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1648
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Ken Otis has succeeded Thomas A. Rose as president of Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of North Carolina. Otis takes over as BCBS enters a transitional phase, moving from merely assessing risk to actually delivering health care.
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Paul Fulton, former president of Sara Lee Corp., has taken over as dean of the University of North Carolina's Kenan-Flagler School of Business. His goal is to make the Top Ten-listed business school even stronger and more elite.
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North Carolina is one of the leading retirement destinations in the country. Trends in retirement are changing, and retirement facilities in the state, such as Carol Woods in Chapel Hill, are remodeling and redesigning to suit the needs of retirees.
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1877
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Janet and John Gallaher of Winston-Salem have established the C. E. Stone Foundation to provide funding for applications of information technology in classrooms around the country.
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Robert Beasley is director of administration for Raleigh's Mallinckrodt Specialty Chemicals Co., the world's largest producer of acetaminophen, the key pain-relieving ingredient in analgesics such as Tylenol.
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Western North Carolina relies a great deal on tourism to provide jobs and economic activity for the region. Now, representatives of the region are asking the state to place the same emphasis on tourism as on manufacturing when allocating funds for each.
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) has expanded markets in Mexico for such North Carolina products as textiles and furniture. In the past five years, the state's exports to Mexico have quadrupled to over $440 million.
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With American Airlines on the verge of closing operations at Raleigh-Durham International Airport, other carriers, such as Air South and Valu Jet Airlines, see RDU as a potential growth area.
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2061
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Tourism is North Carolina's second-biggest employer. The state's International Travel Task Force has launched efforts to make North Carolina a prime stop for European vacationers.
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William Holland, Chairman and CEO of Charlotte-based United Dominion, which provides industrial products and engineering and construction services, discusses how his company has coped with the recession.
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923
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Governor-elect Jim Hunt addresses the economy, education, and other issues in this interview.
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963
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Swannanoa-based Beacon Manufacturing Co. is the largest producer of blankets in North America.
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967
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In North Carolina, questions remain about the concept of managed competition as a solution to the health care problem.
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976
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Oliver discusses each of the major military bases in North Carolina, the impact they have on the state's economy, and how that impact will be affected by the Clinton administration.
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977
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Defense contractors, such as AT&T Federal Systems Advanced Technologies, are finding it necessary to diversify their businesses now that the end of the Cold War has decreased the demand for certain products.
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