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14890
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Once known as the capital of the tobacco industry, Durham is now the capital of the country's diet industry. Each year approximately 3,000 people come to lose excess pounds at five nationally recognized weight-reduction programs. Dieters range from celebrities to housewives to CEOs of major corporations. Besides losing weight, dieters spend million for programs, accommodations, and services. Estimates place the amount spent at $60 million annually.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 4, Apr 1986,
p30-32, 34, 36-37, il, por
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14901
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The Research Triangle is bounded by Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. Adams examines upcoming changes in the region, including population growth, housing starts, new jobs, and American Airlines' selection of the Raleigh-Durham Airport for a regional hub, and how they will shape the area and its economy.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 5, May 1986,
p15-16, 18-20, por, map
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14902
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Charlotte has long been the Carolinas' financial, distribution, and transportation center. Now it is in the midst of a growing boom that has turned a small Southern city into a sprawling metropolitan area. Jobs are increasing faster than population; construction permits reached almost 10,000 in 1985; and almost 1,700 companies have invested in the area in the last decade. Kinney discusses with city officials and business leaders the question of when does more turn into too much and big becomes bad?
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 5, May 1986,
p23-24, 26, 28-29, il, por, map
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14903
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An economic transition is underway in the Piedmont Triad, which consists of the cities of Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem. While tobacco, textiles, and furniture will remain an important part of the area's economy, the major economic trend for the region is away from a reliance on manufacturing jobs to non-manufacturing ones.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 5, May 1986,
p31-32, 34, 36, 40, por, map
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14904
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Tobacco, the traditional money crop for Eastern North Carolina, is on the wane, as falling prices cause farmers to reduce acreage and seek other crops. While industrial jobs appear to be the best alternative as a replacement, not all eastern counties are equal in bringing in new industry. New Hanover and Brunswick Counties are doing the best because of good transportation (roads and ports) and a good labor pool--items which smaller, more rural counties lack.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 5, May 1986,
p43-44, 46, map
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14905
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Business North Carolina magazine's fifth annual ranking of public companies reveals that the top three companies held the same rankings for 1986 as in 1985 -- RJ Reynolds Industries, Inc., Burlington Industries, Inc., and Lowe's Companies, Inc., respectively.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 5, May 1986,
p64-67, il
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14915
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine and Arthur Andersen & Company present their annual ranking of the state's top one hundred privately-held companies. Blue Bell, Inc., a Greensboro manufacturer of jeans and other casual and work apparel, replaced McDevitt & Street Co., a Charlotte general contractor, in the number one position for 1986, with McDevitt dropping to second place.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, June 1986,
p16-18, 20, 22-26, 28-29, il
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14938
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Family firms are big business in North Carolina. Built on blood ties and marriages that sometimes go back generations, they make up about one-third of the state's top one hundred private companies. Grissett discusses with owners some of the problems in running a family business.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, June 1986,
p30-32, 34
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14939
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Partners J. Shields Harvey, Jim Hance, and Charles Dickson purchased Charlotte-based Consolidated Coin Caterers Corp. in 1985. The company has over 10,000 drink, food, and cigarette vending machines in plants, offices, and hospitals. 4C's, as it is known, expects to gross $44 million in 1986. Shaw discusses what is involved in running a company with over 3,500 locations, more than 200 routes, a fleet of 300 vehicles, and a workforce of 750.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 6, June 1986,
p36-40, 42-43, por
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14940
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At one time AM radio reigned supreme in the broadcasting world. While 223 of the state's 320 licensed commercial stations are AM, FM radio is making inroads, with an estimated three out of four listeners now tuning to FM stations. AM broadcasters are scrambling to find ways to lure them back and bolster their sagging share of advertising revenues.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 7, July 1986,
p12-14, 16, 18-20, 22, il, por
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Record #:
14961
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When Bryan McIntyre, general manager of radio station WPTF, was hired, the station's format was heavy on sports, news and information, along with mild mannered music. Listeners were drifting away. His solution - more talk, less music. Enter Bob Kwessel, described by McIntyre as \"a wild man, loud-mouthed, and obnoxious,\" a person who irritated everyone, but drew listeners. Now WPTF has climbed back atop the Triangle's radio ratings.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 7, July 1986,
p23, 26, por
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14962
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Charlotte's standing as a business and financial center received a large boost when Royal Insurance, a company that has been in New York City for 135 years, decided to relocate its headquarters there. Among the reasons were the high cost of doing business in New York which necessitated the need for a more economical location and the desire to provide a better quality of life for its employees. Royal will complete its move to the new $30 million headquarters on September 1.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 7, July 1986,
p28-33, il, por
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15041
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Honda Power Equipment and Manufacturing, Inc. is the U.S. branch of the Japanese company's lawnmower-manufacturing division. The company opened the Swepsonville plant in Alamance County in 1984, producing 50 movers a day. When the plant was dedicated in October of that year, production had reached 100 a day. In the summer of 1985, the plant reached full capacity and is now producing 500 movers a day.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 7, July 1986,
p34-36, 38, il, por
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15042
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C. D. Spangler, Jr., construction company executive and chairman of the state school board, is the new president of the sixteen-campus University of North Carolina System. He replaces William Friday who held the position for thirty years. Spangler discusses his new position, which is unique as he has no formal training as an educator or academic administrator.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 6 Issue 8, Aug 1986,
p14-16, 18-19, por
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15043
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Shaw discusses how becoming president of the University of North Carolina System will affect C. D. Spangler, Jr.'s private life, such as leaving longtime friends in the construction and banking industry, less time for New York theater trips with his wife and camping trips with friends.
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