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6877
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct four outstanding business leaders in the fall of 2004. They are Paul Broyhill, former chairman and chief executive of Broyhill Furniture Industries; Wayland H. Cato, Jr., former president and chief executive of The Cato Corp.; Ron Doggett, former chairman and chief executive of GoodMark Foods, Inc.; and A.F. Sloan, retired chairman and president of snack food maker Lance, Inc. The Hall of Fame was established in 1988 to recognize business leaders who made significant contributions to building the state's economy and who provided outstanding community and statewide service.
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6879
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The North Carolina Department of Commerce lists the state's top ten economic development projects in terms of investment and jobs for fiscal year 2003-2004. Projects include a new Merck Pharmaceuticals vaccine manufacturing facility in Durham which will cost $200 million and create 200 new jobs. Five of the ten projects include headquarters relocation.
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6906
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House calls by doctors were routine in the first third of the 20th-century. But with increasing demands on their services, doctors soon had to abandon the practice. Now a husband and wife team in Chapel Hill, Dr. Shohreh Taavoni and her husband Dr. Alan Kronhaus, have built a business around a return to this personal type of medical care. The business is called “Doctors Making Housecalls.†The physicians call on patients in homes, in managed-care facilities, and in offices where their patients work. Several hotels in the Research Triangle also call them when guests require care.
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6939
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When seeking to attract a biotechnology-related manufacturing plant or research facility, North Carolina competes with almost every other state and several foreign nations. Currently the state ranks third nationally in this area behind California and Massachusetts. The author discusses what makes the state an attractive place for the biotechnology industry and what are North Carolina's chances for taking over the Number One position.
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6947
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James H. Speed, Jr., is president and CEO of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co. The 106-year-old Durham-based company is the nation's largest black-owned insurer. The company operated in the red in 2002 an 2003. Speed, who joined the company in 2002 and assumed his present position in 2003, predicts the company will break even in 2004 and become profitable in 2005. He was chief financial officer for Hardee's Foods in Rocky Mount before joining North Carolina Mutual.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 12, Dec 2004,
p18-19, por
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6948
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Podiatrist Dr. Roy Archambault discovered that one out of five of his surgical patients would get their cast or bandage wet, requiring him to redo the cast or bandage. He developed a latex cover that allowed the wearer to get into water and still stay dry. Archambault quit practicing ten years ago and went into business. His company, Wilmington-based Xero Products LLC, sells the XeroSox, a latex sleeve that fits over a cast or bandage. A hand pump removes the air. The company employs thirteen and projects revenues in 2004 of $1.2 million.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 12, Dec 2004,
p19-20, por
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6959
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North Carolina refused to ratify the new Constitution in 1788, unless a list of rights for all citizens was added to it. To win over North Carolina and other states, James Madison sent twelve handwritten copies of the rights to the states; they were accepted. Today this list is known as the Bill of Rights. After the Civil War, the state's handwritten copy was stolen by a Union soldier who carried it to Ohio and later sold it to Charles A. Shotwell. The article follows the document's trail from the Shotwell sale in 1866, until it was recovered in Philadelphia by the FBI in 2003. The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled in January 2004 that the document belongs to the State as a public document; however, Judge Terrence W. Boyle ordered the U.S. marshal in Raleigh to hold the document until final resolution of any appeals.
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6960
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A replica of a periauger was built at the North Carolina Maritime Museum Watercraft Center in Beaufort in 2004. The construction took seven months and involved 30 volunteers working 8,400 hours. The log boat was the state's workboat during the 18th- and early 19th-centuries. The replica will be moored at the Newbold-White House near Hertford, where it will serve as an interpretive teaching tool. The article describes the boat's three-week journey to its home port in Hertford.
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7004
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Fashion designer Edward Holman discusses his work and creations. He began designing in 1993 and later studied fashion design at Brooks College in California. While in school, he received an internship with Richard Tyler, the well-known fashion designer to the stars.
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Independent Weekly
(NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57 [volumes 13 - 23 on microfilm]), Vol. 22 Issue 2, Jan 2005,
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7023
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The February issue of BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA discusses the status of the state's economic sectors, including agriculture, banking, construction, electronics, health care, insurance, life sciences, manufacturing, retail, transportation, travel/tourism, and utilities.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Feb 2005,
p20-67, il
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7024
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The state's one hundred counties are divided into seven economic regions for the purpose of promoting each region to attract prospective employers. Comparative data for each region includes population, per capita income, employment, and retail sales.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Feb 2005,
p68-76, il
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7025
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The state's one hundred counties are profiled using economic indicators, including population, civilian labor force, per-capita income, farm earnings, and retail sales.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 2, Feb 2005,
p78-84, il
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7034
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In the fall of 1941, the East Carolina Teachers College football team played to an undefeated season. The feat has never been duplicated. This article provides a summary of each of the seven games and a roster of the players.
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East: the Magazine of East Carolina University
(NoCar LD 1741 E44 A172), Vol. 3 Issue 1, Fall 2004,
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7041
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What was predicted to be a tropical storm for Ocracoke and Hatteras residents became Hurricane Alex on August 2, 2004. The article discusses how the category 2 storm affected electrical service on the two islands.
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7052
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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill's Southern Historical Collection, the world's largest collection of manuscript material documenting the American South, is celebrating its seventy-fifth anniversary. Although manuscript collecting at the university had started in 1844, it was not until 1915, when Dr. J. G. de Roulhac Hamilton proposed the collection, that work began in earnest. The collection was officially established in 1930 with Dr. Hamilton as its first director.
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