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Research performed at state universities and research facilities fosters the growth of agribusiness by keeping the industry abreast of the latest technologies and techniques.
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Sara Lee Corp., North Carolina's fifth-largest private employer, is restructuring and downsizing, which will affect a significant number of its employees.
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RJ Reynolds, Winston-Salem-based tobacco manufacturer, has opened its fourth manufacturing plant in two years in the former Soviet Union. RJ Reynolds Tobacco International sold 34 billion more cigarettes than RJR's domestic division last year.
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Airports in the Piedmont region, including Piedmont Triad International and Raleigh-Durham International, have played and continue to play integral roles in the economic success of the region.
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North Carolina's Piedmont region has experienced unsurpassed physical and economic growth in the past decade. Consequently, once-small towns in the Piedmont Crescent have been transformed into the economic peripheries of major urban centers.
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North Carolina is one of the leading retirement destinations in the country. Trends in retirement are changing, and retirement facilities in the state, such as Carol Woods in Chapel Hill, are remodeling and redesigning to suit the needs of retirees.
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North Carolina's Piedmont area has experienced a significant and sustained economic growth in the last two decades. The prosperity of the region is self-perpetuating, and future prospects for economic vitality are promising.
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The Denny's restaurant chain, a division of Flagstar Companies, Inc., recently settled the largest racial discrimination suit involving public accommodations in U.S. history. Denny's will pay $46 million to African-American customers nationwide.
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Gaston Health Care, Inc., a holding company with seven subsidiaries including Gaston Memorial Hospital, has managed to combine high-tech health care with personal attention to its patients.
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Gaston County is on the verge of the biggest public building boom in county history, a $40 million project that will include a government campus, a new courthouse, and a detention center.
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Gaston County has transformed itself from a textile manufacturing offshoot of Charlotte to a diversified hub of high-technology manufacturing, service, and retailing.
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The peaks of Crowders Mountain and Kings Pinnacle in Gaston County have been designated a North Carolina Natural Heritage Area. The peaks offer rock climbers and other outdoor enthusiasts the challenge of sheer cliffs and rugged trails.
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1809
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Gaston College's Regional Emergency Services Training Center is the site of the nation's largest Live Burn Building, where training of textile mill firefighters and nuclear power plant fire and rescue brigades takes place.
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The state legislature has passed a law adjusting the required split between liquor and food revenues for restaurants with liquor licenses from 50-50 to 60-40, meaning that now for every dollar taken in, as much as sixty cents can come from alcohol sales.
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N.C. State University's College of Textiles, the Textile Clothing Technology Corp. in Cary, and Cotton Inc. in Raleigh are contributing to major research efforts designed to strengthen the textile industry's long-term competitive position.
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