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42730
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The 600 mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline was cancelled in July 2020. $4 billion was invested in the venture. 53 % ownership was held by Dominion with the balance being controlled by Duke and subsidiary Piedmont Natural Gas.
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42743
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In March 2020, Walmart closed its Wadesboro and another in Lumberton putting some 300 people out of work. Parson's Rexall Drugs and Little & Co. Hardware managed to survive Walmart's lengthy presence in their community Retail experts explain the closings as a strategy of Walmart now being less interested in dominating brick-and-mortar sites and more concentrated on e-commerce.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 8, August 2020,
p12-13
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42744
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With more than $4 billion invested, the 600 mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline was cancelled in early July 2020.
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42745
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Emily Neville heads Raleigh based Reborn Clothing, a fifteen employee enterprise with an expected annual revenue of about $500,000.
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42746
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Thorlo, a sock manufacturer in Statesville scrambled in early April 2020 to adapt with the Pandemic and keep its workers employed. Its enginers came up with Face Tek coronavirus protective masks.. With 104,000 sold by early July the company had raked in $1.3 million.
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In a recent June 15, 2020 decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled that protections of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 extend to individuals who are discriminated in the workplace based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. The conclusion is the ruling has a narrow application and lower courts will be faced with tougher questions.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 8, August 2020,
p34-35
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42748
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Association Executives of North Carolina provides guidance and networking for executives in the hotel an hospitality industries. Count on Me NC was developed to help the state's hotels, restaurants and hospitality businesses for re-opening with safety measures in place during the Pandemic.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 8, August 2020,
p26-29
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42749
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Recently named by Barron's as one of the nation's top 25 CEOs, Marvin Ellison is shaking things up at Mooresville based Lowe's.
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42750
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Six companies: Bandwidth, Enviro-master, Epic Games, Parkdale Mills, Albemarle Boats and Pool Builders Supply are spotlighted for having performed particularly well during the challenges posed by the recent Pandemic.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 8, August 2020,
p48-51
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42751
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CEO Greg Lowe arrived at Cree in September 2017. Founded in 1987 by a group of N.C. State University engineers, Cree grew to become a global leader in materials to fabricate microchips and other electrical components.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 40 Issue 8, August 2020,
p52-56
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42766
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North Carolina's snow-sports industry generates $228 million annually.Ski resort centers have been successful in adapting COVID operating procedures. for instance Ski Mountain Resort after implementing safety protocols such as line spacing at ski-lift lines and restricting ski lift chair sharing is moving on with business as usual.. Christmas tree growers have adapted with a 'Choose now, cut later program' to regulate the floe of guests. Biltmore has gone virtual with its popular tree-raising event, as has the National Gingerbread House Completion, a, highly publicized and profitable event held annual at Asheville's Grove Park Inn.
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42767
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N.C. natives, Toby Egbuna, 26, and Dunebi Egbuna, 24, operate Dyversifi, a career platform for minorities.
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42768
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Owner of Highland Roofing, founded in 2005, Fergusson came to the U.S. in the 1990s. A key factor in Highland's growth was the creation in 2017 of a division that applies GE Silicone sealant, saving on landfill materials and long-term energy costs.
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Phyllis Manning and Julie Linder are owners of Barking Buddies founded in 2015. The business had about 826 boarding reservations cancelled during the recent pandemic with more than $175,000 revenue loss. It has been creative in overcoming obstacles for re-opening, including purchasing slip-lead leashes for each employee, eliminating the need to touch potentially contaminated personal collars.
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42770
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At 77, Daugherty retires in January as director of the N.C. Small Business and Technology Development Center, the first and only director the Center has had since it creation in the 1980s.
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