Sunday, June 10, 2012 | 2:05 a.m. Related content When Manny Pacquiao walked to the podium to greet reporters Saturday night, he entered the packed ballroom at the MGM Grand to what many feel was a dead-accurate description by his promoter. “Please welcome the fighter you all saw winning the fight. Well, except for the three blind mice,” said Bob Arum, the outspoken CEO of Top Rank Promotions. Pacquiao was defeated for the first time in more than seven years...

MILAN -Global stocks staged a minor recovery Friday after the U.S. government said businesses were restocking their shelves faster than analysts expected, coming on the heels of a surprise Chinese rate cut.the U.S. Commerce Department’s announcement that wholesale inventories grew faster than expected in April went some way to turn round an overall down...

Forget talking heads who come on each week and wax forth on their favorite car. To hear them talk, taking a drive in one is akin to a religious experience. Forget those glitzy magazines. They are just trying to sell their latest issue, and think nice pictures tell the story. If you are in the market for a car, here is what to do. Whether buying...

NASHVILLE — True Love Waits International will expand its abstinence-until-marriage message in six African countries, utilizing $950,000 in donor gifts to LifeWay Christian Resources’ a Defining Moment capital campaign, LifeWay President Thom S. Rainer today April 11. “Although HIV/AIDS is a concern worldwide, the most concentrated and high-risk area continues to be the continent of Africa, where the life expectancy...

CONCORD, N.C. — the Cabarrus Economic Development Corporation asked county commissioners for an additional $50,000 over last year’s budget to help pay for youth entrepreneurial training program and other additions. The Cabarrus Economic Development Corporation and the Cabarrus County Convention and Visitors Bureau presented their budgets for fiscal year 2013 to...