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10488
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North Carolina's professional sports teams--the Carolina Panthers (Football); Charlotte Bobcats (Basketball); Carolina Hurricanes (Hockey); and NASCAR racing--play a major role in the state's economy.
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10489
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Revenues from youth and amateur sporting events are great contributors to the state's economy. For example, sporting events of this type bring an annual economic impact of over $100 million in both Charlotte and Raleigh. College football weekends can bring in between $2 and $6 million, depending on the size of the school. Golfers spend about $4 billion dollars a year on their recreational sport.
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“Come! Stay! Spend!†These three words are at the heart of the impact of sporting events on the state's economy. A list of the events that had the greatest total economic impact is included. Heading the list is the 2005 US Men's Open Golf Tournament at Pinehurst with an estimated impact of $124 million.
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10502
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This special NC Magazine county profile supplement features Lee County, highlighting manufacturing and education. About 40% of the county workforce is involved in manufacturing.
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Dr. Bud Marchant, the new president of Central Carolina Community College in Sanford, is featured in this Zulovich article. The college currently enrolls 4,700 students in its curriculum offerings and over 20,000 in various continuing education.
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The North Carolina Business Hall of Fame will induct four outstanding business leaders in the fall of 2008. They are John Crosland, Jr. (Crosland); Robert Ingram (Glaxo-SmithKline); Jerry Richardson (Carolina Panthers NFL Football Team); and Edward Smith Jr. (Grady-White Boats).
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Harry Brown of Jacksonville was a national finalist for the TIME MAGAZINE Quality Dealer Award which the National Automobile Dealers Association presents at its annual convention. Besides running a successful dealership, he has done community work in Jacksonville and Onslow County and served as a senator in the North Carolina General Assembly.
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Besides operating a successful automobile dealership in Burlington, David Westcott holds important positions with the North Carolina Automobile Dealers Association. He also serves as the state's representative to the National Automobile Dealers Association, chairing committees that shape policy and regulations for dealers for the fifty states.
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NC MAGAZINE profiles eight individuals in its annual Exceptional Women Leaders series whose work and decisions have an impact on North Carolina. They are Bev Perdue, Governor of North Carolina; Karen Albritton, president of Capstrat; Rosemary DePaolo, Chancellor, UNC-Wilmington; Nadine Hall, VP of Activewear, Hanesbrands; Carol Hevey, Executive VP, Time Warner Cable Carolinas Region; Elyse Cochran, President County Chamber of Commerce; Brenda Mills, Project Manager, City of Asheville; and Kim Saunders, President and CEO, Mechanics & Farmers Bank.
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Despite the challenges that threaten the market, such as deteriorating asset quality and declining margins, Frank H. Dunn, Jr., President of First Union National Bank of North Carolina, provides dynamic leadership that inspires employees to do their best for the customers, stakeholders, and employees themselves.
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29163
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Although a scant percentage of all purchases made by large in-state buyers is from North Carolina suppliers, businesses are trying to change this trend. The matching of in-state buyers with in-state buyers is a large goal of North Carolina business and government leaders as there is avast home-to-home market for North Carolina products in the state's own backyard.
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29164
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A weakened national economy and troubled banking conditions have caused a falling out with the public. But the leaders of North Carolina's banking community hoope that changes in the state's laws and the state's community-based financial institutions will keep North Carolina from having thee same national downturn.
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29165
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Two major issues face the North Carolina General Assembly for the 1991 session: the budget deficit and redistricting. As these issues define the legislative process for 1991, new roles for key individuals such as the new speaker of the house will also affect the progress made this year.
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29168
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While most North Carolinians may be hoping for no accumulation in the forecast, the state's ski industry is hoping for a colder, snowier winter. Under normal snow conditions, the ski industry is a $55.8 million business that could have as much a $100 million impact in the right conditions.
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29178
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Despite pinching of a contracting economy, North Carolina's health product industry is growing and expanding. The value of products and the amount of them being produced in and shipped from North Carolina has rapidly grown in the last decade, sometimes quadrupling the numbers seen in 1980.
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