LABCORP® LAUNCHES INTEGRATED AND SEQUENTIAL
PRENATAL SCREENING TECHNOLOGY FOR DOWN
SYNDROME
More
Sensitive Technology Improves Assessment of
Down Syndrome Risk |
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Burlington, NC, October 25, 2007 - Laboratory Corporation of
America® Holdings
(LabCorp®)
(NYSE: LH), an industry leader in prenatal
clinical laboratory testing, announced that
it now offers Integrated screening and
Sequential screening tests under license
from Intema Limited. When Integrated
screening and Sequential screening test
results include a fetal ultrasound nuchal
translucency
measurement,
the highest Down syndrome detection rates
are achieved and fewer false positives are
experienced than with current first- or
second-trimester screening.
In January
2007, the American College of Obstetricians
and Gynecologists issued a Practice Bulletin
recommending that regardless of age, all
pregnant women be offered screening for Down
syndrome, and ideally, be offered screening
that
combines
first- and second-trimester screening.
Subsequently, LabCorp announced an agreement
with Intema, Ltd. to license its technology
for combining first and second trimester
Down syndrome screening test results.
"LabCorp is
pleased to be the first full-service,
national clinical laboratory to license and
make commercially available Integrated and
Sequential Down syndrome screening
technology,” said LabCorp's Executive Vice
President, Chief Scientific Officer and
Medical Director, Myla P. Lai-Goldman, M.D.
"Adding these tools to our comprehensive
menu of prenatal testing services will allow
physicians
to offer patients a broader range of
screening tests with higher detection rates
and low false positive rates. This can help
reduce the number of invasive tests needed
and potentially reduce the number of
procedure-related pregnancy losses."
About
LabCorp®
Laboratory
Corporation of America® Holdings, a S&P 500
company, is a pioneer in commercializing new
diagnostic technologies and the first in its
industry to embrace genomic testing. With
annual revenues of $3.6 billion in 2006,
over 25,000 employees nationwide, and more
than 220,000 clients, LabCorp offers
clinical assays ranging from routine blood
analyses to HIV and genomic testing.
LabCorp
combines its expertise in innovative
clinical testing technology with its Centers
of Excellence: The Center for Molecular
Biology and Pathology, National Genetics
Institute, Inc., ViroMed Laboratories, Inc.,
The Center for Esoteric Testing, DIANON
Systems, Inc., US LABS, and Esoterix and its
Colorado Coagulation, Endocrine Sciences,
and Cytometry Associates laboratories.
LabCorp
clients
include physicians, government agencies,
managed care organizations, hospitals,
clinical labs, and pharmaceutical companies.
To learn more about our organization, visit
our Web site at: www.labcorp.com.
Each of the
above forward-looking statements is subject
to change based on various important
factors, including without limitation,
competitive actions in the marketplace and
adverse actions of governmental and other
third-party payors. Actual results could
differ materially from those suggested by
these forward-looking statements. Further
information on potential factors that could
affect
LabCorp’s financial results is included in
the Company’s Form 10-K for the year ended
December 31, 2006, and subsequent SEC
filings.
Bert Woodard, Next Level Communications (
www.nextlevelcom.net ), For Piedmont Triad
Partnership ( www.piedmonttriadnc.com ),
336-978-0021, bert@nextlevelcom.net FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Investor/Media Contact: Eric Lindblom -
336-436-6739
Shareholder
Direct: 800-LAB-0401
Company
Information: www.labcorp.com |
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INNOVATION, COMMUNITY FOCUS LINK LATEST
INDUCTEES
INTO THE NORTH CAROLINA BANKING HALL OF FAME |
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Oct. 23, 2007 - Pinehurst, NC - In
ceremonies held in the tradition-laden
Cardinal Ball Room at the Pinehurst Hotel in
Pinehurst, North Carolina, five titans of
the banking industry in North Carolina were
formally inducted into the North Carolina
Banking Hall of Fame. Though each of the
inductees had very different careers, two
common threads emerged in the presentations
leading up to each induction: all were
innovators and all were deeply rooted in
their own communities.
