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12616
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Quirk provides an economic update on Charlotte, the county seat of Mecklenburg County the largest city in the Carolinas with a population of 350,000. During 1987, over six hundred firms either began business or expanded in the city, creating approximately 9,000 jobs and amounting to an investment approaching $1 billion.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 46 Issue 1, Jan 1988,
p14, 16-18, 20, 22, 24, 66-67, il, por
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12617
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Quirk describes University City in northeast Mecklenburg County, an area made up of four major components. The first two, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte and University Research Park, are already in place. The two newer ones, University Place, a 250-acre, mixed-use planned development and the 130-bed University Hospital, complement and expand upon the first two.
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12618
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This article presents a profile of K. Ray Allen and his career. Allen is CEO of Computer Intelligence, Inc., a Raleigh-based software services company, and president of FAS, Inc., a software engineering firm, also located in Raleigh.
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12619
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There are 418 foreign based companies that have facilities in North Carolina. Of those, 197 are U.S. headquarters operations and reported over $8 billion in sales in 1986. These companies also employ 35,000 North Carolinians.
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12714
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This month's We the People of North Carolina magazine's city profile features Wilson.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 46 Issue 2, Feb 1988,
p12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30-31, il
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12715
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Founded in Wilson in 1872, Branch Banking and Trust Company (BB&T) is now North Carolina's fourth largest bank.
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12716
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North Carolina has approximately five hundred wood-processing industries across the state. These include sawmills, plywood or veneer plants, and pulp mills. The Piedmont has the most with 198 industries. The products produced are used by other state industries; for example, North Carolina leads the nation in the production of wooden household furniture.
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12723
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North Carolina State University's pulp and paper science and technology program is one of only seven in the nation. Although 66 percent of the country's pulp and paper capacity is in the South, NC State's program is the only one in the region. Since the mid-1950s, the program had educated nearly 900 students to work in that field.
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12737
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Bill F. Hensley is a public relations consultant. He is considered the \"dean of public relations\" in North Carolina especially in the travel industry. We the People of North Carolina magazine features him in its Businessman in the News section.
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12758
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Wachovia Bank & Trust Company president John F. McNair, III, is the new Chairman of the Board of North Carolina Citizens for Business and Industry for 1988-1989.
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We the People of North Carolina
(NoCar F 251 W4), Vol. 46 Issue 4, Apr 1988,
p16, 18, 20, 82-83, por
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12759
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented former Governor Robert W. Scott with its Citation for Distinguished Public Service at its annual meeting. Scott is currently president of the North Carolina System of Community Colleges.
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12760
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The North Carolina Citizens Association presented its Citation for Distinguished Citizenship to John Belk at its annual meeting. Belk was mayor of Charlotte from 1969 to 1977 and serves as CEO of Belk Stores Services, Inc. and as president of Belk Brothers Company in Charlotte.
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12761
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Charlotte native Robert Sidney Smith is president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Hosiery Manufacturers. He gives a profile of North Carolina's $3.4 billion hosiery industry.
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12851
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This article provides a listing of Franco-American enterprises operating in North Carolina.
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12852
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Paul DellaCourt is vice chairman of Raleigh-based North Hills, Inc. The company is one of the Southeast's largest real estate development firms, with more than five million square feet of income property, 2,700 apartment units, and more than 4,000 acres of residential and commercial environments.
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