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At this month’s round table, our experts discussed the role of tourism in the state’s economy and the challenge of recovering from two hurricanes.

Cover story: Left behind, North Carolina's northeast corner gets a lift from an economic driver across the state line.

Cover story: Having the world's biggest retailer — Walmart — as the state's largest employer affects North Carolina's economy in ways obvious and subtle.

A late freeze that ruined between 70% and 80% of the apple harvest this year — worst since 1955 — was particularly damaging to Henderson County.

GlaxoSmithKline PLC is gradually doing away with conventional work- stations at its Research Triangle Park campus, opting for a floating seat plan that saves money and increases productivity.

Capital Goods: Republicans and Democrats in the General Assembly were at each other’s throats most of the past session.

Mooneyham: In this down economy, politicians on both the left and right have tried to sell themselves to constituents as being all about jobs.