The first to be honored was Mr.
E. D. Gaskins, Sr., presented by his son, Ed
Gaskins. Gaskins was remembered for taking
the reins of a small bank in Monroe and
developing it into the statewide United
Carolina Bank. Monroe is the center of
Union County. Despite its proximity to
Charlotte, one of the nation’s leading
banking centers, Union County is an oasis of
progress and development surrounded by
counties displaying far less of either
quality. Much of this difference can be
attributed to the commitment Gaskins showed
to the developing businesses in his home
county and his appreciation of the
difference a bank can make in the capacity
of its customers to improve their economic
status.
Tom Storrs, former chairman and
CEO of NCNB, predecessor to Bank of America,
was presented for induction into the Hall of
Fame by his successor at the bank, Hugh
McColl. Among the dignitaries in the
audience was current Bank of America chief,
Ken Lewis. McColl touted Storrs’ unwavering
dedication to hiring and training as much
young talent as the bank could recruit.
Storrs believed that the bank must grow
rapidly and extensively to survive in the
future and that such expansion would require
depth of talent to manage the growth
successfully. McColl also credited his
mentor with establishing a culture of fact
based reasoning that is still the central
facet of the decision-making process of the
banking giant. Both McColl and Lewis are
products of the recruitment of young talent
that Storrs espoused in the early 1960’s.
John Medlin, retired Chairman
and CEO of Wachovia Bank, presented the late
Harlan Boyles, long-time State Treasurer of
North Carolina, into the Hall of Fame.
Boyles, lovingly remembered as “The Keeper
of the Public Purse,” in reference to the
book of that name that he authored after his
retirement, spent his entire career in
public service. After a short stint at the
North Carolina Department of Revenue, he
followed his mentor, Edwin Gill, to the
Department of State Treasurer. After 16
years as Chief Deputy for Gill Boyles,
enjoyed an unmatched tenure of 24-years as
Treasurer. He is credited with helping
establish the state’s triple A bond-rating
which has been instrumental in enabling
borrowing by the state and its
municipalities at favorable rates. Despite
his many accomplishments, Boyles remained a
humble man, answering his own phone whenever
it rang.
Rick Willetts, Chairman and CEO
of Cooperative Bank, in Wilmington had the
opportunity to put forth his father,
Frederick Willetts, Jr., for induction.
Rick, who is in the queue to become Chairman
of the new American Bankers Association
following its merger with America’s
Community Bankers, remembered his father’s
dedication to his hometown of Wilmington and
his generosity that needed no recognition.
He noted Fred’s willingness to chart a new
course. As an example, he recalled that
under his father’s leadership, Cooperative
Savings was the first thrift to branch in
North Carolina…before any regulations
existed for doing so.
The fifth member of the 2007
class (inductions occur every three years),
is William G. White, Jr., who guided First
Federal of Winston-Salem for decades. For
most of that time, recognizing the need of
the thrift industry to increase capital, he
fought for authorization for federally
chartered savings institutions to convert to
the stock form of ownership. He
successfully accomplished such a conversion
for First Federal and guided its growth
until its eventual acquisition by BB&T.
Throughout his career, he has been a leader
in many community undertakings and was
especially active with the YMCA. Since his
retirement, he has pioneered the
establishment of the Y Program in the former
Soviet Union and in Ukraine. Mr. White was
honored, additionally, by his friends and
former business associates with a $75,000
North Carolina Bankers Association
scholarship which will carry his name.
These inductees bring to 15 the
total membership in the Banking Hall of
Fame. They represent community banks, major
national banks, thrift institutions and
public service. They helped lay the
foundation for the metamorphosis that has
turned North Carolina into one of the
leading financial services centers in the
nation.
