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4894
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Autobell Car Wash, Inc., founded in 1969 by the late Chuck Howard, Sr. and currently overseen by his son Chuck, Jr., is the nation's fourth-largest car-wash chain, with twenty-six locations across North Carolina. The company does not offer franchises and remains a privately owned company. In 2000, Autobell had sales of $12 million. Of the 125 million gallons of water used last year, 80 percent was recycled. This environmentally friendly approach makes the company appealing to cities like Cary where car-wash recycling is mandatory.
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4905
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In an interview with Business North Carolina, newly elected governor Mike Easley discusses a variety of issues, including campaign-finance reform in North Carolina, what he looks for in a new secretary of commerce, how to bring new jobs to rural areas and protect the environment there at the same time, and a state lottery.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 2, Feb 2001,
p12-17, por
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4906
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The state's largest one hundred employers are ranked. In 1991, Sara Lee Corp., with 22,000 workers, and Food Lion with 21,700 ranked first and second. In 2001, Delhaize America, Inc., ranks first with 36,405 employees and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. holds second with 33,400.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 2, Feb 2001,
p34-35, 37-39, il
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4907
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The economic vitality of the state's one hundred counties is profiled with data that includes 2000 civilian labor force statistics, per capita income, building permits, and population on food stamps.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 2, Feb 2001,
p106-112, il
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4908
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While tobacco was a billion dollar crop in 2000, its future remains uncertain. Meanwhile, cotton, North Carolina's number two crop, is closing in on the top spot. In 2000, 1.45 million bales were produced, a 71 percent increase from 1999, and revenues were $417 million, a 78 percent increase from 1999. Cotton is popular with farmers because of the stability of its price and because there is no limit in the amount that can be grown.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 2, Feb 2001,
p41-43, il
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4972
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Phytopthora, a fungus which thrives in warm, moist soils, caused the 1840s Irish potato famine. Unknown in North Carolina ten years ago, the fungus, benefiting from mild mountain winters, has launched an attack on the Fraser fir, a prime tree in the state's Christmas tree industry. Already 7 percent, or 400,000, of the state's six million trees are affected. Experts predict the worst is yet to come.
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5117
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Managed care in North Carolina is evolving into two levels of service - rural and urban. In urban counties having employer-paid plans and multiple hospitals, HMO membership is highest. In rural counties, like Gates and Tyrrell, membership is insignificant. Counties are ranked by the number of physicians per 10,000 population served. Orange County ranks first with 86.4 physicians per 10,000 and Pitt third with 40.7. Twenty-five counties have 6.5 physicians or fewer per 10,000.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 7, July 2001,
p26-29, il
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5125
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North Carolina's top seventy-five public companies are ranked by their May 2001 market value. Bank of America retained its number one spot from the previous year. Tech companies lost ground, while drug, tobacco, and lab testing stocks gained.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 8, Aug 2001,
p22-29, il
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5140
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With the emergence of health maintenance organizations, the county doctor is a vanishing breed. At 76, Joe Liverman has been practicing medicine in rural eastern North Carolina for fifty years. He is Hyde County's only doctor. BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA profiles one of the last county doctors.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 7, July 2001,
p30-35,37-41, il
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5194
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Using 2000 revenues, the Arthur Anderson Accounting Firm ranked the state's top 100 private companies for Business North Carolina. All companies listed had revenues greater than $50 million. On 1999's listing, 11 companies had less. Companies reporting of over $500 million increased from six to seven in 2000.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 21 Issue 10, Oct 2001,
p24-25,27-29,31,33,35, il
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5195
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Linda Loftis dreamed of being a dancer, but after ten years of free-lancing and teaching modern dance, she returned home to work in the family business in Charlotte. Today she is president of Loftis Construction Corp., a company which lays and maintains gas-pipelines for companies including Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Since 1994 the company has doubled in size to 80 employees; revenues in 2000 exceed $5 million.
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5245
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Steve and Sandy Forrest began raising bees in the 1970s as a sideline. When thieves stole their 80 hives one year just before the harvest, it proved to be a disaster with the proverbial silver lining. The Forrests decided to make and sell beekeeping equipment. Today the Moravian Falls-based Brushy Mountain Bee Farm, Inc., sends out 50,000 mail order catalogs a year. Sales in 2001 reached $3 million. The company is the biggest beekeeping-equipment company on the East Coast and second largest in the nation.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 6, June 2002,
p34-39, il
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5298
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Pat Henry was offered a medical school scholarship to Harvard, but declined because she wanted a business career. She joined the Miller Brewing Company in Eden in 1977, and in 1992 became the first woman brew-master of a major American brewery. Today she is the plant manager. Henry is profiled in this BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA feature.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 7, July 2002,
p28-33, por
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5305
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Electronic waste is a product of rapid turnover in computer technology. In 2002, North Carolina alone will generate over 50,000 tons of discarded electronic equipment. CompuTel, a Charlotte-based company founded by John Rhinehardt in 1994, recycles computer parts and materials. The company had revenues of over $500,000 in 2001. Martin discusses the company and computer recycling in the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 7, July 2002,
p22-26, il
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5306
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Douglas Tyler is a cancer surgeon at Morris Cancer Clinic, part of the Duke Medical Center. According to Best Doctors, Inc., he is one of the country's best. Tyler is profiled in this Martin article.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 22 Issue 7, July 2002,
p34-43, il
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