Manufacturers adapt, prosper
Furniture, tobacco, textile and other product makers shed workers, automate, refocus as markets shift.
Nucor turns scraps into profit
Charlotte steel maker Nucor Corp. sees sales, profit and demand increase as it supplies products for builders and energy producers.
Carolinas 100: The CEOs
Here's the good news: You don't have to be good at math to become the CEO of a company. Almost universally, the CEOs of this year's top 10 corporations said they hated calculus in school.
Letting workers lead the way
Companies take cues from their employees as they decide how to dole out money to local charities.
Carolinas 100: The industries
Looking at an industry is like setting a camera to panoramic view: You get the big picture. (PDF)
Carolinas 100: The numbers
Carolinas 100 companies have 1,416,155 worldwide. (PDF)
How the Carolinas 100 came together
Our annual ranking of public companies has a different look this year.
Small companies can bring big returns
The state's biggest public companies usually get the most attention.
By the numbers
46 companies have market caps above $1 billion.
