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5508
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Eastern North Carolina traditionally has been an agricultural area, with industrialization a later development. Former Governor James B. Hunt describes what must be done, including improving education, providing job skills training, and building infrastructure, to keep this area from falling behind the rest of the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Feb 2003,
p8-10, 12-13, il
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5787
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Cary-based Ultimus, is a runner-up in BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's High-Tech Company of the Year competition. Founded in 1994 by CEO Rashid Khan, the business has been profitable for six years. Ultimus makes software that automates processes that businesses employ, such as purchase orders and business accounts.
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5843
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill recently let their basketball coach, Matt Doherty, go. Murray discusses reasons for this and the future of the basketball program at the school.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 6, June 2003,
p30-33, 36, il, por
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6205
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Speedway Plumbing, Inc., headquartered in Concord, is a runner-up in the 2003 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. The company, founded in 1996 by Bryan Huneycutt, employs 55 and projects revenues of $5.9 million in 2003. Speedway Plumbing, Inc. installs, maintains, and repairs plumbing.
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24229
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Pete Murphy owns two companies in Duplin County that built restaurants in River Landing. Though it seems to be in the middle of nowhere, Murphy chose the location because of housing developments cropping up. The entrepreneur invested in the area knowing it would expand in the future and bring in money.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, January 2003,
p40-44, il
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24231
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This article presents the ranking of the top private companies in North Carolina in 2003 and compares them to last year's winners to shed insight about economic change in the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 10, October 2003,
p28-41
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5298
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Pat Henry was offered a medical school scholarship to Harvard, but declined because she wanted a business career. She joined the Miller Brewing Company in Eden in 1977, and in 1992 became the first woman brew-master of a major American brewery. Today she is the plant manager. Henry is profiled in this BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA feature.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 7, July 2002,
p28-33, por
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5430
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Jim Blaine joined the Raleigh-based State Employees Credit Union in 1973. Six years later he was its president and CEO. The credit union had 25 branches and $300 million in assets when he became president. Blaine has built it into the nation's second-largest credit union and the state's fifth-biggest financial institution. Murray discusses the man and his methods.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 11, Nov 2002,
p36-40, 42-43, il
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5446
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Once-troubled, Charlotte-based Bojangles' Restaurants Inc., is ranked No. 24 on the 2002 Business North Carolina ranking of the state's 100 largest private companies. Murray discusses the company's turn-around and its chairman and CEO Joe Drury.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 10, Oct 2002,
p54-59, il
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5490
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Cheerwine was developed in Salisbury over eighty years ago. The soft drink, though marketed in other states, makes most of its revenues in North Carolina. Murray discusses the history of the company and its plan to market the local product across the country to a younger consumer group.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 3, Mar 2002,
p22-27, il
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24240
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Professional stock pickers review North Carolina stocks they thought would rise steadily over twelve months. Many suffered losses instead. Kenan Transport, Lowes Companies, and Family Dollar Stores saw the largest gain in value among North Carolina based companies in 2001.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 1, January 2002,
p20-29
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24246
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McAllister Towing of Wilmington Inc. is a three-tug fleet that works to tow ships into port. Overall the company has nine locations in the United States, owning 65 tugboats in total.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 4, April 2002,
p44-49, il
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24287
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NationsBank (now Bank of America) and First Union (now Wachovia) are two new, rapidly growing banks. The CEOs of each bank discuss their methods for managing successful businesses.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 11, November 2001,
p28-33, il
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24288
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Oakwood Homes Corp. has a new president, Myles Standish, who hopes to bring the nation's fourth largest manufactured home builder back to profitability.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 11, November 2001,
p34-43, il
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