Twice-told tale
Maury Faggart drove some 1,300 miles, from Charlotte to Carteret County’s Down East extremity, then up and down the length of the Outer Banks twice, to take the photos that accompany this month’s [...]
State recruiting efforts get a dose of court aid
The legal climate for business in North Carolina is better than you might think — better than in all but five states, says The American Justice Partnership, a Lansing, Mich.-based lobbying group [...]
Parts will boost his company’s sum
Now that Robert Skillen has his aircraft company off the ground, he hopes it will fly well enough to lure hundreds of jobs to a county that needs them and make western North [...]
Heroes worship
Green is good for venture capitalist
When SJF Ventures pumps money into some touchy-feely, Earth-friendly business that recycles computers or installs [...]
Foul weather
Rising over his shoulder, the sun tints the sky east of Teaches Hole the color of ripe peaches. Skirting Ocracoke Inlet, Bill Evans points his 24-foot skiff toward Portsmouth Island. Evans, 38, [...]
For what it’s worth
Jim Rogers made more than $3 million in salary and bonus as chief executive of Cinergy Corp. in 2005, the year before the Cincinnati-based electric [...]
Admiral takes helm of leadership center
John Ryan isn’t just president of the Center for Creative Leadership, he’s a former customer. In 2001, Ryan, then a Navy admiral, took a course while examining executive-education programs for [...]