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for "North Carolina--Economic conditions"
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13514
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Ten counties in North Carolina contribute almost half the net receipts of the State's general fund.
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13630
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Top business executives in North Carolina respond to a Business North Carolina magazine survey on the economic outlook for 1983. Goodwin summarizes the responses.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 3 Issue 1, Jan 1983,
p18-19, 21-22, 25-26, il
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13633
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Economic development, banking, manufacturing, technology, and tourism all shape North Carolina's economy. Business North Carolina magazine asked five top executives in these fields to discuss what forces they expect to shape their industries during the 1990s.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p40-45, por
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13900
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All towns in North Carolina probably want more industries, but the hunger in eastern North Carolina for industrial expansion is almost desperate, and in some respects, tragic.
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19978
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This is the second article in a series on Revolutionary period economic conditions in North Carolina. This installment focuses on those who owned town lots as opposed to those who owned and worked tracts of land for natural resources, as were discussed in the previous article from April 1939, Vol. 16(2), pp. 107-133. The article contains a number of tables and maps that address slave-holding, town lot ownership, free and slave population statistics, and cattle owner statistics.
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North Carolina Historical Review
(NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 16 Issue 3, July 1939,
p296-327, il, map, f
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20458
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North Carolina and the United States are recovering from the worst recession since the Great Depression. This bulletin provides a sense of the evolving state of the U.S. economy and where North Carolina's economy is in relation to other states. The bulletin also discusses overall economic conditions and the implications for own source revenue.
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23934
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In this Energy Round Table, energy experts discuss how renewable resources will shape North Carolina's energy industry moving forward.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 8, August 2015,
p24-28, 30-33, il, por
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24135
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The author discusses the 2008 mortgage meltdown in North Carolina and the reasons for the fall in the housing market and how the meltdown will have political and economic impacts for years to come.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 31 Issue 2, February 2011,
p38-43, il
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24495
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In the last decade, scammers have increasingly targeted seniors through a variety of schemes. Many North Carolina seniors have become victims of such crimes and some have lost millions of dollars to sweepstakes scams, investment schemes, and medicare and health insurance fraud, among many others.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 11, November 2015,
p60-65, il
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24776
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In this transportation and logistics round table, transportation insiders discuss why the transportation industry is important to North Carolina’s economy and what it needs to continue working.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 1, January 2016,
p22-24, 26, 28-29, il, por
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24789
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In this North Carolina economic forecast round table, economy experts discuss their theories that the state’s economy will continue to grow and offer insights about what will fuel this growth.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, February 2016,
p12-19, il, por
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24790
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As more millennials enter the work force, their unique talents, life experience, and early exposure to technology will shape the workforce and workplace of the future. This article features the stories of seven young entrepreneurs in North Carolina and their visions for their particular businesses.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 36 Issue 2, February 2016,
p22-29, il, por
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24807
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In this Meeting and Tourism Round Table, tourism industry experts gathered together to discuss tourism’s role in the state’s economy in the coming years.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 35 Issue 12, December 2015,
p26-31, il, por
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27150
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In North Carolina, the rich get richer while the middle class steadily declines and the number of low-income earners surge. Goldsboro is the most pronounced example of this dynamic. State policies that cut taxes for the wealthy will likely accelerate this trend.
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27207
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The North Carolina Senate proposed a constitutional amendment that would cap the state’s income tax rate at 5.5 percent. If it is approved, the state will have to look for other revenue sources or cut public services whenever it needs money. One revenue stream would be a sales tax increase, which would hit lower-income families the hardest.
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