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1.The Right Stuff by Nelson, Luann; Eldridge, Lisa Business North Carolina Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1990
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13632
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The authors identify ten North Carolinians who have what it takes to be the movers and shakers of the 1990s.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p30-33, 36-39, il, por
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13633
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Economic development, banking, manufacturing, technology, and tourism all shape North Carolina's economy. Business North Carolina magazine asked five top executives in these fields to discuss what forces they expect to shape their industries during the 1990s.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p40-45, por
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13675
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Hetzer describes how Paulette Agha, a cosmetologist from Clemmons, became the first North Carolinian to start a trade deal with the Russians during the emerging perestroika period.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 1, Jan 1990,
p46-51, il, por
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13676
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Lee extols the virtues of eastern-style BBQ over the western tomato-based style.
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13677
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Bailey compares the traditional way of preparing country ham, with the newer method that takes much less time. Traditionalists indicate that the newer, faster method is forcing them out of business.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 3, Mar 1990,
p16-23, il, por
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13678
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Although not known as a railroad center, North Carolina has a great profusion of short-line railroads. Don McGrady, owner of the Thermal Belt Railway which runs from Gilkey to Bostic, is the newest member of the group. He worked out a deal with the state, Rutherford County, local shippers and CSX Transportation to operate the Forest City-Gilkey line, which was abandoned by Norfolk Southern in 1989, and the three-and-a-half-mile Forest City-Bostic line, which CSX is selling.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 4, Apr 1990,
p16-20, 23, por
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13679
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Tullos discusses some of the pioneer industrialists who transformed North Carolina during the 19th-century. Among them were Daniel Augustus Tompkins (1851-1914) and James Buchanan Duke (1856-1925).
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 4, Apr 1990,
p24-25, 27-28, 30, 32, 35, il
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13680
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Perkins discusses the business career of Frank H. Kenan, philanthropist, businessman, and civic leader of Chapel Hill.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 4, Apr 1990,
p44-49, por
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13681
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In 1967 Ralph Ketner's supermarket chain of sixteen stores had dropped to seven and his profits totaled only $36,000. He was not certain he would be in business the following year. Yet he did not go under. Now, in 1990, at age 70, he is retiring as chairman of the board of the country's fastest-growing supermarket chain - Food Lion, which had sales of $4.7 billion in 1989. Donsky discusses the remarkable turnaround.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 4, Apr 1990,
p50-55, por
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13682
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Business North Carolina magazine presents its annual listing of the state's top fifty public companies. The magazine began its rankings in 1982. Companies are ranked by their fiscal-year sales. Food Lion (Salisbury), Lowe's (North Wilkesboro), and Rose's Stores (Henderson) retained their first, second and third rankings from the previous year.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 5, May 1990,
p16-18, 20-22, 24-29, il
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13683
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When the automobile industry started moving into the South to build new, automated plants, North Carolina began advertising to the auto parts industry. Since 1985, forty-six parts makers have moved into the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 5, May 1990,
p54-55, 57-58, 60, 62, 64, por
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13684
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Donsky describes how Leslie (Les) H. Garner, Jr. became president of North Carolina Wesleyan College.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 6, June 1990,
p12, 14-15, il
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13685
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Arthur Anderson ranks North Carolina's largest private companies. McDevitt & Street Co., a Charlotte general contractor, held the top ranking.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 6, June 1990,
p22-23, 25, 27-34, 37, il
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13692
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On April 5, 1990, Bob Street, the sole owner of Charlotte-based McDevitt & Street, the country's fourth-largest general contractor, died at age 51 of Lou Gehrig's disease. However, because of decisions he made near the end of his life, his company goes on.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 6, June 1990,
p40-42, 44-45, 47-50, 52, 54, por
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13693
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Business executives of nine companies in the state have been selected as North Carolina Entrepreneurs of the Year and will be inducted as members of the American Institute of Entrepreneurs' hall of fame.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 10 Issue 7, July 1990,
p17-21, por
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