3/10/2010 3:36 PM - Wake Tech lobbying feds for $2.5M
Wake Technical Community College officials are traveling to Washington, D.C., to lobby for more than $2.5 million in federal funding for the next school year.

3/10/2010 3:18 PM - Delta: February storms cost $30 million
Delta Airlines Inc. said severe storms in February led to the cancellation of 7,000 flights, or about 3.2 percent of its system capacity. During that time, the airline canceled more than 90 percent of the flights from Raleigh Durham International Airport. (DAL)

3/10/2010 2:27 PM - BofA ending debit-card overdraft fees
Bank of America Corp., the No. five bank in Raleigh/Cary in terms of market share, will stop charging fees when customers overdraw their accounts in a debit-card transaction. In a change that starts this summer, customers will be able to make debit-card purchases only if they have enough money in their account. (BAC)

3/10/2010 8:19 AM - After Victory Against Disney, Children’s Group Loses Its Lease
The Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood was evicted after pressuring the Walt Disney Company into offering refunds to buyers of its Baby Einstein videos.

3/10/2010 8:04 AM - Editor Is Fired After Criticizing Chinese Registration System
Zhang Hong’s dismissal is a fresh warning that journalists who challenge government policy too directly can face retribution.

3/10/2010 2:40 AM - Times Company Appoints Christie as Communications Officer
Robert Christie, who joins the Times Company after seven years with Dow Jones, will fill a position left vacant since August.

3/10/2010 2:40 AM - TV Providers Seek New Federal Rules on Retransmission Rights
With a petition to the F.C.C. and a letter to Congressional leaders, cable and satellite providers said the current rules were “broken and in need of repair.”