North Carolina

Sometimes even banks want to 'walk away' from a home

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.

Posted In: Housing, foreclosure, North Carolina

Google search in North Carolina: Jobs

David Gura

Nov 13, 2012

Struggling N.C. county lures Google facility with incentives. Were they worth it?

Posted In: Google, North Carolina, Jobs

A Law Protecting Teachers from Cyber Bullying, and New York City's Hottest Tech Ticket

David Brancaccio

Sep 19, 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.

Posted In: Tech, meetup, North Carolina, education law

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.

Posted In: North Carolina, manufacturing

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...

Posted In: North Carolina, Small Business, 2012 election

North Carolina farmer ties success to immigration

David Gura

Sep 5, 2012

Cotton grower thinks immigration reform will help farm workers become upwardly mobile.

Posted In: North Carolina, faming, Immigration

Housing, jobs and retirement stay on voters' minds

Interview with

David Gura

Aug 31, 2012

Undecided voters in Florida and North Carolina share what their greatest concerns are in the upcoming election.

Posted In: North Carolina, Florida, housing crisis, Education, manufacturing, Retirement, Jobs

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.

Posted In: North Carolina, rising sea level, oceans