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PNC Chief Economist Gus Faucher says North Carolina has reason to be more optimistic in the near-term than the rest of the nation.

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.