January 2013
Regional Report Eastern January 2013
The N.C. State Ports Authority plans to build a $60 million terminal for wood pellets at Port of Morehead City but isn’t sure how to pay for it.
Regional Report Western January 2013
After Superstorm Sandy hit, Bostic-based Defiant Marine Inc. — a marine salvage company Ferris founded in 2010 — sent a crew to New York City to pump out the Montague Tube, which carries the subway under the East River between Manhattan and Brooklyn
Regional Report Triad January 2013
The Atlantic Coast Conference continues to change, with Notre Dame and Louisville entering the conference and Maryland departing.
Regional Report Charlotte January 2013
A N.C. Department of Transportation study showed that the state's 72 publicly owned airports had a $25.9 billion economic impact on North Carolina in 2010.
Regional Report Triangle January 2013
Durham-based Semprius Inc. makes the world’s most-efficient solar panels, which convert 33.9% of the energy in sunlight into electricity, according to independent tests.
Legal Elite – Criminal 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Criminal - PETER C. ANDERSON, Beveridge & Diamond PC, Charlotte
Legal Elite – Litigation 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Litigation - LEE M. WHITMAN, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh
Legal Elite – Antitrust 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Antitrust - NOEL ALLEN, Allen, Pinnix and Nichols PA, Raleigh
Legal Elite – Bankruptcy 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Bankruptcy - TRAWICK H. "BUZZY" STUBBS, Stubbs & Perdue PA, New Bern
Legal Elite – Young Guns 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Young Guns (Best Under 40) - GEORGE MASON OLIVER, Oliver Friesen Cheek PLLC, New Bern
Legal Elite – Tax/Estate Planning 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Tax / Estate Planning - ANDREW H. VEACH, Edwards Craver Veach PLLC, Winston-Salem
Legal Elite – Real Estate 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Real Estate - ROBERT CHARLES LAWSON, Williams Mullen, Raleigh
Legal Elite – Intellectual Property 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Intellectual Property - ANTHONY BILLER, Coats & Bennett PLLC, Cary
Legal Elite – Family 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Family - STAN BROWN, Hamilton Stephens Steele & Martin PLLC, Charlotte
Legal Elite – Environmental 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Environmental - GRADY L. SHIELDS, Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP, Raleigh
Legal Elite – Employment 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Employment - W. RANDALL LOFTIS JR., Constangy, Brooks & Smith LLP, Winston-Salem
Legal Elite – Corporate Counsel 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Corporate Counsel - ROBERT WICKER, General Parts International Inc., Raleigh
Legal Elite – Construction 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Construction - RICHARD CONNER, Conner Gwyn Schenck PLLC, Greensboro
Legal Elite – Business 2013
2013 Legal Elite winner: Business - GRAYSON S. HALE, Morningstar Law Group, Morrisville
2013 Legal Elite
Lessons learned — Top Tar Heel lawyers reminisce about how their time as undergraduates turned them into overachievers.
Staying afloat
Hot stocks 2013: With uncertainty plaguing the market, Business North Carolina's stock pickers play it safe in 2013.
One of those shocking developments
Why Jim Rogers is Mover and Shaker of the Year is just one of the weird, wacky things that generated news in 2012.
Unbundling higher education
Free & Clear: Unwieldy and expensive, the public university's role as all things to all people relies on a combination of guild monopoly, political power and public awe.
New governor has lots of school choices
Capital Goods: Pat McCrory supports charter schools, but he has been hesitant to embrace controversial parts of the right's education agenda, such as vouchers for private schools.