P.O. BOX 19999/RALEIGH, NC 27619-1999
(919) 781-7979/FAX (919) 881-9909
TOLL FREE: (800) 662-7044
For More Information Contact:
Sam Atkins,
sam@ncbankers.org
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“Johnny Guitar the Musical” Coming to Shelby
October 26 |
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Oct. 23, 2007 – Shelby, NC - Greater Shelby
Community Theatre and Cleveland Community
College SGA present Johnny Guitar the
Musical. Based on the 1954 film
starring Joan Crawford, Johnny Guitar brings
a rousing original score with the sounds of
the 1950's lounge, western, and rock & roll
music to the cult classic. Set in a small
town in the New Mexico mountains circa 1865,
the musical centers on Vienna, played by
Julie Burton, a sultry saloon keeper who
built a booming business on her back.
Though Vienna is the ultimate "bad girl gone
good," her nemesis, the pent-up Emma, played
by Karen Lattimore sees things differently.
A domineering cattle baroness, Emma controls
the town with an iron fist but loses her
grip when she falls for the dangerously
hot-headed Dancin' Kid. By the time Johnny
Guitar,played by Frank Lattimore, a tall
stranger with a secret past rolls into town,
the stage is set for a showdown. Show times
and dates are October 26&27, November 2&3 at
7:30 pm and October 28 and November 4 at
2:30pm. Performances take place in the
Mildred Keeter Auditorium on the campus of
Cleveland Community College in Shelby, NC.
For more information or group rates email
Sean@gsct.org
or see the website www.gsct.org. |
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Wet Lab LaunchPad Construction Kickoff to be
Held |
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Oct 3. 2007 – Winston-Salem,
N.C.
-- A landmark project for the
Piedmont
Triad
Research
Park (PTRP) will
officially get under way Monday morning,
Oct. 1, with the kickoff of the construction
of the Wet Lab LaunchPad in the new Richard
H. Dean Biomedical
Research
Building.
The Wet Lab LaunchPad provides
affordable laboratory space for start-up
biotechnology firms. The space is on the
first floor of the
Dean
Building
and will include three separate labs and
accompanying office space.
"This is the kind of space that
small, young biotech companies desperately
need to be able to develop their
products," said Randal Pool, chairman of the
Wet Lab LaunchPad Concept Team. "But most of
those companies can't afford to pay for that
kind of space and still be able to compete
in their market.This low-cost lab space can
give them a good starting point."
Bill Dean of the
Piedmont
Triad
Research
Park
said, "This lab space truly reflects both
the mission and direction for the research
park. One of our best hopes for the future
lies with small companies with great ideas,
who just need a boost getting off the
ground. We have every hope that as these
companies grow, they can expand into other
space in the research park."
Work on the Wet Lab LaunchPad
concept began in 2005. At the request of
Gwyn Riddick, regional director of the
Piedmont Triad office of the N.C.
Biotechnology
Center, Pool, who is
managing principal of Stantec Consulting,
headed up the Wet Lab Concept Team and began
to recruit builders and suppliers to help
upfit the proposed space. Kirkland, Inc., of
High Point,
represented by vice president Doug Dreyer,
agreed to provide general contracting
management, in consultation with Tom Ingram
of Wake Forest University Health Sciences,
project manager at the research park.
Dean, Pool and Ingram continued
to raise funds for the project, with a major
contribution coming from Wake Forest
University Health Sciences.
"This is a very important
project for the future of our
technology-based economy in the Triad,"
Riddick said. "But more than that, this Wet
Lab LaunchPad is extremely significant
because of the great collaborative effort
that it represents."
In a community-wide effort, the
City of
Winston-Salem
also played an important role in providing
leadership and necessary funding to complete
the project. About two dozen other companies
have also contributed funding or services to
the project.
Members of this Delivery Team
include: the contributions of all of these
companies will make it possible to lease
this space at a rate that these small
science companies can afford," said Dean.
"This group includes businesses from across
the Triad. They know how important this
project, and the whole PTRP concept is to
the viability of our economic future."
The Wet Lab LaunchPad is
expected to be completed around the first of
December. The kickoff will be held at 10
a.m. Monday, Oct. 1, at the
Dean
Building, formerly
Biomedical Research Facility A1, at
391Technology Way.
