Bennet profiles the ten leading banks in North Carolina. They include NCNB, Wachovia, First Union, Branch Banking and Trust, First Citizens, Southern National, United Carolina, Central Carolina Bank and Trust, Peoples, and Planter's.
James M. Culberson, Jr., president, chairman, and chief executive officer of the First National Bank of Randolph County, is featured in We the People of North Carolina's Businessman in the News section.
The North Carolina Motor Carriers Association, which changed its name to the North Carolina Trucking Association in 1985, is observing its sixtieth year of operations. The authors recount the organization's history.
In this We the People of North Carolina magazine editorial, the editor discusses Phillip J. Kirk, Jr., the new president of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry. Kirk is currently chief of staff for Governor James G. Martin. He will be the fifth, and youngest, president of the organization.