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for "Gray, Tim"
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4001
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Partnership for the Sounds, founded in 1993 and based in Columbia, seeks to interest tourists traveling to the beaches in eco-tourism in Tyrrell, Hyde, Beaufort, and Bertie Counties.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1999,
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4003
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The Lamm family, father Mack and sons Charlie and Mike, run the Wilson-based Southern Motorsports, Inc. They currently own and operate the Southern National Speedway outside Kenly and the Orange County Speedway near Rougemont. Their goal is to build the largest chain of small racetracks in the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 1, Jan 1999,
p42-47, il
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4059
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In the 20th-century, 20 individuals made their marks in a number of businesses and in so doing changed the direction of business in the state. They include J. Spencer Love (textiles), William H. Belk (retail), Jonathan W. Daniels (publishing), and A.J. Fletcher (broadcasting).
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 3, Mar 1999,
p28-31,33,34,37-39, por
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4327
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA selected twenty-one young people most likely to have an impact on the state in the next century. The list includes Amy Woods Brinkley (Banking), David Brown (Health Care), Roy Cooper (Law), Marybeth Cornwell (Manufacturing), and Peter Loftin (Telecommunications).
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 11, Nov 1999,
p30-33, 35-36, 39-41, por
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4362
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Regulator Marine Inc., based in Edenton, is Business North Carolina's Small Business of the Year. Owners Joan and Owen Maxwell build high-quality, center console fishing boats, priced between $37,000 and $120,000. Since 1997, Regulator's workforce has doubled, and the plant has added two production lines. The company is on schedule to build 200 boats and earn $10.8 million in 1999.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 12, Dec 1999,
p28-35, il
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5718
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The editors of BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA ranked the state's most powerful people. Individuals considered had to make their power felt in the business world, whether they owned or ran a business or not. Included are Hugh McColl, Chairman and CEO, Bank of America; Marc Basnight, President pro tem, N.C. Senate; Nan Keohane, President, Duke University; and Jack Cecil, President, Biltmore Farms Inc., Asheville.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 7, July 1999,
p28-33, 35-38, 40-41
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24297
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Steve Shroud owns Carolantic Realty Inc., the company that is building a 19,722 seat entertainment arena in Raleigh. Shroud has recently come under fire because the completion of the arena is behind schedule and drastically over budget.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 5, May 1999,
p20-28, il
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3618
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The state's fifty best places for business are ranked using the criteria of workforce, infrastructure, business climate, and quality of life. Charlotte and Wilmington ranked first and second. Greenville ranked twenty-fourth.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 2, Feb 1998,
p16-38,41-44
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3655
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Started in 1994, Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc. (TROSA) in Durham is a tough, no-nonsense, two-year drug rehabilitation program run by Kevin McDonald. Participants get room, board, and a chance for a new beginning.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 5, May 1998,
p62-65,67-68,71, il, por
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3715
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In January, 1998, Bill Holman, an environmental lobbyist, was named assistant secretary for environmental protection in the North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Business interests wonder whether he can do the job objectively.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 7, July 1998,
p18-19, il
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3945
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The Edison Project is a private, for-profit company that contracts with school systems having low performing schools. To date, fifty-one schools in twelve states have signed on. The project guarantees to improve student performance. However, not all Edison schools have progressed as promised. Goldsboro's Carver Heights elementary is the first school in the state to sign up.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 12, Dec 1998,
p16,18-19, il
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24301
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Erskine Bowles is the Clinton administration's chief operating officer. This article discusses the impacts Bowles had in the office and throughout Clinton's term, touching on Bowles' background in business and finance.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 1, January 1998,
p34-41, il
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24304
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Bill Graham is a private investigator on a case between Tohato Inc., a Japanese cookie company, and Club Corporation International Inc., a golf club company. The two companies are fighting over Pinewild, a 2,100 acre gated development in Pinehurst. Tohato sued ClubCorp for mismanagement and hired Graham to find evidence against the company.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 9, September 1998,
p40-48, il
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24308
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Jim Goodnight is touted as the richest man in North Carolina. This article examines his background and what helped him become a successful businessman.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 4, April 1998,
p32-40, il
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3279
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When Governor James Hunt needs a problem cleaned up, he sends in Janice Faulkner. The former East Carolina University administrator has handled problems in the Secretary of State's office and, currently, the Division of Motor Vehicles.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 6, June 1997,
p16, 18-19, por
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