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24171
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A global credit crisis led to the downfall of Wachovia, which was eventually bought out by Wells Fargo. The author discusses the reasons Wachovia failed.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 11, November 2008,
p60-65
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24176
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Greenfield North, near Garner, North Carolina, is developing business parks near busy roads, such as I40 and US70, to bring in money and create jobs.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 6, June 2008,
p66-71, il
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9661
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Jim Fain, a former banker, became North Carolina's Secretary of Commerce in 2001. In this BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA interview, Fain discusses the state's economy during his tenure.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 2, Feb 2007,
p8-12, 14-15, por
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24185
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Keith West was an ex-cop who started his own police force, West-Tek Inc., which failed after he was shot and killed by his girlfriend.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 10, October 2007,
p24-29, il
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24189
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Out of state banks are buying their way into North Carolina through mergers and acquisitions. Many smaller banks choose to join large banks as a result of the poor economy and declining profits.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 11, November 2007,
p36-46, il
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7636
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Mike Easley is in his second term as governor of North Carolina. A Democrat, he has been critical of both Democrats and Republicans on budgetary matters and is the first governor to use the veto. In this interview with BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA senior editor Frank Maley, Easley discusses the newly passed lottery bill and what he has done and wants to do for North Carolina's economic development.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 2, Feb 2006,
p8-12, 14-15 Magazine Supplement, por
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8012
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The state's top seventy-five public companies are ranked by their June 2005 market value. Three companies that moved to North Carolina in the past year and six companies that offered stock publicly for the first time are on the list. The top three companies from 2004 repeated their standings in 2005, with Bank of America ranking No. 1, followed by Wachovia and Lowe's.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 8, Aug 2006,
p32-40, il
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24206
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Duplin Winery is a family operated business in Duplin County. The author discusses the history of how it became the biggest winery in the Southeast.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 4, April 2006,
p40-51, il
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24213
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The author discusses the intricacies of demolishing old neighborhoods to rebuild them into modern homes and businesses. Simonini Builders Inc., based out of Charlotte, is the focus of this article.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 6, June 2006,
p42-51, il
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6981
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Until North Carolina voted itself dry in 1909, the state led the nation in wine production. In the 1970s, winemaking started a comeback, and in 2003, the state ranked twelfth in production. The Shelton Vineyards near Dobson is profiled.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 1, Jan 2005,
p34-41, il
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7162
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Les Merritt, auditor for the state of North Carolina, seems to have the right background for the position. He is the first certified public accountant to be elected to the post. Serving as a Wake County commissions gave him grassroots political experience, and he has performed public audits as a partner in an accounting firm. Merritt was defeated in the 2000 election but came back to win in 2004.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 4, Apr 2005,
p20-21, il
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7279
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In September 2004, Steve Skolsky was appointed CEO of Morrisville-based Trimeris, Inc. The company produces the drug Fuzeon, which won federal approval in 2003 for the treatment of AIDS. It is the only drug that prevents infection of white blood cells. Skolsky, a 1982 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill in biology, started his career in the lab before moving into marketing and sales. He worked for several scientific companies, including Burroughs Wellcome and Glaxo, before Trimeris recruited him.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 7, July 2005,
p23-24, por
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7402
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Leary Davis, who received his law degree from Wake Forest University in 1967, started the law school at Campbell University in 1976. He designed a curriculum that focused not only on the law but how to practice it. The trial-advocacy program was one of the first of its kind and won an award from the American College of Trial Lawyers. Now Davis is leaving Campbell for Elon University near Greensboro, where he will be starting a law school which will open in 2006. There are only five law schools in the state, and when Elon opens, Davis will have started two of them.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 9, Sept 2005,
p21-22, il
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7504
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JHE Production Group Inc., headquartered in Concord, is a runner-up in the 2005 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. The company, founded in 1987 by Jay Howard, provides event planning and production. Currently, all revenue comes from racing-related events. In 2005, JHE put on shows at twenty-five of the thirty-eight races in NASCAR's top circuit, the Nextel Cup. It handles entertainment at the fourteen contests of the Indy Racing League and other racing-themed events. The company projects revenues in 2005 of $5.5 million.
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Observing a passenger give up a pocketknife before boarding a plane in Charlotte led Heather Lowry to form a company to deal with such occurrences. Lowry and her business partner Sherry Anderson pooled $10,000 in savings to form CheckPoint Mailers, Inc. A Greenville family later invested $100,000. CheckPoint Mailers will ship carry-on-contraband in bomb-resistant boxes at any of twenty-eight U.S. airports wherever the mailer wants. The company has eight full-time employees and twenty-eight contractors. Currently the business is generating about $80,000 a month in sales.
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