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for "Industry and state"
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2455
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The Governor's Industrial Competitiveness Fund provides financial incentives to encourage businesses to relocate to the state. The fund is controversial, however, and the 1995 General Assembly reduced funding by 80 percent, to $2 million.
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2584
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Arguing that public funds are used for private purposes, Winston-Salem attorney William Maready is challenging in court the offering by cities and counties of incentives to lure businesses to their areas.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 11, Nov 1995,
p15-17, il
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1597
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The issues regarding local government programs for contracting services of minority- and women-owned businesses are presented in a question-and-answer format.
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1598
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Local governments make a good-faith effort to help women- and minority-owned businesses participate in bidding for government contracts. One such way is through certification programs.
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1624
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Economically strapped counties in North Carolina have been the major beneficiaries of efforts by the state's Industrial Recruitment Competitive Fund to bring industry, and thus jobs, to the state.
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1811
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N.C. State University's College of Textiles, the Textile Clothing Technology Corp. in Cary, and Cotton Inc. in Raleigh are contributing to major research efforts designed to strengthen the textile industry's long-term competitive position.
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1823
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Governor Jim Hunt is seeking to make North Carolina more attractive to corporations by revising the laws governing corporations in the state. Hunt has supervised the revision of Chapter 55 of the General Statutes, known as the Corporation Act.
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2252
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A joint experiment, the Hoechst Celanese Corporation & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Research Partnership is applying total quality management principles to research projects that, it is hoped, will be mutually beneficial.
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1268
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The author questions the courting of Mercedes-Benz by North Carolina and other southern states when that company announced plans to build a car plant in the United States.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 43, Oct 1993,
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1309
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North Carolina is following other states in offering big incentives to lure private industries, which will provide more jobs and a greater tax base.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 11 Issue 50, Dec 1993,
p11-14, il, por
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29163
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Although a scant percentage of all purchases made by large in-state buyers is from North Carolina suppliers, businesses are trying to change this trend. The matching of in-state buyers with in-state buyers is a large goal of North Carolina business and government leaders as there is avast home-to-home market for North Carolina products in the state's own backyard.
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31615
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A proposed constitutional amendment authorizing North Carolina counties to issue industrial revenue bonds would provide a means of financing industrial facilities or pollution control equipment. In an interview with Bob C. Goforth, chief of the Industrial Development Section of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources, he discusses industrial revenue bonds and implications to North Carolina tax payers.
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30874
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Many communities in North Carolina are showing their appreciation for the industries operating in their areas. Civic leaders, newspaper publishers, television and radio directors, and others offer invaluable service to industrialists as they help them become more acquainted with their communities they operate in.
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30768
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Although over $1 billion is spent each year in North Carolina for industry and business, only $71,850,000 remains in the state. To prevent over $1 billion from being lost outside North Carolina, Governor Hodges and others are pushing to get capital investment in plants to produce some of the items that are bought from other states.
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30933
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In North Carolina, the local chamber of commerce is one of the most important factors in locating industry in the state. In order to get industry to locate in North Carolina, chamber of commerce help provide for the development and expansion of benefits and facilities.
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