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for "Martin, Edward"
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42743
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In March 2020, Walmart closed its Wadesboro and another in Lumberton putting some 300 people out of work. Parson's Rexall Drugs and Little & Co. Hardware managed to survive Walmart's lengthy presence in their community Retail experts explain the closings as a strategy of Walmart now being less interested in dominating brick-and-mortar sites and more concentrated on e-commerce.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 8, August 2020,
p12-13
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42746
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Thorlo, a sock manufacturer in Statesville scrambled in early April 2020 to adapt with the Pandemic and keep its workers employed. Its enginers came up with Face Tek coronavirus protective masks.. With 104,000 sold by early July the company had raked in $1.3 million.
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42770
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At 77, Daugherty retires in January as director of the N.C. Small Business and Technology Development Center, the first and only director the Center has had since it creation in the 1980s.
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42773
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The Pandemic is prompting big change for commercial real estate as workers increasingly work from home. Automation in the food industry, health care's virtual shift, labor "reskilling" and improved broadband communication effecting an oncoming "rural revolution" are current issues for consideration.
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42820
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A new $300 casino promises much for Cleveland County's economy. Gov. Roy Cooper spoke out against the plan in his 2016 gubernatorial race. Likewise, the Cherokees who operate thriving casinos in Cherokee and Murphy are suing in Federal court, arguing the proposed site is on their historical land.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 9, September 2020,
p18-19
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42829
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Kinston-based LGM Enterprises, regularly fly CEOs, movie stars and other celebrities. With a fleet of more than 60 jets, it’s the eighth-largest of nearly 2,000 private jet-charter companies in the nation, and biggest in North Carolina. Owner, Jim Segrave is the great-nephew of the late Felix Harvey, an eastern North Carolina business titan and instigating force behind the Global TransPark. During the Pandemic, the business was aided by a couple of million dollars in Paycheck Protection Program support to help preserve jobs.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 10, October 2020,
p48-51
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43027
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"A discount airline's bet ona suburban Charlotte airport could pay off handsomely for Concord pending a return to air traffic normalcy." Plans for Las Vegas-based Allegiant to transition the Concord-Pagett Regional Airport are being delayed due to the Pandemic until 2021.
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Ravi and Chandra Patel head Charlotte based Stee Hotels, one of the Southeast's largest hotel chains. A nephew, equity owner and director of external affairs, Vinay Patel says when Ravi and Chandra showed up in 1980 to buy a small roadside hotel, they were dismissed and told to go back where they came from. however, they were undaunted.
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Hispanics are rapidly reshaping the fabric of schools, businesses and industry in North Carolina. A factor noted as regards Latino lack of business influence is explained from experiments in Mexico, where incurring debt is ominous, So they are afraid to borrow.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 1, January 2020,
p30-35
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43338
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Murchison "Bo" Biggs is past president of the N.C. Free Enterprise Foundation. In December 2019, he was elected chairman of the Golden LEAF Foundation. Biggs is secretary-treasurer of K.M Biggs in Lumberton.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, February 2020,
p60-61
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43341
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"Religion's declining influence forces N.C. spiritual leaders to rethink their institutions' roles." Brian Grim, president of the nonprofit. Religious Freedom and Business Foundation says the secular implication for the changing face of the church is profound owing to the sector's largely unnoticed $13 billion annual economic impact.
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Prestage is owner of Prestage Farms in Clinton. This year, Prestage Farms and Prestage Foods will process 505 million turkeys and more than 1 billion pounds of pork. Prestage employs 2,800 workers and 475 contract farmers nationwide. Bill Prestage notes success of the business in its efficiency with regard to nutrition and environment the animals are in.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 2, February 2020,
p56-57
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43384
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Despite civil unrest and a worldwide pandemic, memorabilia collectors still expressed much passion during The Eddie Vannoy Collection auction. In Ashe County, NC more than 300 auctioneers joined together to bid on some of Vannoy’s nostalgic pieces. The collection ranged from items like antique gas pumps priced at $60,000 to the rare 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona supercar priced at $231,000.
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A Duke University researcher became a whistleblower when suspecting that a colleague’s research results were skewed. The case became a reminder as to how often data is manipulated, why researchers may feel pressured to include false data, and why research integrity is crucial.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 39 Issue 8, August 2019,
p56-63
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40653
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Helping North Carolina live up to its identity as a military friendly state is Warbirds over Monroe air show. Details about the event, held at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, complement facts that also reveal North Carolina’s pivotal role in the founding of flight.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 39 Issue 11, November 2019,
p64-68
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Airplanes--History; North Carolina--Air Force bases--Seymour Johnson ; Seymour Johnson Air Force Base (Goldsboro); Aviation--Charlotte; Air shows--North Carolina; Charlotte-Monroe Executive Airport; Barnstorming and aerobatics; Wings over Wayne Air Show--Seymour Johnson Air Force Base; Warbirds over Monroe Air Show ; Air shows--Monroe; Air shows--New Bern; Air shows--Goldsboro; Aviation--economic impact--North Carolina; Memphis Belle; Air show--Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point