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16333
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In the 1970s, when polyester clothing was all the rage, Rocky Mount-based Texfi Industries, Inc. was flying high, with good profits and shares reaching as high as $68. Then consumers moved on to other styles and Texfi lost million over the next decade; by 1984 the company was down to three plants. Donsky describes how the new chairman and CEO, Terrell Sovey, turned the company into a profitable one again.
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24361
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Mark Ethridge has extensive experience in journalism. He recently left ‘The Charlotte Observer,’ where he was managing editor, and now works at ‘The Business Journal,’ much smaller but a worthy contender in business reporting in North Carolina.
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24363
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Some industries are more influential than others. The growth of the automobile industry in North Carolina provides a useful example of how a single industry can impact overall growth and economic development in the state.
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24364
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Rocky Mount, once a slumbering tobacco and railroad town, has grown as a result of out-of-state manufacturing companies building plants in the area. The Hardees enterprise also helped the local economy after establishing its headquarters in Rocky Mount.
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24382
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DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group is housed in Wilmington, North Carolina and owns seven soundstages. It produced seven of the twenty-two movies filmed in the state in 1987, causing North Carolina to be fourth in the nation in terms of movie-making profits. Now, the company is struggling financially, which may have a negative effect on bringing in future movie-makers to the state.
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24389
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Hand Held Products is a Charlotte-based company that specializes in computer technology and made a splash in the market after creating the Micro-Wand, the gadget FedEx uses to keep track of packages it delivers. This article discusses how the company hopes to make more products and increase its revenues.
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24392
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North Carolina brokerages discuss how they bounced back after the stock market crash of 1987.
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24404
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Interstate Securities Inc., a Charlotte-based securities brokerage, was founded in 1932 and run the same way until Craig Redwine became president and decided to shake things up by having a say in every aspect of how the company is run. This article discusses what the business is going through after Redwine’s changes.
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28936
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The Campaign Reporting Office of the North Carolina state Board of Elections processes reports of contributions and expenditures required to be filed under law. Two full-time clerks read the reports looking for errors and file the reports away. The clerks acknowledge that they take more of a passive approach to monitoring campaign finance.
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NC Insight (NoCar JK 4101 .N3x), Vol. 1 Issue 4, Fall 1978, p12-13
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13758
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine presents its first rankling of the state's largest employers. Sara Lee, a producer of baked good, hosiery, and other consumer products, ranked first with 22,000 employees. Food Lion was second with 21,700 employees.
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16248
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The authors describe the rise and fall of the Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives, Liston Ramsey, of Madison County.
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Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 9 Issue 3, Mar 1989, p28-30, 32, 34-35, por Periodical Website