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for "Martin, Edward"
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5306
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Douglas Tyler is a cancer surgeon at Morris Cancer Clinic, part of the Duke Medical Center. According to Best Doctors, Inc., he is one of the country's best. Tyler is profiled in this Martin article.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 7, July 2002,
p34-43, il
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5371
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Quality, quantity, and distribution of the product are the foundations of successful businesses, including the state's oldest business - moonshining. Current estimates place the number of operating stills in North Carolina between 20 and 30. Martin discusses the development of moonshining in the state and its status today.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 5, May 2002,
p38-44, 47-48, il
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5509
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Nine of the forty-one counties in Eastern North Carolina are among the twenty poorest counties in the country. It is a section of the state that has been left behind. Martin discusses what it will take to turn things around in the East.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 2, Feb 2003,
p14-25, il
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5713
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Created in 1907, Lee County is the state's newest county. For years dependent upon an agricultural economy, Lee County seeks to broaden its base through companies like Golden Poultry, Coty, Tyson, and Moen.
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5745
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Military aviation is a major industry in North Carolina, pumping $4 billion into the economy. With all service branches maintaining bases in the state, aviation employs thousands of civilians in support of its 25,000 men and women in uniform. Martin discusses the evolution of military flight in North Carolina, which began six years after the Wright Brothers' historic flight.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Mar 2003,
p49-53, il
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5747
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North Carolina recently had twenty-four hospitals listed in four national magazines, whose rankings in a variety of areas are widely followed. These magazines included U.S. News and World Report and Modern Maturity. To further refine the list, BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA asked Health Grades to examine state hospitals and rank the ten best in the following categories: cardiac, vascular, and orthopedic procedures.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 3, Mar 2003,
p20-24, 26, 28-29, 32, il
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5750
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When the plans were introduced in 1992, the Global TransPark in Kinston was to be an industrial city built around an airport. Over 55,000 jobs were envisioned. However, plans changed over the past eleven years. Martin discusses what happened and the current status of the project.
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Charlotte-based LendingTree is a runner-up in BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's High-Tech Company of the Year competition. LendingTree, an electronic loan exchange, transmitted 1.8 million requests in 2002. The company receives a fee of several dollars on each loan request and up to $700 on each loan closed.
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5793
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A Navy plan to build a practice landing field in Washington or Craven Counties has Beaufort County residents up in arms. They feel it would damage the economic future of Beaufort County. Martin discusses arguments for and against the project.
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5794
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Using an old restored trolley car, Charlotte began a one-mile run in 1997, with more cars and a route extension anticipated. However, the project, which was supposed to be nonprofit with hardly any public expense, will cost taxpayers over $33 million. Martin discusses reasons for this.
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5842
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Metrolina Greenhouses, Inc., located in Huntersville, is the nation's largest greenhouse housed under one roof. Four hundred workers work ninety-two heated acres, which produces over 70 million plants a year for retailers including Lowe's, Home Depot, and Wal-Mart.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 6, June 2003,
p26-29, il
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6059
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North Carolina's oldest family business, and the nation's tenth, is a 261-year-old farm located in Martin County. In 1742, King George II granted the land to John Whitley's grandfather of eight-generations past. Whitley is still in possession of the grant and wax seal, found in the homeplace attic in the 1950s.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 11, Nov 2003,
p28-23, il
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6204
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Motorsports Designs Holding, Inc., headquartered in High Point, is a runner-up in the 2003 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. Founded in 1982 by John McKenzie, the company makes decals for NASCAR racers, and commercially for 18-wheelers, TV and radio station vehicles, and trade show booths. The company employs 41 and projects revenues in 2003 of $6 million.
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6402
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General Henry Hugh Shelton is a native of Edgecombe County. From 1997 to 2001, he was Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, during President Clinton's second term. In this BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA interview he discusses the military's impact on North Carolina.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 2, Feb 2004,
p8-10, 12-13, il, por
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6718
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Of the state's 220,000 construction workers, 65,000 are Latino. They are typically productive, rarely miss work, and are willing to put in long hours. Martin discusses how Latino labor influences the way things are built and what materials are used in the construction. He also discusses why Latino workers get injured or killed at a higher rate than other construction workers and how some are exploited by employers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 6, June 2004,
p38-44, 46, il
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