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16611
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The North Carolina Golf Panel, a 135-member organization that includes journalists, golf professionals, and college coaches, rates the state's top one hundred golf courses. The scoring system includes such factors as conditioning, design, strategy, and memorability. Pinehurst No. 2 was rated Number 1 for the 18th straight year.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 4, Apr 2012,
p36, 38, 40, il
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16612
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During his almost fifty years as an architect, Tom Fazio has designed around two hundred golf courses, including eighteen in the state. Once he worked only on courses in the United States; however, a changing economy has forced him to look abroad for work. In this BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA interview he discusses golf and the economic downturn and the state of the golf industry in North Carolina.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 4, Apr 2012,
p48-51, il, por
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16613
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Martin describes the work performed by Carolina Eye Prosthetics, Inc., a family owned business located in Burlington. It is one of only about three hundred worldwide that makes artificial eyes.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 4, Apr 2012,
p64-71, il
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16660
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The state's aviation industry uses emerging technology and a skilled workforce to soar to new heights. The jobs are high-paying--$25 an hour and up. Plus the contracts are for five years or more, adding stability to the economy. Among the companies are Charlotte-based Goodrich Corp. which manufactures 80 percent of the world's landing gear and Spirit AeroSystems, which is building a $570 million plant at Kinston's Global TransPark which will employ 1,000 by 2014 to make components of the Airbus A350.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Jan 2012,
p30-35, il
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16661
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Each year BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA magazine seeks to determine the best lawyers in North Carolina. The magazine mailed ballots listing lawyer categories to every lawyer licensed by the North Carolina State Bar and living in North Carolina--this year 20,856. The top vote getters in each field are Locke T. Clifford, criminal; Jonathan Heyl, antitrust; Kenneth M. Greene, bankruptcy; Amalie L. Tuffin, business; William H. Gammon, construction; Lisa D. Inman, corporate counsel; N. Renee Hughes, employment; William Clarke, environmental; D. Caldwell Barefoot, Jr., family; E. Eric Mills, intellectual property; Daniel L. Brawley, litigation; George W. Sistrunk, III, real estate; Graham D. Holding, Jr., tax/estate planning; and J. Christian Stevenson young guns (best under 40).
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Jan 2012,
p58-62, 64-66, 68, 70-89, por
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16662
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Alcoa Power Generating, Inc. received a 50-year lease in 1958 to generate hydropower on the Yadkin River. Four dams were built to power the nearby Alcoa aluminum plant which employed 1,000 in Stanly County and the town of Badin. The lease expired in 2008, and the plant closed in 2002. The dams still generate power which nets millions in profit yearly for Alcoa. The dams belong to Alcoa but the water belongs to North Carolina. The governor and Stanly County officials opposed renewal of the lease because the company is making money but not putting much back into the area. The dispute is now in the courts.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 1, Jan 2012,
p36-41, il, por, map
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16694
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A panel of business, government, and educational leaders from Pitt County and Greenville met recently in Greenville to discuss the county's economic opportunities and efforts to promote growth. The consensus was that the area is positioned to capture the benefits of the eastern part of the state's slow-but-sure economic recovery.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 5, May 2012,
p16-18, 20, 22, 24-25, por
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16695
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Cone Denim LLC's White Oak plant in Greensboro produces selvage. Once it was worn as jeans by everyone, but by the 1970s and 1980s, the shuttle looms were replaced by wider, faster ones. This changed the look and feel of the denim. Now selvage is making a comeback, and the White Oak plant has brought back the shuttle looms, which is the only way to make this particular denim. In some of the high-end stores jeans made with this material are selling for as much as $300 a pair.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 5, May 2012,
p74-81, il
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16696
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There are certain divorce issues that are unique to a married couple owning a business. The authors highlight a few of the most common ones so individuals in this particular situation can be aware of what is at stake and plan accordingly.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 5, May 2012,
p84-85, por
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16697
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Economic incentives have helped companies relocate to the state and others in-state to expand. Jordan discusses three major state-level programs that provide incentives: the Job development Investment Grant (JDIG), One North Carolina Fund, and Article 3J Tax Credits. Other incentive programs beyond the big three are discussed.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 5, May 2012,
p86-87, por
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16866
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Publisher Ben Kinney moderated a forum on international trade and how it impacts North Carolina. The state ranks tenth nationally for employment supported by foreign company investments with over 207,000 workers. North Carolina-based businesses manufacture billions of dollars of exports which translates into more business, more jobs, and more economic diversity for the state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 6, June 2012,
p14-19, por
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16867
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The Bank of Granite grew from one office in Granite Falls in the foothills of Western North Carolina with five employees and $1 million in assets in the 1950s to one with nineteen offices with over 250 employees and $1 billion in assets by the early 2000s. It was solid as a rock, but it failed. Martin discusses reasons for its collapse.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 6, June 2012,
p48-55, il, por
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16868
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Martin describes the nearly completed new casino complex owned by the Cherokee tribe in Western North Carolina. It will feature the largest hotel in the state with over 1,000 rooms, four restaurants, an increase in size of the gaming floor to 150,000 square feet, and a 3,000-seat live entertainment center. It will add 700 jobs to the already 1,700 people employed and have a great financial impact on the local economy.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 6, June 2012,
p60-65, il
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16869
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BUSINESS NORTH CAROLINA presents its yearly ranking of the largest North Carolina-based banks, thrifts and credit unions. Bank of America (Charlotte), BB&T (Winston-Salem), and First Citizens BancShares (Raleigh) ranked first, second, and third.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 6, June 2012,
p56-59, il
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16986
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In 2011, North Carolina imported $47.8 billion of foreign goods and services. China is the top exporter to the state, followed by Mexico, Canada, Germany, and Ireland. Mecklenburg County had the most companies importing with 1,482, while Gates, Pamlico, and Perquimans Counties had none.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 32 Issue 7, July 2012,
p18-19, il, map
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