Record #:

3369

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

William Royal is president of Royal Park Uniforms, Inc., the nation's largest maker of school uniform jumpers and shirts. With 130 employees utilizing a 66,000-square-foot facility, it is Caswell County's second largest private employer.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Sept 1997, p73-74, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Royal Park Uniforms, Inc. (Caswell County); School children--Clothing; Uniforms industry--Caswell County

Record #:

3431

Author(s):

Tschida, Anne

Abstract:

Gerald Johnson of the CHARLOTTE POST and Ernest Pitt of the WINSTON-SALEM CHRONICLE have joined forces to develop a chain of Afro-American newspapers throughout the state.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Sept 1997, p20,22-23, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

African American newspapers; Pitt, Ernest; Johnson, Gerald W., 1890-1980

Record #:

3432

Author(s):

Gray, Tim

Abstract:

A difficult merger and a government probe into billing practices have left Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings in Burlington, a provider of diagnostic tests, in financial trouble. Stock has fallen from $13 a share in 1995 to $2.63 in 1997.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Sept 1997, p28-33,35,37-38, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Diagnosis, Laboratory; Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (Burlington)

Record #:

3445

Author(s):

Martin, Edward

Abstract:

By cooperating rather than competing, Memorial Mission Medical Center and St. Joseph's Hospital in Asheville will cut costs and expand services, including additional clinics and outreach programs, from the $75 million in anticipated savings.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Sept 1997, p40-43,45-46, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Hospitals--Asheville; Hospitals--Cost control; Memorial Mission Medical Center (Asheville); St. Joseph's Hospital (Asheville)

Record #:

3501

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Bunny Johns, president since 1991 of the Nantahala Outdoor Center in Wesser, was also elected president of America Outdoors in 1996. Nantahala is one of the country's outstanding white-water rafting centers.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Sept 1997, p72, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

White-water canoeing--North Carolina, Western; Nantahala Outdoor Center; Rafting (Sports); Johns, Bunny

Record #:

3502

Author(s):

Speizer, Irwin

Abstract:

The merger of PCA International, Inc. of Matthews and Charlotte's American Studios, Inc. creates a photography company with over 2,000 studios in K-Mart and Wal-Mart and annual revenues of over $250,000 million.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Sept 1997, p48-51,53,55-56, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

PCA International, Inc. (Matthews); Photographic industry; American Studios (Charlotte)