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2977
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William R. Jordan is a physician and CEO of Lithotripters, Inc., a company that operates 29 mobile kidney stone crushers, which cost $1.7 million apiece. The company is the largest lithotriptic operator in the nation.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 5, May 1996,
p22-23,25,27,29,31
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2978
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At seventy, designer and developer Joe Hakan of Chapel Hill has an impressive list of accomplishments, including Crabtree Valley Mall and the Dean E. Smith Center. In 1995, he bought Raleigh's white elephant, the City Market, and plans to make it work.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 5, May 1996,
p60-63,65-66, il, por
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2979
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Dean and Bob Kennedy of Winston-Salem operate Freelance Staging, Inc. The company, which builds sets and scenery for movies, television, newsrooms, and commercials, grossed $500,000 in 1995.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 5, May 1996,
p73-75, il
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2981
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For some television stations, political advertising can be very profitable, while for others it can mean lost revenues, alienated commercial advertisers who are offended by some ads, and additional paperwork.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 9, Sept 1996,
p16,17-18, il
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2982
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L. G. Dewitt built the North Carolina Motor Speedway in Rockingham in 1965. Today his daughter, Jo Wilson, is president and CEO of the raceway and the only woman to head one of NASCAR's eighteen tracks.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 10, Oct 1996,
p88-89, il
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3003
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Steve Benson got the idea for Morningstar Mini-Storage when he needed a place to store his antique fire engines. The company, which builds and rents storage space, is the largest of its kind in the Carolinas.
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3019
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Kay Reames runs the Carnivore Preservation Trust in Pittsboro. The trust, a 60-acre non-profit preserve with over 250 carnivores, has a budget of over $1 million. The project focuses on preservation and breeding of rare animals.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 9, Sept 1996,
p73-74, il
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3020
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Sandy Mitchell and Carey Benton-Jewett run Utility Auditing Consultants, Inc., of Winston-Salem, a company that assists businesses in cutting costs on their utilities usage.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 9, Sept 1996,
p72-73, por
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3025
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Retail chains competing with Wal-Mart often find sales declining. However, results are mixed for two state-based retailers - Cato and Family Dollar - with Cato struggling and Family Dollar continuing to expand.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 7, July 1996,
p22,24-25, il
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3026
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Founded in Charlotte in 1913, snack food maker Lance once had the South to itself. Now operating in 37 states, the company faces competition from companies like Frito Lay and, strangely, is a wealthy company in financial trouble.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 7, July 1996,
p26-29,31,33,35,37-38,40, il
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3061
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The state's top seventy-five public companies are ranked according to their May, 1996, market value. NationsBank heads a list that includes a number of high-tech and health-care-related companies.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 8, Aug 1996,
p21-28, il
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3062
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Fieldcrest Cannon, Inc., headquartered in Kannapolis, lost over $20 million in 1995, through low retail sales and rising cotton prices. The company looks to restructuring, operating cost cuts, and factory upgrades to remedy this.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 8, Aug 1996,
p30-31,33-34,36-38, il
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3063
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The accounting firm of Arthur Anderson yearly ranks the state's 100 largest companies. To be listed, companies must be based in the state, have fewer than 500 stockholders, and not be engaged in financial services, real estate, or retail business.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 7, July 1996,
p55,57-59,61,63,65, il
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3064
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A number of the state's top 100 private companies improved their economic bases by venturing into new products while maintaining current ones. Radiator Specialty Co. (Charlotte) and Coastal Wholesale Grocery, Inc. (Kinston) are among those profiled.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 7, July 1996,
p66-69, 71-72,74-75, il
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3074
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Exports of state's products totaled $16.7 billion in 1995 and ranked the state tenth in the nation. However, determining who is sending what where can be challenging, since companies do not have to report information to the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 12, Dec 1996,
p40-42,45, il
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