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1478
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The State Health Plan Purchasing Alliance (SHPPA) applies the old idea of the food co-op to health insurance. By banding together, small businesses (in this case, two to forty-nine employees) hope to save money on health insurance.
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Pass & Seymour/Legrand, the North American arm of Legrand, Limoges, France, has chosen to invest in a Greensboro facility for the manufacture of electric wiring devices.
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K mart is embroiled in a controversy wherein union officials allege that fourteen workers were fired for their union activity. Workers participated in a sit-down strike at the K mart Greater Greensboro Open golf tournament to protest the firings.
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1650
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Governor Hunt established the Economic Development Task Force of the North Carolina International Commission to foster high tech exchanges with other countries. The state's first target is exchange with Israel.
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1709
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RJ Reynolds, Winston-Salem-based tobacco manufacturer, has opened its fourth manufacturing plant in two years in the former Soviet Union. RJ Reynolds Tobacco International sold 34 billion more cigarettes than RJR's domestic division last year.
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John Davis, managing director of Alex. Brown & Sons Inc. in Winston-Salem, was named this spring as one of the country's top ten investment brokers.
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1870
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RJ Reynolds Tobacco International Inc. purchased another plant in the former Soviet Union, bringing to five the number of cigarette manufacturing plants owned by the company here. RJR's international division is far outselling the domestic division.
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1878
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BB&T and Southern National banks have announced a merger \"of equals\" that was motivated partly by fears of hostile takeovers.
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1997
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The three transportation directors from the Triad cities of High Point, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem work cooperatively rather than individually in dealing with transportation problems and policy making.
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2000
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High Point's Robert J. Brown directs his company, B & C Associates, in advising some of the country's largest companies on race relations. Brown is a former principal adviser to President Nixon on minority issues.
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2101
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The School of Filmmaking at the N.C. School of the Arts in Winston-Salem is building a \"filmmaking village\"\" that will house the school and also serve as a site for student films. It is the only facility of its kind anywhere.
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2262
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Patricia Sullivan is the new chancellor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro; she is the first woman to hold this position at the school.
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2296
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Although ranked No. 2 nationwide in the filmmaking industry, the N.C. Film Council, an advisory group, feels the film office should broaden its scope to include things like cable channel production, imaging technology, and post-production activities.
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2298
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When Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. established the N.C. Film Office by executive order in 1980, director Bill Arnold had no operating budget. Now the state ranks No. 2 nationwide in filmmaking, with nearly $4 billion spent by filmmakers.
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2391
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People in New Hanover and Brunswick Counties have mixed feelings about their area's development. Tourism brings not only needed funds for growth, but also such problems as commercialism, big construction, and loss of quiet, family beaches.
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