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A Charlotte-based chemical company says it will close its Brunswick County plant by the end of September, putting 600 people out of work.

Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom says he's "in tears" after a European company announced it had deleted all the data it was hosting from the shuttered file-sharing site.

California lawmakers are considering a bill that would require the state's health insurance exchange to make more contract information available to the public.

Hawaiian Electric Co. is asking the Public Utilities Commission for the authority to negotiate five new solar and wind energy power contracts.

Senior White House economic adviser Michael Froman has been confirmed by the Senate to be the next U.S. trade representative.