GMAC eliminates 115 Charlotte jobs

(The Charlotte Observer)

Detroit-based GMAC Financial Services is closing two offices in Charlotte, eliminating about 115 jobs. A spokeswoman says the company is moving the call-center and collections work done at the offices to larger GMAC locations.

N.C. ski resorts pleased with snowy winter

(Winston-Salem Journal)

North Carolina motorists and residents might be tired of snow this winter, but ski-resort operators say they've gotten a boost from the weather. Sugar Mountain in Boone expects to be open 128 days this year, about the same as last season despite opening a week later.

Microsoft keeps quiet on data-center speculation

(Hickory Daily Record)

Microsoft hasn't expressed interest in a Catawba County data center, a local economic developer says, and the company wouldn't comment on a published report that it was considering sites in North Carolina and Virginia. Apple is building a data center in the county, and Google has one in nearby Caldwell County.

Smaller telecoms fill niches in the Triangle

(News & Observer, Raleigh)

With some of the larger telecommunications companies scaling back or moving out of the Triangle, smaller companies are emerging to take their place. As Nortel Networks and Sony Ericsson shed jobs, companies such as Aviat Networks are hiring.

Reynolds products attract FDA scrutiny

(Winston-Salem Journal)

New smokeless products from Winston-Salem-based R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. have attracted the attention of the federal Food and Drug Administration. The FDA has requested research on three dissolvable smokeless products.