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Kannapolis-based textile manufacturer Pillowtex Corp. closed its doors, causing more than 5,000 people to lose their jobs. This article highlights unemployment and the difficulties of finding a job without a high school diploma or many skills.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 1, January 2004,
p24-29, il
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24216
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Wade Smith is North Carolina's top criminal lawyer, successfully garnering not guilty verdicts and reducing and dropping charges. The author discusses Smith's methods for winning cases.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 1, January 2004,
p40-51, il
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24217
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Once a mill town, Pineville is now a mall town, the most retail-heavy municipality in North Carolina.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 4, April 2004,
p22-26, il
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24218
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The Merck and Co. deal, in which the company would build a vaccine plant in Durham, raises questions about where the state is going with economic incentives.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 4, April 2004,
p28-35, il
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24219
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North Carolina may be poised to lose more of its forest over the next several decades than any other state as ownership of forest land shifts and development increases.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 4, April 2004,
p36-41, il
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24220
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In 2002, nearly 20,000 North Carolinians in high tech jobs were unemployed as jobs such as programming were moved overseas for cheaper labor.
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24221
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Century Furniture in Hickory has been operating since 1947, making custom pieces for a hefty price, even though the furniture industry in North Carolina has decreased since 1993.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 5, May 2004,
p34-39, il
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24222
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Tom Darden is CEO of Raleigh's Cherokee Investment Partners LLC., which buys contaminated properties, cleans them up, and sells them.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 5, May 2004,
p40-49, il
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24223
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David Hagen claims DirecTV killed Prime TV LLC, the nation's top seller of its satellite systems. Hagen has a checkered past, serving time in prison for bankruptcy fraud, and his business may have actually failed as a result of thousands of customer complaints concerning rebates and money owed to buyers.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 9, September 2004,
p32-36
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24224
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Ken Lewis is the CEO of Bank of America Corp. and decided to have his salary based on the company's performance. Though this seems like an altruistic move, the CEO still got paid millions of dollars and would be allowed to collect a hefty severance pay if he got fired. The author argues CEOs still get paid like lords when their shareholders suffer like serfs.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 9, September 2004,
p38-45, il
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24225
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UNCC Chancellor Jim Woodward turned the commuter school into a research university. He has served the longest tenure of any chancellor (15 years) and plans to retire soon. The article discusses how he became chancellor and the improvements he made to the school over the years.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 9, September 2004,
p52-58, il
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24226
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This article presents the history and architecture of redbrick tobacco factories in Durham. A trend has started in which tobacco warehouses are being converted to restaurants, businesses, and apartments.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 24 Issue 9, September 2004,
p60-63, il
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24227
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Marc Basnight is the Senate's pro tempore for the last ten years and has successfully gotten the Senate and House to work together on a number of bills and important issues. Locals wonder if he will seek an office as governor.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, January 2003,
p22-29, il
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24228
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This article discusses various business enterprises that fell in the stock market in 2002 and presents stock picks for 2003.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, January 2003,
p30-38
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24229
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Pete Murphy owns two companies in Duplin County that built restaurants in River Landing. Though it seems to be in the middle of nowhere, Murphy chose the location because of housing developments cropping up. The entrepreneur invested in the area knowing it would expand in the future and bring in money.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 23 Issue 1, January 2003,
p40-44, il
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