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10120
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Capt. Jonathan Kuniholm was wounded during the Iraq War and lost the lower part of his right arm. This led the Durham industrial designer to seek new ways to develop limbs to help to help amputees.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Apr 2008,
p80-87, il, por
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10121
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During the 1980s, almost half of the furniture manufactured in the United States was made in North Carolina. Between 1990 and 2006, industry employment dropped 41 percent as many manufacturers moved overseas. North Carolina has lost 26,000 jobs since 2000. However, Lexington artist Bob Timberlake refused to allow one of his furniture lines to be moved overseas.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 5, May 2008,
p54-61, il, por
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10138
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Scottie's Building Services, founded in 1986 and based in Apex, has offices in Charlotte, Greensboro, Atlanta, and Richmond. The company washes windows for about 1,100 customers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Mar 2007,
p66-71, il
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10162
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Shinn profiles Mike Krzyzewski, the men's basketball coach at Duke University.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 3, Mar 2007,
p48-57, il, por
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10163
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Though it was built one hundred years ago with mules and drag pans, Donald Ross's Pinehurst No. 2 remains the highest ranked course among the state's golf courses and one of the world's best and most difficult.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 4, Apr 2008,
p28-30, 32, 34,, il
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10258
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A round-table discussion, moderated by Murray, discusses whether promoting biotechnology in other sections of North Carolina will weaken its base in the Research Triangle region.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 8, Aug 2008,
p14-27, por
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10259
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The state's top seventy-five public companies are ranked by their June 2008, market value. Ten companies from the 2007 ranking did not return in 2008. Bank of America, Wachovia, and Lowe's retained their first, second, and third place rankings from 2007.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 8, Aug 2008,
p46-53, il
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10260
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The state's top seventy-five public companies are ranked by their June, 2005, market value. Bank of America and Wachovia topped the list, as they did the previous year. Eight companies from 2004 did not make the list in 2005. The biggest newcomer was FairPoint Communications which made its debut at No. 38.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 25 Issue 8, Aug 2005,
p26-34, il
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10308
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J. Brooks West, III, also known as J. W. Butterfield, heads Butterfields Candy Company, which is located in Nash County. In one form or another, the company has been around since 1924, when it began as Candy Cane Co., of Winston-Salem. The company employs forty workers and makes 5,000 pounds of candy a day. Yearly sales are between $2 and $4 million.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 9, Sept 2008,
p58-63, il, por
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10309
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Summit Hill, a 34-acre horse farm in Apex, is part of one of the state's fastest growing industries. Owners Ben and Erin Tursam provide boarding, grooming, and lessons. The North Carolina Horse Council estimates that North Carolinians, both owners and riders, spend over $500 million a year in the horse business.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 9, Sept 2008,
p76-83, il
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10364
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA ranks the top 100 private companies in the state, and company executives discuss economic forces affecting their businesses. General Parts International Inc., of Raleigh, a distributor of automotive replacement parts, ranked first, followed by SAS Institute, Inc., of Cary, a software developer.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 10, Oct 2008,
p48-55, il
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10365
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Mark Higgins operates funeral homes in Durham, Pittsboro, Oxford, and Franklinton. His company does about 450 funerals and cremations a year and generates around $2.5 million a year in sales, making it a medium-sized company.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 10, Oct 2008,
p56-63, il, por
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10366
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA presents an excerpt from the authors' new book, Holy Smoke: The Big Book of North Carolina Barbecue, which explores the past, present, and the endangered future of traditional barbecue restaurants.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 28 Issue 10, Oct 2008,
p64-71, il
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10553
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La Farm Bakery is BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine's 2007 North Carolina Small Business of the Year. The bakery, which was founded in 1999 in Cary as a husband-and-wife operation by Lionel and Missy Vatinet, now employs twenty-seven workers. La Farm makes daily on the premises handmade bread, pastries, tarts, and sandwiches. Projected revenues for 2007 are over $1.25 million.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 12, Dec 2007,
p38-40, 42, 44, 46-47, il, por
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10554
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Foster Lake & Pond Management Inc. is a runner-up in the 2007 BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA Small Business of the Year competition. Johnny Foster founded the company in 1983 in Garner. The company now employs twelve and projects revenues of $1.5 million in 2007.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 27 Issue 12, Dec 2007,
p41, por
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