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4232
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The state's top seventy-five public companies are ranked by their May 1999 market value. Bank of America, First Union, and Duke Energy retained their first, second, and third rankings. RF Micro Devices made the biggest jump, moving from Number 59 to 19.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 8, Aug 1999,
p28-36, il
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4261
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Greenville was once a sleepy, agricultural community, but in 1999, it is a city with a growing population and a variety of employment opportunities. Factors contributing to this change include East Carolina University, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, retail trade, and an increasing number of domestic and foreign business relocations.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 9, Sept 1999,
p47, 49, 51-55, il
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4294
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Using 1998 revenues, the Arthur Anderson Accounting Firm ranked the state's top 100 private companies for Business North Carolina. Fifty-six percent of the companies are family-owned. General Parts, Inc. of Raleigh and Parkdale Mills, Inc. of Gastonia retained their 1998 rankings of first and second. Rodgers Builders, Inc. of Charlotte made the biggest jump, moving from ninety-first to thirty-eighth.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 10, Oct 1999,
p36-37, 39, 41, 43, 45-49, il
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4327
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA selected twenty-one young people most likely to have an impact on the state in the next century. The list includes Amy Woods Brinkley (Banking), David Brown (Health Care), Roy Cooper (Law), Marybeth Cornwell (Manufacturing), and Peter Loftin (Telecommunications).
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 11, Nov 1999,
p30-33, 35-36, 39-41, por
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4328
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Although he is in competition with fast-food giants like Hardees and Bojangles, Maurice Jennings has built Biscuitville into a $30 million business since it began in 1975. The company does not do giant franchises. Nor has it gone nationwide; all but five of the stores are within an hour's drive of the headquarters in Winston-Salem. Biscuitville sticks close to its biscuit theme and cuts out a dinner by closing at 2 p.m. Staying with these approaches has kept the company in dough.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 11, Nov 1999,
p42-46, il, por
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4362
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Regulator Marine Inc., based in Edenton, is Business North Carolina's Small Business of the Year. Owners Joan and Owen Maxwell build high-quality, center console fishing boats, priced between $37,000 and $120,000. Since 1997, Regulator's workforce has doubled, and the plant has added two production lines. The company is on schedule to build 200 boats and earn $10.8 million in 1999.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 19 Issue 12, Dec 1999,
p28-35, il
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4440
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The state's one hundred counties are profiled in terms of population, civilian labor force, building permits, per capita income, and population on food stamps.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p122-127, il
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4441
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The state's one hundred counties are divided into seven economic regions for the purpose of promoting each region to attract prospective employers. Counties within each region are profiled in terms of population, per-capita income, employment, and retail sales.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p112-120, il
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4442
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Computer technology creates businesses across the state and also provides solutions to keeping older companies in business. Gray examines a start-up software company in Durham, WebWide Information Systems, Inc., and looks at two older companies, Royal Park Uniforms, Inc. in Prospect Hill and Century Valdese, Inc. in Hickory, to see how new technology helped the companies stay competitive.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p24-25, 27-30, 33-47, il
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4443
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Although high-tech companies make up only 10 percent of the list of the state's one hundred largest employers, the technology itself affects the remaining companies in a number of ways, including improving security, efficiency, recordkeeping, and cost reduction. Waller lists the top one hundred employers. Delhaize America, Inc. is the largest employer with 35,355 workers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p48-49, 51-55, il
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4444
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Falling commodity prices, drought, hurricanes, floods, and criticism of tobacco nationwide made 1999 a tough year for farmers. Only one-fourth of the state's farmland escaped Hurricane Floyd's flooding. The cotton crop sustained a $140 million loss, and half the sweet potato crop was lost. Worse yet, the state estimates that 10 to 15 percent of the 55,000 farmers will quit in 2000.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p57-59, il
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4445
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In 1999, construction companies did not lack for projects statewide. However, the state's low unemployment level (3.2 percent in October 1999) caused many companies to have project backlogs because there were not enough workers. This worker shortage lengthened many job completions by 10 to 20 percent. Many companies are offering incentives to hourly workers, like health insurance and 401(k)s.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p65-67, il
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4446
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Employment is high in North Carolina; consumer prices are low; and retail sales are up. For the fiscal year ending June 1999, retail sales were up $126.3 billion or 8 percent from 1998. Retail areas posting gains included department stores, up 13.4 percent to $2.3 billion; discount stores, up 7.4 percent to $7.1 billion; and auto sales, up 13.4 percent to $7.8 billion.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p93-95, il
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4447
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Hurricanes Dennis and Floyd; a hot, dry summer; and a flood influenced tourists' decisions on whether or not to vacation in North Carolina. A number of tourists wrote off the entire state, even though only certain sections were affected. Tourism dropped slightly, despite a public relations campaign by the North Carolina Department of Tourism. On the positive side, big events like the Special Olympics World Games in Raleigh and the U.S. Open in Pinehurst were boons to tourism.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 20 Issue 2, Feb 2000,
p105-107, il
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4470
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Kathryn Cabral, American consul to Scotland, is on loan from the U.S. State Department to the North Carolina Secretary of State's office for one year. Cabral is setting up the state's first Office of International Service, which will give state officials guidance in dealing with foreign governments. In 1998, foreign companies invested $1 billion in North Carolina, so proper protocol is a must.
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