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Sometimes even banks want to 'walk away' from a home
Leoneda Inge Feb 22, 2013
In some working-class neighborhoods with cheap housing, the banks actually lose money on a foreclosure. So it’s cheaper to do nothing.
Google search in North Carolina: Jobs
David Gura Nov 13, 2012
Struggling N.C. county lures Google facility with incentives. Were they worth it?
Freelance geo-engineering feat alarms scientists
Adriene Hill Oct 19, 2012
An entrepreneur under contract with a native village in Canada dumped tons of iron in the Pacific to spark a plankton bloom that would capture carbon dioxide. That violated ocean treaties, and angered scientists who are studying that kind of geo-engineering.
A Law Protecting Teachers from Cyber Bullying, and New York City's Hottest Tech Ticket
David Brancaccio Sep 20, 2012
North Carolina is taking a hard line against kids who bully teachers online. And every month New York Tech Meetup sells out in just four minutes...and the theater's a big one at NYU. Venture capitalists are here along with engineers, designers, and start ups both theoretical and already online.
Training for new manufacturing skill requirements
David Gura Sep 11, 2012
North Carolina community colleges work with local companies on which job skills to teach students.
Father, son differ on impact of election
David Gura Sep 6, 2012
Two decades after he moved to North Carolina's Research Triangle from Russia, Dmitiri Moundous started a new business called Alera Labs, and his son Gene, is among his first employees. One intends to vote. The other...
North Carolina farmer ties success to immigration
David Gura Sep 5, 2012
Cotton grower thinks immigration reform will help farm workers become upwardly mobile.
Housing, jobs and retirement stay on voters' minds
David Gura Aug 31, 2012
Undecided voters in Florida and North Carolina share what their greatest concerns are in the upcoming election.
Legislators rule prediction of rising sea out of bounds
Eve Troeh Jul 11, 2012
North Carolina's legislature put aside the latest predictions of rising sea levels, for coastal planning purposes, in favor of more study. Long-term predictions of a three-foot rise by 2010 could needlessly hurt development, critics said.
U.N. warns Australia over Great Barrier Reef
Stuart Cohen Jun 5, 2012
The United Nations World Heritage Organization says the Great Barrier Reef may soon be on its endangered list if Australia doesn't control its industrial development in the next eight months.
