The nine major NC banks keep records of their community investment, defined as the banks' financial involvement in their communities. The author rates these banks accordingly.
Wittebort profiles ten Triangle leaders who could have a major hand in helping to shape the region in the last years of the 20th century. All are in their 40s or younger and stress the need to mend the Triangle's fissures.
The recently exposed school-milk scandal, in which milk processors rigged the bidding for most of North Carolina's school districts, has had consequences for schools and dairy suppliers throughout the state.
Shareholders are putting pressure on corporate boards to perform, and Tar Heel company directors are feeling the heat. Included is a list of the boards of North Carolina's 74 largest public companies.
Richard Holcomb is president and CEO of Raleigh-based Q+E Software, which had attached itself to software giant Microsoft Corp. but is now ready to go its own way.
Long overshadowed by the larger, more prosperous southern ports of Norfolk and Charleston, Wilmington and Morehead City have recently carved out a niche as important ports in their own right. Jim Scott can be credited for this.
Research Triangle Park-based BroadBand Technologies and its president and CEO, Salim Bhatia, have taken the early lead in the race to develop the electronics and software system needed to bring the Information Superhighway into the consumer's home.
Interstate highways attract business and foster growth. Charlotte is an example a commercial center benefitting from the presence of interstates, specifically, I-85 and I-77.
John Correnti is the president and chief operating officer of steel company Nucor Corp. Correnti transformed Nucor into a larger company that spans multiple states.