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In 1959, foul weather thwarted a fishing trip to Cape Hatteras by Willis Slane, a High Point hosiery-mill owner. That, plus a Florida ride on a fiberglass boat and a dare, led to the founding of New Bern-based Hatteras Yachts. Forty-six years later the company employs around 1,000 people, builds between sixty and seventy yachts a year in the $1 to $8 million range, and does not disclose annual sales, except to say that they exceed $100 million.
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7314
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The view of an attractive skyline, easy access to sports arenas and the arts, and the convenience and cachet of urban living make downtown Charlotte an attractive place to live. The city is awash in plans for residential high-rises. Between April 2004 and April 2005, seven high-rises were announced, ranging from 13 to 53 stories and totaling over 1,700 residential units. Many of the units were sold even before construction began.
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7424
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Using 2004 revenues, the Grant Thornton Accounting Firm ranked the state's top 100 private companies for BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA. Participation by companies is voluntary. Distribution and manufacturing companies continue to dominate the list. Five of the top ten companies that grossed in excess of $500 million were manufacturers. Two of the top ten were distributors. General Parts, Inc., of Raleigh, a distributor of replacement parts for vehicles, retained its No. 1 ranking from 2004.
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7503
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Choice Translating, Inc., headquartered in Charlotte, is a runner-up in the 2005 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. Michelle Menard started the company in 1995 with $200, her mother, and a simple definition of success--makes sales of $1 million. The company, which provides linguistics services, has seven full-time employees; can tackle any major language; has a network of around 1,000 contract workers, who can translate written materials and convert speech; and provides interpreters across the state, when there is a medical emergency, social services crisis, or criminal investigation. The company projects revenues in 2006 of $3.5 million.
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10260
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The state's top seventy-five public companies are ranked by their June, 2005, market value. Bank of America and Wachovia topped the list, as they did the previous year. Eight companies from 2004 did not make the list in 2005. The biggest newcomer was FairPoint Communications which made its debut at No. 38.
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