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for "Banks and banking"
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4064
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Starting in the 1970s, the state has grown into a national banking center through the vision of bankers including Tom Storrs and John Medlin. Four banks-Charlotte's First Union and Bank of America and Winston-Salem's BB$T and Wachovia-are among the country's forty most powerful banks. Banking assets in the state are almost $1 trillion.
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4549
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Frank Gentry, who retired from Bank of America Corp. in January 2000 as the bank's top corporate strategist, discusses his career, the bank, and how bank acquisitions are made.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 5, May 2000,
p50-59, por
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4823
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North Carolina's banks are ranked by their 1999 revenues. Bank of America, First Union, Wachovia, and BB&T hold the top four positions respectively. The best and worst banks in nine categories, including best and worst return on assets and best and worst return on equity, are given.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 11, Nov 2000,
p48-49, 51, 53-54, il
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5433
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North Carolina's banks are ranked by their 2001 revenues. Bank of America and Wachovia repeated their first and second place rankings from 2001. For the first time the ranking of the state's largest financial institutions included credit unions. Most of the 70 credit unions are ranked near the bottom, but two Raleigh-based ones, the State Employees Credit Union and the Coastal Federal Credit Union, are ranked 5th and 9th respectively.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 11, Nov 2002,
p28-34, il
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6056
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North Carolina's banks and credit unions are ranked by their 2002 revenues. Bank of America and Wachovia repeated their first and second rankings from 2002. The highest ranking credit union was the State Employees Credit Union, which ranked fifth.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 11, Nov 2003,
p44, 46, 48, 50, il
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6229
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Before beginning his career in banking, Edward Dolby was a Peace Corps volunteer in India from 1966 to 1968. Today he is president of Bank of America Carolinas. Dolby is featured in NORTH CAROLINA magazine's \"executive profile.\"
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6577
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L. M. Baker, Jr. is president and CEO of Wachovia Corp. of North Carolina. He's also an ex-Marine who maintains his mental edge playing chess with a computer; a humanitarian praised for his ability to connect with people from all walks of life; and a man who understands and appreciates art and who once won $15 in a poetry contest. Baker is featured in North Carolina magazine's Executive Profile.
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7442
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North Carolina's banks and credit unions are ranked by their 2004 revenues. Bank of America, Wachovia, BB&T, and First Citizens BancShares hold the top four positions respectively. The highest ranking credit union was the State Employees Credit Union, which ranked fifth.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 11, Nov 2005,
p34-42, il
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9346
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Curt Farmer is featured in this month's NC MAGAZINE's “executive profile.†Farmer, a graduate of Wake Forest University, is director of Wachovia Bank's Wealth Management division for the Carolinas and Virginia. He was recently promoted to executive vice president. He manages a team of about 220 wealth management professionals in 22 offices from Charlottesville to Savannah. Besides managing this team, he devotes 30 percent to 40 percent of his time to meeting with clients or courting prospective ones.
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10962
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Thomas L. Storrs, president of North Carolina National Bank and of NCNB Corporation, is featured in this month's We The People Magazine's North Carolina Businessman in the News.
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11177
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Thorne Gregory is president of Branch Banking & Trust Company. Gregory is featured in We the People of North Carolina magazine's Businessman in the News.
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12059
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William H. Stanley is chairman and chief executive officer of People Bank & Trust Company. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in the Businessman in the News section.
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13130
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Banks are making it more convenient for patrons to visit. Banking is becoming modern and competitive. Branches and tellers are springing up all over larger cities, some with air-conditioning, attractive furnishings, and drive-up windows. New services are also available such as automatic savings and college tuition savings plans.
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21140
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A number of forces--tax and regulatory reform, consolidation, technology, and interest rates--are changing the face of banking in North Carolina. Business North Carolina and the North Carolina Bankers Association put together a panel of seven experts to answer questions such as can there be regulations and still prosperity for banks and how is technology changing the industry.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 33 Issue 10, Oct 2013,
p14-19, por
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24132
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Campbell recounts his interview with Hugh McColl Jr., the former CEO of the largest bank in the nation, Bank of America Corp. Hugh discusses what influenced him to take a position at a bank and later build his fortune as CEO.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 11, November 2012,
p42-45, por
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