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24320
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Charlie Bell is president and CEO of Triad International Maintenance Corporation (TIMCO), an aircraft maintenance company. The company strips down planes for cargo and passenger carriers and gives them an upgrade.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 6, June 1996,
p42-48, il
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24321
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The number of high-tech manufacturers in North Carolina has steadily risen since 1977. Over this time, manufacturing has become the backbone for the state's economy.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 6, June 1996,
p62-67, il
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24322
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Hugh L. McColl Jr. was an influential CEO of NationsBank and looks back on his years in the business in this article. During his career, North Carolina banks became the leading banks in the Southeast as a result of progressive banking laws and economic momentum.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 10, October 1996,
p24-30, il
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24323
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Over the past fifteen years 'Business North Carolina' has successfully tracked business and commerce in the Tar Heel state.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 10, October 1996,
p32-62, il
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24324
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The author presents what economists believe will happen in the next fifteen years in North Carolina.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 10, October 1996,
p66-74
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24325
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Marcus Jones was just signed with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers after playing for the University of North Carolina. The article discusses how his two agents must prepare him for the draft, negotiate his contract, and handle his finances.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 11, November 1996,
p24-41, il
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24326
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Nations Government Securities Fund is being investigated at the federal level after many customers claimed they were deceived into switching savings into mutual funds that lost millions. This article investigates the blurred line between bank and brokerage.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 11, November 1996,
p48-58
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24327
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Cary-based Virtus Corp. is a six-year-old company that is pioneering 3-D virtual reality software, which allows users to create realistic images on their computer screens. Chairman David Smith discusses how the company plans to pull off a successful 3-D software business.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 16 Issue 11, November 1996,
p60-67, il
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24328
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Sonny Wilburn, president of the Alamance County Chamber of Commerce, hoped Mercedes-Benz would build its first American factory in North Carolina. The German company involved a number of states in a bidding competition which would ultimately decide where the factory would be built.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 14 Issue 1, January/February 1994,
p12-21, il
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24329
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This article discusses how urban centers in North Carolina generated the most growth over the years. To analyze economic health in the state, North Carolina was separated into eighteen regions with population and city expansion examined as growth indicators.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 14 Issue 1, January/February 1994,
p23-53
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24330
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This article presents the slow and cumbersome process of road building by providing readers with the example of how I-85 and I-40 merge in Alamance County, causing a bottleneck situation and traffic. North Carolina politicians underinvested in its transportation network over the past thirty years, and motorists are paying dearly for it today.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 13 Issue 4, April 1993,
p24-27, il
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24331
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Interstate highways attract business and foster growth. Charlotte is an example a commercial center benefitting from the presence of interstates, specifically, I-85 and I-77.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 13 Issue 4, April 1993,
p28-33, il
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24332
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Nearly three years after the completion if I-40, many rural counties are still waiting for an influx of jobs and development. Areas around Raleigh and Wilmington, however, have grown.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 13 Issue 4, April 1993,
p34-38, il
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24333
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The sleepy little town of Selma in Johnston County, North Carolina has become an overnight success as a result of its location on I-95. The town is exactly eight hours from both the New York-New Jersey population center and central Florida.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 13 Issue 4, April 1993,
p40-46, il
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24334
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A planned extension of I-26 begins in Charleston, South Carolina and ends in Asheville, North Carolina. The project has angered environmentalists but much of the region’s business community anticipates and interstate that links western North Carolina to the Ohio Valley and industrial Midwest. This article examines the pros and cons of the expansion.
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Business North Carolina
(NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 13 Issue 4, April 1993,
p48-55, il
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