A young professional couple is using their expertise in the wine industry to start a business in downtown Rocky Mount.

Ryan Hicks, 35, and Sarah Hicks, 33, will be opening a small high-end wine retail boutique and bar in Station Square called Bin & Barrel Wine Bar and Bottles. The…

NEW YORK — Stocks fell further on Wall Street Monday as Turkey’s central bank was unable to stop a steep plunge in that nation’s currency. That’s helping to push the dollar higher, which hurts big U.S. exporters.

Stocks were coming off their worst losses in a month as…

Across three generations, one aspect of the business culture at Barnhill Contracting Co. has remain unchanged.

“We fulfill our word,” says Allen Barnhill, senior vice president, who has been with the company for 40 years. “What we say we’re going to do, we do.…

Thomas Rhodes was recently elected president of the Eastern North Carolina Chapter of the CPCU Society.

In order to be inducted into the CPCU Society, individuals must pass eight national exams on topics including insurance law, accounting, risk management and ethics. CPCUs continually update their…

Allen Hinnant of Photography by Allen Hinnant attended a Professional Photographers of America affiliate East Coast Photographic workshop held in June.

The four-day class was captioned as “Making Magic in Photoshop,” with instruction in Photoshop, Lightroom and video. Hinnant studied…

First Carolina Financial Services Inc. and First Carolina Bank recently announce the election and appointment of Charles “Chad” A. Paul III and James “Jim” A. Lucas Jr. to their combined Board of Directors.

Paul has over 25 years of experience in the financial services…

The ability for businesses to use the Tax Section 1031 to defer taxes on exchange of property, other than real estate, has been eliminated under the new tax laws.

Under the old tax law, a business could trade in a piece of equipment for another one; could do so and not have to pay taxes on the…

Individual Retirement Accounts are quite popular. It probably wouldn’t be surprising if you inherited an IRA someday. But what should you do with it?

First of all, you’ll need to be aware of some basic rules. If your parent, or anyone other than your spouse, leaves you a traditional IRA…

In my previous column I discussed how disability income protection is the cornerstone of a working American’s financial plan.

Without it, you do not have a financial security plan. That is until you have adequate savings to fully retire. Could you take a three-to-six month vacation? How about…