2012-11

The economy is better, but top contractors are still suffering in the recession's wake.

Cover story: RTI International thinks it can continue to flourish by using minds over matters.

Red Oak Brewery's CEO says a state law requiring beer makers to turn all of their distribution over to wholesalers if they produce more than 25,000 31-gallon barrels in a year has stymied his [...]

Two Davidson College soccer teammates started Raleigh-based Creasman and Baltz Inc., a high-end pen maker.

Free & Clear: Some have dismissed concerns about policy uncertainty as partisans attacking Obama. It’s more than a talking point, and it didn’t start with this [...]

Up Front: Business North Carolina's readers are an erudite bunch.

Looking back, Hugh McColl recalls two turning points in a career that created the biggest bank in America.

Sanderson Farms Inc., the nation’s fourth-largest chicken processor, announced in August it will open a hatchery in southern Nash County, the first step in a $91.4 million project that [...]

Capital Goods: The fishing industry in North Carolina faces a lot of uncertainty these days, and it does so without a dedicated champion in the legislature.