Calendar of regional business and civic events schedule
A condensed calendar lists events from Sunday to December including the Carolina Active Retirement Association gathering at Embassy Suites Myrtle Beach and a private reception for Rep Sue Myrick in Belmont. It also covers luncheons by the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce and a Brunswick area speaker Phyllis Eisen, plus meetings, seminars, and planning ahead notices with multiple contact numbers for Eliza McColl, Melanie Bumgardner, Doug Rogers, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carolina Active Retirement Association
Embassy Suites
Kingston Plantation
Myrtle Beach
S.C
N.C
Phyllis Eisen
Center For Workforce Success
Eliza McColl
Gaston Chamber of Commerce
Comfort Suites
Gastonia
Melanie Bumgardner
Cleveland Community College
CCC
Shelby
Edward Jones
Doug Rogers
IRS seeks Amex and MasterCard records in offshore probe
U S District Judge Adalberto Jordan granted the IRS access to thousands of credit and debit card accounts held by U S taxpayers in the Bahamas Cayman Islands and Antigua and Barbuda for 1998 and 1999 The aim is to verify whether holders understated income by examining purchases such as cars boats airline tickets and hotel rentals The IRS calls this one of its largest offshore account probes MasterCard and American Express said they cooperate but provide records only by account number while banks hold personal data
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
IRS
MasterCard
American Express
U.S
Adalberto Jordan
Bahamas
Cayman Islands
Antigua and Barbuda
Internal Revenue Service
MasterCard International
Sharon Gamsin
Judy Tenzer
American Express Travel Related Services Co
Supreme Court rejects anti tobacco settlement challenge
The Supreme Court refused to hear an antitrust challenge to the 246 billion national tobacco settlement. Smokers argued the deal raised cigarette prices to cover Medicaid costs. Plaintiffs Leo Hise and Jack Isch filed suit after the 1998 pact, but lower courts ruled for the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Leo Hise
Jack
Isch
Oklahoma
Tobacco
10Th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Denver
Hispanic employment in North Carolina rises 161 percent by 1997
Hispanics in North Carolina expanded to an estimated 92 487 workers in 1997, a 161 percent rise over four years. The study notes gaps in data for construction and farming, cites ethnic succession in 10 growing industries, and highlights wage gaps and shifts in job types among whites blacks and Latinos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Nela Martnez
Jim Hunt
U.S
Ron Woodard
Nc, Listen
North
Woodard
North Carolina
Tobacco Auctions Face Sharp Cuts in The Burley Belt
Industry figures warn of a looming contraction as 151 remaining auction houses could halve or more by spring due to steep federal crop cuts and big tobacco bypassing auctions by contracting leaf directly with growers. The shift erodes a pageantry rooted in 1619 and celebrated by veteran auctioneer Page Roberts who recalls the era’s public appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Indiana
Kentucky
Missouri
Ohio
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Denny Wilson
Lexington
Richmond
Page Roberts
Clarksville
South
Roberts
R.J. Reynolds
SCANA earnings dip as PSNC merger weighs on profits
SCANA and its PSNC Energy unit faced a third quarter loss of seven cents per share, blamed on lower margins and higher merger costs. Analysts expect 2000 profits near $2.00, with 2001 around $2.15 to $2.25, while observers see potential gains from Powertel and ongoing consolidation in utilities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Psnc Energy
Marsh
SCANA
Gastonia
Michael McMahan
Raymond James Financial Services
Powertel
Southeastern Telecommunications
VoiceStream
McMahan
Cp&l
Dwight Mathis
Edward Jones
Belmont
PSNC
Mathis
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
Georgia
Also Mentioned on This Page
International Association of Business Communicators
J.A. Jones Construction Co
Fairview Road
Charlotte
Oliver Schmidt
Case Management Society of America
Charlotte Hilton
University Place
Wake Forest University
Babcock Graduate ‘School of Management
Morrocroft Center
Morrison Blvd
Mills House
Charleston
Gaston County
Chamber
W. Franklin Blvd
Standard Register
Wyndham Garden Hotel
Yorkmont Road
Frank W. Abagnale
City Club
Rena Potts
Wake Forest University Graduate School of Management
Charlotte Babcock
Cotillion
Hyatt
American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists
Research Triangle Park
Patty Simon
Peter Lowe
Charlotte ‘Coliseum
Zig Ziglar
Robert Bluhm
Steve Beurlein
Tom Hopkins
Debbi Fields
Joe Gibbs
Elizabeth Dole
Jeff ‘Gordon
Dick Vitale
William ‘Bennett
Marriott Executive Park
Relatives Inc
Jane Applegate
America
Gazette
Aoated Press
Donald “Stumpy” Winborne
Center
Wainwright
Wilson
Walter Wilkerson
E. Franklin Blvd
Gastonia, NC
Cindy
Cynthia Block-Taylor
RFC
HB Financial Resources, Ltd
Monroe Road
FFP Securities, Inc
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