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  • More pain for banks ahead, analysts say

    The country's credit crisis will extend well into 2009, forcing Charlotte-based Bank of America Corp., Wachovia Corp., and other big banks to set aside more money for loan defaults, according to a note released Monday by Oppenheimer & Co. analysts.

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  • Lowe's 1st-quarter profits off 18%

    Consumers are spending less on home improvement, even in regions less affected by housing slump.

    A struggling economy and continued turmoil in the housing market sent Lowe's first-quarter profits down 18 percent, the Mooresville-based home improvement chain announced Monday.

  • Nucor to raise $3 billion for expansions

    The Charlotte-based steelmaker plans to sell 25 million new shares in a public offering.

    Nucor Corp., the largest U.S. steelmaker by market value, said it will raise about $3 billion from share sales and loans to fund expansions and acquisitions.

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An idea to help residents 'hang on'

Nonprofit wants to buy homes, offer them as lease-purchases

A nonprofit group wants to buy as many as 25 vacant houses to help build homeownership in Peachtree Hills, a Charlotte neighborhood that is one of the worst-hit by the foreclosure crisis.

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  • Taller spaces on westside

    Industrial park to bring 40-foot warehouses to west Charlotte

    Sykes Industrial Park West may cut long-term storage costs for tenants

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