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29206
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A surge in exports has wiped out North Carolina's deficit, allow the state to complete the 1990 fiscal year with an international trade surplus of $460.4 million. For the year, exports and imports high a $15.6 billion record, 28 percent up from 1989, showing that exports are becoming an increasingly important part of North Carolina's economy.
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29212
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California and Massachusetts may boast high tech corridors, but North Carolina is rapidly becoming a hotbed of high-technology research and development. Fiber optic cables, digital networks, super computers, and software are all being manufactured in North Carolina, making the state's national and international contribution to industries such as telecommunications top of the list.
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29213
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Sophisticated telecommunication systems are known to be good for business, but now they are being used to help doctors treat cancer faster and more accurately across North Carolina. VISTAnet is an experimental, high speed telecommunication systems that links universities, industries, and state consortiums in the battle against cancer.
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4.The Market Economics of Resource Recycling by Tuttle, Steve NC Magazine Vol. 49 Issue 6, June 1991
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29220
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Locomotive cars returning home from delivering coal usually do so empty. But now, they will be filled with compost collected from three North Carolina counties, and use to spread across where coal mining has stripped the land. This endeavor represents a marketplace development for the state, of turning trash into treasure and constitutes an achievement of the General Assembly's Solid Waste Management Act.
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29232
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In the face of skyrocketing health care costs, officials in North Carolina's health care facilities and insurance companies are searching for ways to take the burden off the patient and the industry.
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29236
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Nine men and women were awarded the title of Entrepreneur of the Year for 1991 in the areas of wholesale/retail; service industry; emerging industries; women-owned; manufacturing; technology; construction and real estate; supporter of entrepreneurship; and master entrepreneur categories.
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29240
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Plant managers across North Carolina have found more than $10 million in savings due to energy efficiency. Lower energy costs drop right to the bottom line automatically improving profitability.
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29250
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International trade for North Carolina fell 32 percent, or $84 million, from the previous quarter, in large part due to the conditions caused by the Persian Gulf War.
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29254
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North Carolina's travel and tourism industry is a $7 billion business employing more than 250,000 people, only overshadowed by agriculture as an economic powerhouse. However, in recent years the industry is losing ground to other states and executives are working to reverse the trend and work with other industries for ground-breaking initiatives.
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29258
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Despite the Soviet Union's political and economic turmoil, there is opportunity for international trade with the North Carolina-USSR Trade Association. The Association hopes to facilitate business contacts, market orientation, and training.
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29300
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In the face of national recession and skyrocketing unemployment rates, North Carolina has been able to withstand the downturns thanks to the state's diversified economic profile. Large private sector employers, research universities, grocery store chains, textile industries, large computer markets, and multi-store retailers have aided in making North Carolina's economy more sound.
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29301
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The 1991 North Carolina General Assembly met with great controversy after convening. This year marked the largest cuts in state spending along side the largest tax increase in state history. Spending cuts were delivered mainly to education budgets, while tax increases were made to the state sales tax and corporate income taxes.
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29333
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If someone is looking to find information on North Carolina's 100 counties, including census information, they need look no further than the online data bases and CD-Rom technology available at the State Library in Raleigh. The NC Information network provides a link between local libraries and the state's academic, federal, corporate, and public libraries.
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29335
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In the basement of the North Carolina Department of Revenue sits a large, slow computer officially known as IBM 4341. Although it might crash at any moment, the biggest issue is the slowness of the machine prevents the state from processing data rapidly and dependably in order to collect the $350 million in estimated taxes owed each year.
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29347
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The fall and winter travel season has opened in the North Carolina mountains. And while the mountains are evolving into a year-round destination, the trend is benefitting the region's tourism industry.
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