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38242
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Defined as the Olympic Games equivalent for horses is the World Equestrian Games. Cited as the most attended sports event in the state, its projected revenue was 400 million dollars. The thirteen-day event was expected to impact the economies of towns such as Asheville and Hendersonville. Tryon International Equestrian Center’s as its locale can be attributed to its efforts at revitalizing the surrounding job market, in initiatives such as reviving All American Homes of North Carolina, Inc. as US Precision Construction LLC. Choosing North Carolina as its site may be a nod to its reputation for producing thoroughbreds such as Sir Archie, whose descendants include Secretariat, Seattle Slew, and Native Dancer.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 38 Issue 8, August 2018,
p56-63
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39589
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The closing of Eden’s MillerCoors negatively impacted the town’s other large business, Morehead Memorial Hospital. Its closing served as a reminder of factors that leave towns like Eden and its rural Rockingham County economically vulnerable, such as brain drain and the rural-urban divide. Believed reasons why it closed included Anheuser-Busch In-Bev’s purchased SAB-Miller not having competition. Believed reasons why it remains closed includes the Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina favoring cities.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 37 Issue 10, October 2017,
p54-61
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39791
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A preference for North Carolina tobacco and the state’s business friendly environment have helped yield a solid relationship. This profitable and peaceful relationship was undermined, though, by threats to America’s food and national security. Statistics and stories related to job growth and investment illustrate the necessity of overcoming such challenges.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 12, December 2016,
p46-53
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Business relations--North Carolina and China; International firms; Investments, Foreign; Investments, Chinese ; Warren County--Industry and agriculture; Export marketing; Cleveland County--Industry; Wake County--Industry; New Hanover County--Industry; Lenovo Group, Ltd. (Whitsett); NC Tobacco Foundation, Inc. ; IBM; Smithfield Foods, Inc.
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40615
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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
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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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43052
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"The State mulls an opioid settlement that may recoup nearly $50 million a year." More than 70 of the state's 100 counties along with eight cities are parties to the agreement.
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"Developing a thriving N.C. cannabis industry follows a crooked path." Up until it was outlawed in 1940, North Carolina produced enough hemp to export small amounts. In 2017, the state's Industrial Hemp Pilot Program brought back production. Policing continues to be a major issue.. For now, recreational marijuana remain illegal.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 41 Issue 8, August 2021,
p44-47
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