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7279
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In September 2004, Steve Skolsky was appointed CEO of Morrisville-based Trimeris, Inc. The company produces the drug Fuzeon, which won federal approval in 2003 for the treatment of AIDS. It is the only drug that prevents infection of white blood cells. Skolsky, a 1982 graduate of UNC-Chapel Hill in biology, started his career in the lab before moving into marketing and sales. He worked for several scientific companies, including Burroughs Wellcome and Glaxo, before Trimeris recruited him.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 7, July 2005,
p23-24, por
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7280
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Sally Kay, a 1988 graduate of Clemson University, is president of The Hosiery Association. After graduation, she worked in the hospitality industry in Charlotte. In 1990, she went to work for what was then known as the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers. In 2001, she was elected the association's first woman president. The 300 association members make and distribute approximately 85 percent of the country's hosiery. About half of the hosiery mills are located in North Carolina. Kay discusses some of her job activities.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 7, July 2005,
p24, por
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7281
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Pinehurst hosted the 1999 U.S. Open Golfing Championship, and the tournament returned in June 2005 to play on Pinehurst Resort's No. 2 course. Roush discusses the five-year planning that goes into hosting a golf tournament and how the 2005 event compared with the 1999 one.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 7, July 2005,
p26-27, il
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In January, 2005, the sale of the 50,000-circulation Durham daily, The Herald-Sun, to the Paxton Media Group of Paducah, KY was completed. Paxton owns twenty-eight other newspapers around the nation with an average circulation of 30,000. On the day the sale was completed, Paxton Media fired and escorted to the parking lot members of the Herlad-Sun's staff, starting with the paper's publisher and president. Approximately eighty positions were eliminated. Gray discusses the takeover; the emphasis given to the firings and takeover by the Raleigh News and Observer and Durham's Independent Weekly and whether the emphasis was justified or not; and what the new ownership will mean to the Durham Herlad-Sun and its readers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 7, July 2005,
p28-33, il
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7295
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Best Doctors, Inc., is a Boston-based company that rates physicians. Its approach is unique. The company asks practicing physicians what specialists they would go to if they needed to see a doctor. Best Doctors then verifies these recommended doctors' licenses and board certifications and checks for any disciplinary actions against them. The company then asks the doctors a series of questions about their experience, practice, and research. Business North Carolina lists doctors in the state who made the list in twenty-one specialties, including cardiovascular, infectious disease, nephrology, and ophthalmology.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 7, July 2004,
p52-54, 56, 58, 60, 62-67, il
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The gambling casino owned by North Carolina's Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians benefits the tribe economically. A study conducted by researchers at UNC-Chapel Hill and UNC-Pembroke assesses the economic assets of and opportunities for the state's seven other recognized tribes. Sylvia H. Pate, director of the Regional Center for Economic, Community and Professional Development at UNC-Pembroke and co-author of the study, discusses the study's findings.
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7297
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John F. Blair founded John F. Blair, Publisher in Winston-Salem, in 1954, with a primary focus on books about North Carolina. When Blair died in 1986, Carolyn Sakowski had been with the company for nine months. She and a colleague approached the heirs with a plan to keep the publishing company running. John F. Blair, Publisher, repositioned itself with a focus on books from and about the Southeast. Sakowski has been company president since 1992. In 2003, the company had sales of more than $1 million and will soon publish its 400th title.
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Richard Bryant, co-founder with Bobby Edgerton of Raleigh's Capital Investments, became the first chairman of the North Carolina Securities Industry Association in February 2004. The new trade association has twenty members who work for companies such as BB&T Investments and Central Carolina Bank. The non-profit association will provide networking opportunities for securities dealers, promote North Carolina's securities industry and lobby legislators.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 7, July 2004,
p20-21, por
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7299
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David Hauser, who has worked for Duke Energy Corp. for thirty-one years, was named the company's chief financial officer in February 2004. Hauser started with what was then Duke Power in 1973 as an accountant. He was named comptroller in 1987 and was senior vice-president and treasurer before assuming his present position.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 7, July 2004,
p21-22, il
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7300
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Steve Troxler was elected North Carolina Commissioner of Agriculture in November 2004. A broken voting machine which failed to record 4,400 votes delayed his actual certification as commissioner until February 2005. Troxler discusses his plans for the agribusiness in North Carolina.
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The boating industry employs over 20,000 persons in North Carolina. Boats and boating products accounted for $446.8 million in sales for 2003. In-state boating companies are growing, and the state is attractive for out-of-state boating companies planning to relocate. In this BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA interview, Mike Bradley, director of Marine Trade Services for the Small Business and Technology Development Center of the University of North Carolina system, discusses the industry's growth; types of boats built in the state; locations of builders; hurdles faced by the industry; and the future of the industry.
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Best Doctors, Inc., is a Boston-based company that rates physicians. Its approach is unique. The company asks practicing physicians what specialists they would go to if they needed to see a doctor. Best Doctors then verifies these recommended doctors' licenses and board certifications and checks for any disciplinary actions against them. The company then asks the doctors a series of questions about their experience, practice, and research. BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA lists doctors in the state who made the list in twenty-one specialties, including cardiovascular, infectious disease, nephrology, and ophthalmology.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 7, July 2005,
p50-52, 54, 56, 58-63, il
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A survey conducted by the Washington, D.C. based National Federation of Independent Business reveals that small business owners in North Carolina are less satisfied with local business conditions than small business owners in neighboring states. State small business owners feel they deal with more environmental, tax, and safety regulations and a higher cost for employees' health insurance than do their neighboring peers.
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Sandy Jordan is the new director of business recruitment for the North Carolina Department of Commerce, succeeding Ray Denny, who retired. Jordan is from the executive-on-loan program at Progress Energy, where he is vice president of economic development. Progress Energy will pay his salary. Jordan brings twenty years experience in economic development to his new position. He will work with the department's economic developers in North Carolina's seven regional partnerships to bring more business to the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 6, June 2005,
p24-25, il
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As a young man, Donald Haack hunted diamonds in exotic places. Haack, former chairman of Charlotte's Foreign Trade Zone and World Trade Association, is the founder of Donald Haack's Diamonds and Fine Gems in Charlotte. The business employs eighteen and an average sale is between $6,000 and $10,000. Haack recently published a book called BUSH PILOT IN DIAMOND COUNTRY, which recounts his life a diamond miner, trader, and broker.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 6, June 2005,
p25-26, il
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