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11967
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Jud discusses how the Piedmont Triad will fare economically in 2010. Employment dropped in the region as manufacturing jobs left in the first decade of the new century. However, Jud feels employment will improve by mid-year along with home sales.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Feb 2010,
p56-59, il
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11968
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Charlotte, the nation's number two financial center, was hit hard by the banking crisis. Vitner discusses the region's economic outlook in 2010.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Feb 2010,
p60-63, il
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11969
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The western section of the state had almost recovered from the 2001 recession when the second one hit. Cherry discusses the region's economic outlook in 2010 and indicates that the region needs to build on its strengths, which are tourism, arts and crafts, and health care.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 2, Feb 2010,
p64-67, il
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12026
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The North Carolina Golf Panel pairs with BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA to publish rankings of the state's top one hundred golf courses. In making their choices judges considered the course's conditioning, routing, design, strategy, memorability, fairness, variety and aesthetics. As it has since the panel began in 1995, Pinehurst No. 2 held the top position.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 3, Mar 2010,
p36-38, 40, il
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12027
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Golfing's economic impact on North Carolina is in the hundreds of millions of dollars. This article presents information on how cities benefit from a golfing tournament.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 3, Mar 2010,
p42-44, 46-47, il
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12038
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Started in 1994, Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc. (TROSA) in Durham is a tough, no-nonsense, two-year drug rehabilitation program run by Kevin McDonald. Participants get room, board, and a chance for a new beginning. Currently there are about 400 participants in the program.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 3, Mar 2010,
p52-57, il, por
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12039
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There are over eighty wineries in North Carolina, and in 2009 the Haw River Valley, covering 868-square-miles, became the state's third American Viticultural Area. This federal recognition is for the potential of an area to produce distinctive wines. Max Lloyd of Grove Winery discusses winemaking.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 3, Mar 2010,
p58-65, il
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12040
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Malt-O-Meal, Inc., founded in Minnesota in 1919, makes ten of the nation's fifty best-selling cereals. Their cereals cost less than major brands through cost-cutting techniques, such as packaging in bags instead of boxes. Major grocery chains and small town ones, like Family Dollar and Dollar General, sell the products. In September 2009, Malt-O-Meal opened a 350,000-square-foor factory in Asheboro.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 3, Mar 2010,
p66-71, il
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12232
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This article presents an edited transcript of a roundtable discussion by business executives and other experts about what makes a family-owned business different from commercial ones
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, May 2010,
p14-16, 18-19, il
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12233
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North Carolina controls the sale of liquor through the Alcohol Beverage Commission, (ABC). No other state does it this way. Mooneyham discusses whether the North Carolina General Assembly will act during its 2010 Session to reduce state control of liquor and move toward promoting free enterprise.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, May 2010,
p22-23, il
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12234
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Four projects at Fayetteville Technical Community College demonstrate the college's commitment to the latest technology as well as useful products and services.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, May 2010,
p38-39, il
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12235
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This article contains information on research projects at North Carolina A&T.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, May 2010,
p40-41, il
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12236
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The ferries Southport and Fort Fisher, which carry cars and pedestrians across the Cape Fear River, are part of the country's second-largest ferry fleet. Only the state of Washington has more ferries than North Carolina, which operates seven routes and twenty-one ferries carrying over one million vehicles and 2.5 million passengers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 5, May 2010,
p42-47, il
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12348
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Although there are ten beer makers in and around Asheville, the Highland Brewing Company is the state's oldest craft brewer dedicated solely to beer production and the largest based on total volume. Highland produces 775,000 gallons of beer a year. Oscar P. Wong and John McDermott began the company, and McDermott left in 1997 over a disagreement in strategic direction.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 6, June 2010,
p62-69, il, por
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12349
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North Carolina's banks, thrifts, and credit unions are ranked by their 2009 revenues. Bank of America, BB&T, and First Citizens BancShares, and State Employees held the top four positions respectively.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 30 Issue 6, June 2010,
p76-79, il
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