Personal exemption is no longer available on your tax returns. In prior years, each person claimed on a tax return was able to get a personal exemption amount — for 2017, that was $4,050 for each person.

Standard deduction amounts have gone up for the 2018 Federal Tax Return. Those amounts…

Youth organizations in Nash County can now earn up to $1,000 through U.S. Cellular’s Community Connections program.

Now in its fourth year, Community Connections provides sponsorship support to help youth groups pay for uniforms, equipment, travel and other group expenses. Since the program…

The largest private employer in the Twin Counties has added to its workforce this year as it works toward opening a nearly $200 million facility.

The Pfizer Rocky Mount plant has increased employment from 2,200 to 3,000 employees, according to Samantha Reardon, manager of Global Media Relations at…

Southern Bank recently recognized employees for outstanding work at its annual Best Bankers Event at the Raleigh Marriott City Center.

Southern Bank Vice President Kim Sutton was recognized as a Top Community Banker.

A native of Rocky Mount, Sutton earned a bachelor’s degree in business…

David Joyner of Rocky Mount’s Joyner Media & Strategies Inc. was featured in the just-published September edition of Business North Carolina magazine, the state’s award-winning monthly business publication.

Joyner was part of Business North Carolina’s 2018 Trailblazers: Young,…

Edward Jones branch associates are honored to support the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s in the Triangle as Team Warrick with Team Walk #484588.

The Walk to End Alzheimer’s is the nation’s largest event to raise awareness and…

Do our workplaces have an employee friendly culture?

Many of us 45 years or older were raised in authoritarian family and work environments. If we were fortunate, we were guided by good strong leaders with a strong work ethic and vision. But some of us were not always raised in constructive…

Our region’s business is overwhelmingly small business.

The Census Bureau reports companies with fewer than 100 employees account for over 98 percent of all businesses in Eastern North Carolina. Firms with fewer than 20 employees, more than 89 percent. Small businesses are the engine of our…

What exactly is the “sequence of returns?”

The phrase simply describes the yearly variation in an investment portfolio’s rate of return. Across 20 or 30 years of saving and investing for the future, what kind of impact do these deviations from the average return have on a…