About
Piedmont
Triad
Research
Park
(www.ptrp.com)
Piedmont Triad Research Park (PTRP) is a place where
innovation lives. PTRP is a highly
interactive, master-planned urban-based park
located in downtown Winston-Salem,
N.C., that provides office and
laboratory facilities to biomedical and
information technology tenants. Currently
the PTRP community encompasses six
buildings, providing over 554,000 square
feet of wet lab, office, meeting and
residential space, and is home to 15 life
science, 11 information technology and eight
business services tenants. Collectively
these 35 tenants employ 890 university and
corporate personnel. PTRP expansion, led by
Wake Forest University Health Sciences, is
under way to create a total 5.7
million gross square feet of mixed-use
research park space, reclaiming 230 acres of
the city's downtown area over the next 20-30
years.
About
Wake
Forest
University
Health Sciences WFUHS operates the
university™
School
of Medicine
and its other related enterprises including
the
Piedmont
Triad
Research
Park. The
Medical
School
is ranked fourth in the Southeast in
revenues from its licensed intellectual
property. Wake
Forest
University
Baptist
Medical
Center,
Medical Center Boulevard,
Winston.Salem, NC
27157
United States.
Media contacts:
Mark Wright, (336) 716-3382,
mwright@wfubmc.edu, or
Nancy
Johnston, (336)
716-8508,
nvjohnst@wfubmc.edu
From: Bert Woodard, Next Level
Communications (www.nextlevelcom.net),
For Piedmont Triad Partnership (www.piedmonttriadnc.com),
336-978-0021,
bert@nextlevelcom.net |
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North Carolina Bankers Association Business
Barometer
“The Economy Will Dodge a Recession” |
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The key for economic growth
continues to be employment
growth which is the biggest
driver for consumer spending.
Job growth for the year averaged
148,000 a month till the 4,000
decline for the month of
August. Jobless claims in
September have been falling
suggesting job growth. The
unemployment rate is 4.6% which
is well under the average rate
of the past 20 years of 5.5
percent. Employment growth is
slowing but is still strong
enough to support spending.
Consumer spending accounts for
about 67% of the U.S. Economy
and it actually increased in
August by the largest amount
since October of 2006.
Another plus for consumers is
the increase in household net
worth to a new record level of
$57.9 trillion at the end of the
2nd quarter of this year. Most
of the increase was attributable
to increases in the value of
stocks and bonds. Housing
contributed very little to net
worth and will be a drag on the
number for the rest of this year
and into next.
A major plus for the economy so
far in this expansion has been
corporate profits. Corporate
profit growth has declined from
the double digit rates of 2006
but has remained strong. For
the third and fourth quarters of
this year we will see a further
slowing of profit growth down to
the 2-4% level. The Federal
Reserve (FED) will cut rates to
4.25% by the 1st
quarter of 2008. Corporate
profit growth, household income
growth, additional FED action,
and the level of household
wealth will grow real consumer
spending in the range of 3%
which will keep the economy
growing about 2.25% for the rest
of the year.
The manufacturing sector of
the economy is doing better than
most economists projected. The
ISM Purchasing Managers Index
has been above the important
level of 50 for the past 7
months and 46 out of the last 48
months. The credit crunch and
problems in the global markets
do not appear to be slowing
manufacturing activity. Much of
this strength is due to the
value of the dollar being at
record lows against the euro and
other currencies and the
resulting growth in exports.
The housing sector continues to
be a drag on the economy. New
home and existing home sales
continue to fall. Existing
homes sales in August were at
the slowest rate since the
summer of 2002 and home prices
are falling. Inventories of
unsold homes are at 16 year
highs. Housing will hit bottom
by the end of the year.
North Carolina has experienced
rapid population growth in this
decade. Between 2000 and the
summer of 2005, our increase was
7.88 percent while only 5.33%
for the nation. Even with the
huge increase in population our
unemployment rate has dropped
over the last two years to the
present rate of 4.8 percent.
Total employment has increased
about 175,000 since January
2006.
North Carolina’s economy will continue to grow at about 2.25% for the
remainder of the year or at
about the same rate as the
national economy. We are adding
jobs and our unemployment rate
should remain near its present
level.
