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2924
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Many retirees do not consider retirement as a life of leisure. Instead, a number are launching second careers that include consulting or new business start-ups. Demographers see this as a permanent trend.
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2955
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Sanford's Static Control Components, with estimated 1996 sales of $115 million, produces products for the electronic industry that include aluminized bags, static protection bags, grounded floors, and anti-static lab coats.
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2956
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Asheville's Biltmore House, the country's largest private residence, attracts almost a million visitors yearly to view the 250-room French Renaissance chateau and surrounding grounds.
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2957
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The Federal Telecommunications Act of 1996 has eliminated local telephone company monopolies and opened the way for competition. By the end of 1996, at least fifteen companies will be competing statewide for local service.
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2966
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John Harris chose a graduate school close to Jockey's Ridge on the Outer Banks. He never got his degree. Instead, he and a partner founded Kitty Hawk Kites, the world's largest hang gliding school and kite retailer in the East.
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2967
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Tourism is the state's second largest industry, and for years certain sections favored by history and geography got most tourist dollars. Today, creative marketing strategies and internet pages enable even the most rural counties to draw tourists.
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2968
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There was a time when selecting local telephone service was easy. Only a few companies were available. Now a ruling by the N.C. Utilities Commission allows competition, and nine new companies are ready to compete for customers.
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3007
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When John Cram came to Asheville in 1972 to open a craft shop, he was told he wouldn't succeed. Today, he owns craft and art galleries, including New Morning Gallery and Blue Spiral I, that gross over $2.5 million a year.
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3008
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Sea-Land Services, Inc., the inventor of container shipping, is the country's largest ocean cargo carrier. The company's relocation to Charlotte in 1995 has meant employment for 1,500 and a payroll of $34 million.
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3009
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The state, which was first in the nation in 1992 in attracting new businesses, was replaced by Ohio from 1993 to 1995, and faces increased recruiting competition as other states become more aggressive in using business incentives.
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3010
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Factors that include good location, quality of schools, and recruiting have combined to make the state first in the nation from 1989 to 1995 in the numbers of new and expanded pharmaceutical facilities and first in Southern biotechnology firm locations.
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3011
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Companies and economic developers in the Piedmont Triad Metropolitan Area are diversifying their economy through international trade. In so doing, the area has become the state's most important export center and ranks 37th nationwide.
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3012
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Calling on small-town doctors as a sales representative was the start of Robert Ingram's career in the pharmaceutical industry. Today he is president and CEO of Glaxo Wellcome's U.S. operations.
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3036
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While tourism is a major part of its economy, Watauga County looks to manufacturers, including International Resistive Company (IRC), small businesses, and seasonal home buyers to broaden its base. broaden its base.
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3049
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The 1995 General Assembly passed legislation authorizing charter schools, or schools operated by a private, non-profit organization. The hard question that remains to be answered is how these schools are supposed to operate.
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