North Carolina’s wealthiest politician showed investors how to cash in on escalating land prices. How Robert Pittenger built his road to riches.

ELF — the vehicle with an identity crisis — part bike and part car — just might transform the city lover’s commute.

Can an auction teach an Olde Beau new tricks?

Large corporations dominate on this year’s list of top public companies based in the state.

The 33 companies based in North Carolina that each manage more than $1.2 billion in assets.

Durham native Ward Nye has led Martin Marietta’s rebound from a spurned expansion bid to more than double in size and profit over the last five years.

Gaia Herbs is undertaking a $5 million expansion of its Brevard headquarters as customers seek natural remedies for everything from allergies to reducing stress.

Hot, strong and interesting. Those are the three words Phyllis Brookshire uses to describe the Raleigh housing market.

The Winston-Salem-based bank promoted three executives to its management team in early July who share the same characteristics: They are BB&T lifers.

Southern Grace Distilleries soon will be brewing moonshine and other spirits in a former Cabarrus County correctional facility.

Koolbridge Solar is a 3-year-old company with a promising but untested technology aimed at keeping rooftop solar systems working during outages.

Alliance Medical Ministry and other nonprofit health clinics help the thousands of working North Carolinians who are uninsured.

Fresh off a $21 million deal, Frank Scibelli adds Middle Eastern flavor to his restaurant lineup.

As driverless cars join the Army, the first autonomous rides on the state’s roads could be carrying soldiers.

As software replaces textbooks, an N.C.-based affiliate of the Discovery Channel changes American education.

When the Society for Human Resource Management began surveying HR professionals about perks at work, it asked them about 60 employee benefits.

Research, investment and workforce development are making North Carolina’s energy industry a global leader.

Let’s stop the name-calling and embrace a more thoughtful debate to moderate our political differences.

White Lake’s heyday of tour boats and water-ski shows has passed, but thousands still trek to a tiny corner of Bladen County every summer.

BNC readers tackle the squelching of innovation and House Bill 2.