November 2011
Thinking the unthinkable
Fine Print: In recent weeks I’ve found myself returning to the idea that Charlotte-based Bank of America will not survive.
Reworking it out
Capital Goods: Republicans and Democrats in the General Assembly were at each other’s throats most of the past session.
Regional Report Western November 2011
Tar Heels are learning their Alcoholic Beverage Control Boards don’t always follow the letter of the law.
Regional Report Triangle November 2011
Clustered food systems — self-sustaining cycles of small local producers growing, packaging and selling food to local customers — are popping up around the nation.
Regional Report Triad November 2011
Guilford College and High Point University presidents differ over the value of debt as an asset.
Regional Report Eastern November 2011
North Carolina imported $42.5 billion of goods last year. That’s a lot of shipping containers.
Regional Report Charlotte November 2011
When Julian Clayton was a kid, the family computer was so heavy and bulky that the only place to put it was the granite countertop of a bar in the basement. Now his Salisbury-based company Crescent Construction Services LLC relies on a device that weighs less than 2 pounds.
Landing business
Feature: Tiny as most of them are, general-aviation airports have a lofty role in North Carolina’s economic development.
Out on your own
Cover story: A software CEO evangelizes entrepreneurship, preaching to prisoners that the way to be free is to start your own business.
A dog’s life
Up Front: He came with certified pedigree bearing the seal of the American Kennel Club.