Articles in regional publications that pertain to a wide range of North Carolina-related topics.
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for "Speizer, Irwin"
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4702
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Morganton native Linda Rader is nationally-known golf instructor. In 1990, she won the Ladies Professional Golf Association's \"Teaching Pro of the Year\" Award. When Charlotte's new Golf Club at Ballentyne opened in 1997, Rader became director of golf operations. The Linda Rader School of Golf is located nearby. The school can handle up to 12,000 students a year, with a yearly gross of around $1 million.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 7, July 2000,
p46-49, il
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7598
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Each year Business North Carolina magazine seeks to determine the best business lawyers in North Carolina. The magazine mailed ballots listing twelve lawyer categories to every lawyer licensed by the North Carolina State Bar and living in North Carolina. The top vote getters in each field are Everett J. Bowman, antitrust; C. Richard Rayburn, Jr. bankruptcy; William M. Flynn, business law; John L. Shaw, construction; Stephen K. Coss, corporate counsel; David B. Freedman, criminal defense; Patricia L. Holland, employment; William D. Dannelly, environmental; William K. Davis, litigation; J. Scott Evans, patents/intellectual property; Brent A. Torstrick, real estate; and Elizabeth l. Quick, tax/estate planning.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 1, Jan 2006,
p47-48, 51, 53, 57, 61, 65, 67, 71, 75, 77, 81, 85,, por
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9658
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Insteel Industries, Inc., based in Mt. Airy, specializes in heavy industry materials, including concrete and steel wire. Speizer discusses the ups and downs of the company.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 1, Jan 2007,
p24-33, il
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5431
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Immaculate Baking Co., based in Flat Rock, is BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA's Small Business of the Year. The company, founded in 1995 by its president Scott Blackwell, makes gourmet cookies. Projected 2002 revenues are $1 million.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 12, Dec 2002,
p20-27, il
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3502
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The merger of PCA International, Inc. of Matthews and Charlotte's American Studios, Inc. creates a photography company with over 2,000 studios in K-Mart and Wal-Mart and annual revenues of over $250,000 million.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 17 Issue 9, Sept 1997,
p48-51,53,55-56, il
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24283
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Nucor Corp is a company based out of Charlotte that makes sheet steel, a raw material for everything from car fenders to refrigerators. The new CEO, Daniel R. DiMicco, hopes he can expand the company commercially.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 9, September 2001,
p24-31, il
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24294
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Shelby Yarn Inc. in Shelby, North Carolina shut down in January 2000 and 650 people lost their jobs. This article presents Max Gardener III and how he helped blow the whistle on the various nefarious undertakings of the mill owner, Sidney Kosann.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 9, September 2000,
p50-57, il
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5434
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Benco Steel, Inc., based in Hickory, is BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA's Small Business of the Year. The company, a processor and distributor of pipes, sheets, and other steel products, was founded by Joel White in 1960. His widow, Judy Tate, took over the company when he died in 1999. The company employs 38 and projects revenues of $10 million in 2001.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 12, Dec 2001,
p18-25, il
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4858
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At five cents, North Carolina's excise tax on cigarettes is the third-lowest in the country. Only Virginia at 2.5 cents and Kentucky at 3 cents are lower. The low tax makes North Carolina fertile ground for cigarette smugglers, who sell stolen cigarettes in states having higher excise taxes, like New York at$1.11 a pack and New Jersey at $.80 a pack.
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24190
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G. Kennedy Thompson runs the nation's fourth-largest bank: Wachovia. He discusses how he bought out Wachovia and other companies over the years.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 11, November 2007,
p48-58, il
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24208
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Globalization has been hard on some of North Carolina's traditional industries, such as textiles. This article discusses how various business, including IBM, are now owned by China and how U.S. consumers have created a trade imbalance by buying cheaper foreign goods.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 26 Issue 5, May 2006,
p30-38, il
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3120
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In 1994, Hardee's fell to fourth place in the fastfood business and has remained in that position. The company seeks to improve its position through job cuts, plant closings, modernization, new marketing approaches, and new products.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 8, Aug 1996,
p40-43,45,47,49-50, il
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24298
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Charlotte has seen an increase in construction downtown recently, as businesses move into the region. Two banks, Bank-America Corp. and First Union Corp., are competing for the distinction of having the tallest buildings in the city. Both banks have big construction plans for the future.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 5, May 1999,
p31-39, il
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5392
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Charlotte became a big-time sports town with the arrival of the National Basketball Association team the Charlotte Hornets. However, after fourteen years the team moved to New Orleans in 2002. Speizer describes the rise and fall of professional basketball in Charlotte.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 9, Sept 2002,
p24-28, 30-33, il
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24192
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Floyd Chilton discusses his business, Pilot Therapeutics Inc., and the difficulty he had with running a business on his own.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 4, April 2007,
p58-65, il
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