Record #:

2343

Author(s):

McMillan, Alex Frew

Abstract:

The state's seventy-five largest public companies range from banks to transport companies to makers of collecting cards. However, most of the market value is concentrated in the state's financial institutions - banks, thrifts, and brokerages.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 1995, p33-37,40-42, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Commercial statistics; Business enterprises

Record #:

2374

Author(s):

Noland, Terrance

Abstract:

When Steve Leeolou, Rich Preyer, and Haynes Griffin began Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc., in Greensboro in 1984, few cities had cellular telephone networks. Now it is one of the country's largest independent networks, employing over 1,200.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 1995, p44-47,49-53, il Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Vanguard Cellular Systems, Inc.; Cellular radio; Telecommunication systems

Record #:

2375

Author(s):

Gurley, Margot Lester

Abstract:

Jim Heavener has built a media empire in Chapel Hill called The Village Cos. The company, which includes the Tar Heel Sports Network and the Village Advocate shopping guide, is also the largest publisher of campus telephone directories.

Source:

Business North Carolina (NoCar HF 5001 B8x), Vol. 15 Issue 6, June 1995, p54-58, por Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Heavener, James Allen (Jim), 1939-; The Village Cos.; Publishers and publishing--Chapel Hill