A robust new restaurant scene has turned downtrodden downtown Kinston into a dining destination.

Putin, ISIS and kids on the border sharpen security as a cutting-edge issue in an election that jobs, Obamacare and schools were supposed to shape.

The legislature pushes back on economic incentives.

S&D Coffee and the state's biggest private companies still pack a jolt.

Temple Sloan spread the wealth, turning more than 400 of his employees into millionaires. But liquidity issues forced him to sell out to what's now the biggest U.S. auto-parts retailer.

Monthly report of business news from the Western region.

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Monthly report of business news from the Charlotte region.

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Real-estate agents align with acclaimed auction houses to move luxury lots.

An organic-farming advocate helps farmers quit tobacco.

Taking on Big Tobacco and the taxman, Calvin Phelps saw the business he built go up in smoke.

To prop up profit, a bank with a celebrated past turns to a leader with a firm grasp on the future.

Reports of corporate cash hoarding may be greatly exaggerated.