Steve DeCarlo, an accountant with a jocular personality, turned a sputtering insurance brokerage into a market leader valued at more than $2 billion. A little shove from Eliot Spitzer didn’t hurt.

Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Markets will open its first North Carolina store in Cary, with three additional Triangle locations planned.

As ski season lifts off, Beech Mountain Resort is led by a third generation of Costins.

Ted Parker put $12 million into his dream home. Someone seeking tranquility and 10 bathrooms will pay a lot less.

How does the CEO of the country’s largest electric utility spend her time? Carefully. Lynn Good takes a few minutes to talk time management.

North Carolina has become an important player in renewable energy, with solar and wind farms and other projects attracting $6.3 billion from 2007-15. The investment reflects state law [...]

Businesses condemn lawmakers for creating a firestorm over potty policies, while funding their campaigns.

The historic Alamance County textile town keeps reinventing itself, bolstered by a family business turned global giant.

As part of this month's focus on higher education, guest columnist Paul Fulton explains his passion for improving North Carolina's colleges and universities.

Public policy, personal habits and changing demographics make providing health care in North Carolina a complex process.

North Carolina’s college system is as diverse as it is large, from a school founded for American Indians to its flagship campus in Chapel Hill.

Former student body presidents talk about the ways their North Carolina schools shaped them — and where they are now.

Robin Cummings returns to Pembroke to run one of the most diverse colleges in the South.

A former electrician hopes his company’s innovative circuit breakers can light up UNC Charlotte’s reputation as a tech hotbed.

UNC Charlotte has grown enrollment by 35% and added eight doctoral programs during Chancellor Philip Dubois’ decade on the job.

Older Americans are embracing the tiny house. The trend that became a movement, with North Carolina at the center, might just save retirement.

Steve DeCarlo, an accountant with a jocular personality, turned a sputtering insurance brokerage into a market leader valued at more than $2 billion. A little shove from Eliot Spitzer [...]

World history may be doomed to repeat itself, and family histories are no exception. Case in point: When George Cecil and his son, Jack, decided Biltmore Park, their Buncombe County [...]

Perhaps in a just world, former First Union and Wachovia investors would be sharing in the proceeds of the $284 million sale of Charlotte’s One Wells Fargo Center — the highest price ever [...]

Memphis has cotton, Atlanta has Coke and Greensboro has Cone, the textile company that has influenced American culture for 125 years. Cone’s anniversary this year is a big milestone for a [...]

Three North Carolinians have a prominent role in charting the direction of Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, which lost more than 80% of its market value in the last year after [...]

Serving on the board of directors has proven a lucrative business at First South Bank, a Washington, N.C.-based community bank with $885 million in assets. Too lucrative, says Greenville [...]

PNC Arena’s operators face decisions on how to remake a building with its key tenant, the Carolina Hurricanes, in flux.

Marketer moves from burgers to body shops as he helps steer Charlotte’s Driven Brands through a major growth spurt.

Investments in defense, roads and wind offer renewed promise for northeast North Carolina.