2004-01

The North Carolina Center for Applied Textile Technology in Belmont celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. Rep. Debbie Clary, a Republican who represents Gaston and Cleveland counties, is [...]

Frank Jolley is trying to play it cool. He says he doesn’t take Business North Carolina’s annual stock-picking competition seriously. Yet last year’s champ, who’s president of Jolley Asset [...]

The little man and I had this routine. I’d shake my head, frown and mutter, “Can’t walk, can’t talk, ain’t got no teeth.” He’d wag his noggin, mocking me. It looked so natural: For most Kinney [...]

Don’t tell anyone, but Curtis Elliott actually likes the Internal Revenue Service. In fact, he sympathizes with the people who work there. “We’re part of the system, too. We owe a duty to the [...]

Strangers often confuse Alfred Adams for someone else, including golfer Jack Nicklaus and NASCAR driver Sterling Marlin. “I never look like me,” Adams, 57, complains.

Bright and early one morning, as you pull away from the drive-through window and take a big bite out of that steak-and-egg biscuit, think of Ken Sibley. He helped make your breakfast possible.

Penni Pearson Bradshaw was a mother’s dream. At Westchester High School in Philadelphia, she was an A-plus student, a tennis star, a member of student government and a writer for the student [...]

From his homespun phrasings, you might not guess that David L. Ward Jr. advises executives about mergers, antitrust issues, bank regulations and corporate structure. To hear him tell it, he was [...]

During his junior year at Vance High School in Henderson, Jim Roberts was the starting point guard on a basketball team that went 26-0 and won the state championship. While he doesn’t have a [...]