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24242
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Jim Fain served as secretary of commerce at a time when the economy started to fall and the North Carolina state budget was cut. The author interviews Fain on his responsibilities and how he thinks the economy is faring.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 2, February 2002,
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24243
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Sparta, North Carolina was chosen as the site for an air-conditioner compressor plant that would bring in 750 jobs. Eventually, the company closed its doors, laying off all of its employees. Early on, Sparta had paid the company handsome incentives to put their plant there but never got any of the money back.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 2, February 2002,
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24249
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Ten years have passed since North Carolina launched its Global TransPark development plan in Kinston that was supposed to create a 285 million dollar air-cargo industrial complex. The TransPark, however, sits idle and only two tenants have signed on, bringing in only 200 jobs. The TransPark may end up being a dream that will never be realized.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 4, April 2001,
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24256
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is the world's eighth-largest pharmaceutical company and its U.S. headquarters are in Research Triangle Park. Despite high productivity, the company's profits have plummeted. This article surveys the profit plunge and layoffs while also discussing the future of the company and North Carolina's pharmaceutical industry as a whole.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 9, September 2015,
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24279
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Charles Taylor is Western North Carolina's most powerful politician, having spent eight years in Raleigh and ten in Washington, D.C. This article presents his political career in North Carolina and his most influential impacts in the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 6, June 2001,
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24311
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Direct contracting between doctors and hospitals allows them to assume financial risks and skirt health insurance companies, effectively cutting costs of employee medical benefits. One such example occurred between Glen Raven Mills Inc. and Alamance Regional Medical Center.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 18 Issue 9, September 1998,
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24313
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Socially-conscious investing by colleges is a declining trend. More colleges are investing solely for the purpose of making money whether students agree with the investments or not. Other schools are also favoring riskier investments over traditional low-risk fixed-return bonds.
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24326
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Nations Government Securities Fund is being investigated at the federal level after many customers claimed they were deceived into switching savings into mutual funds that lost millions. This article investigates the blurred line between bank and brokerage.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 11, November 1996,
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24341
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North Carolina’s government encouraged fishermen to outfit their boats for shark fishing. Now, regulators believe shark fishing is no longer a feasible market and environmentalists claim shark populations are being overfished. Shark fishermen are struggling to bounce back from the loss of their investments in the market.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 12 Issue 9, September 1992,
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24495
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In the last decade, scammers have increasingly targeted seniors through a variety of schemes. Many North Carolina seniors have become victims of such crimes and some have lost millions of dollars to sweepstakes scams, investment schemes, and medicare and health insurance fraud, among many others.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 11, November 2015,
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24793
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Journalist Edward Martin describes the plans for North Carolina roads and public transit systems during the next decade. He emphasizes that many lawmakers are concerned a decade will not improve the heavy traffic problems if the government does not begin to look for funds outside of the taxpayers’ pocket.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, February 2016,
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24794
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Journalist Edward Martin speculates about the future of North Carolina’s energy industry in the next decade. Based on current patterns, he predicts that natural gas may become a top energy source by 2026, that nuclear plants will grow, and that the role of renewable energy is still unknown.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, February 2016,
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24826
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The Amazon Wind Farm US East in Northeastern North Carolina is the region’s largest economic-development project and is the first commercial-scale wind farm in the Southeast. This wind farm brings to light the debate over government’s role in promoting alternatives to natural energy resources like coal, gas, and nuclear power.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015,
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25527
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Reforming how the state insures the health of its residents can save money and limit budget gaps, Gov. Pat McCrory and lawmakers say. But is North Carolina’s Medicaid program really in need of reform?
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 3, March 2016,
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25529
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The 1987 Transportation Corridor Official Map Act (Map Act) may save North Carolina money on future highways, but many landowners pay the price. Any development located in the path of major Map Act projects are restricted or frozen – many for decades. Currently, there is a lawsuit in the North Carolina Supreme Court to decide whether property of Map Act owners was unconstitutionally seized by the Department of Transportation (DOT) without compensation. In all, 24 planned roads affect property owners in 18 counties throughout the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 4, April 2016,
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