For More Information Contact:
Dr. Harry Davis
NCBA Economist and Professor of
Banking
Appalachian State University
(828) 262-6245
davishm@appstate.edu
North Carolina Bankers
Association
P.O. BOX 19999/RALEIGH, NC
27619-1999
(919) 781-7979/FAX (919)
881-9909
TOLL FREE: (800) 662-7044 |
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North Carolina Bankers
Association Management Team
Conference in Pinehurst, Oct. 14
– 16 |
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Oct. 2, 2007 - RALEIGH, NC
–
The North Carolina Bankers
Association
will hold its 2007 Management
Team Conference in Pinehurst,
October 14-16.
Speakers at this year’s
Conference will include:
·
JOSEPH B. CHESHIRE V,
Partner, Cheshire Parker Schneider Bryan & Vitale,
Raleigh, who was one of the
defense attorneys in the Duke
lacrosse case. His speech is
entitled, “Lessons Learned in
the Duke Lacrosse Fiasco.”
·
COLONEL LAWRENCE B. WILKERSON,
Harriman Visiting Professor of
Government and Public Policy,
Former Chief of Staff to former
Secretary of State Colin Powell,
the College of William and Mary,
who will discuss “Six High
Priority Actions for the New
President.”
·
GEORGE SCHLOEGEL,
CEO, Hancock Bank, Gulfport,
Mississippi, will discuss “What
is Your Role in a Major
Disaster.”
On Sunday, October 14, there
will be a Hall of Fame Banquet
where the third class of five
recipients will be inducted into
the N.C. Banking Hall of Fame.
They are:
·
Harlan E. Boyles (deceased),
North Carolina State Treasurer
Tribute by John G. Medlin, Jr.
·
E.D. Gaskins, Sr., American Bank
& Trust, Monroe
Tribute by E. D. Gaskins, Jr.
·
Thomas I. Storrs, NCNB
Corporation, Charlotte
Tribute by Hugh L. McColl, Jr.
·
William G. White, Jr., First
Federal Savings & Loan,
Winston-Salem,
Tribute by F. Ed Broadwell, Jr.
Frederick Willetts, Jr.,
(deceased) Cooperative Savings &
Loan, Wilmington
Tribute by Frederick Willetts
III
The press is invited to cover
the conference. A staff room
will be available for
interviews. There may be some
time allotted for questions and
answers following the speeches.
A media packet is available with
an agenda and directions. Please
advise if there are any specific
needs.
The North Carolina Bankers
Association brings together all
categories of banking
institutions to best represent
the interests of this rapidly
changing industry. With 151
members, it has served all North
Carolina bankers since 1897, and
can be found on the World Wide
Web at
http://www.ncba.com.
Sam Atkins
Community Affairs Coordinator
NC Bankers Association
P.O. BOX 19999/RALEIGH, NC
27619-1999
(919) 781-7979/FAX (919)
881-9909
TOLL FREE: (800) 662-7044 |
Foothills Fresh Offers Family
Friendly Farm Tours
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Sept. 17, 2007 - Lincolnton, NC – As cooler fall weather approaches, one of the
best ways to celebrate the
season is a leisurely tour of an
area farm, sampling local
sausage or roasted fall
vegetables along the way. By
using the Foothills Fresh
directory or website, the public
can locate fresh produce or an
agriculture tourism experience
close to home that the entire
family will enjoy. North
Carolina Cooperative Extension
in Lincoln, Catawba, Cleveland,
and Gaston counties is
instrumental in this local food
initiative, helping small
farmers in the four-county area
market their fresh produce, farm
products and agricultural
tourism.
To celebrate the region’s fall flavors, Foothills Fresh will
offer farm tours and special
events Saturday, October 6,
2007, at the following farms in
the area: Owl’s Eye Vineyard in
Cleveland County; Apple Orchard
Farm, Lineberger’s Maple Springs
Farm, and Lewis Farm in Gaston
County; Lincoln County Farmers
Market at Denver and Grateful
Growers Farm in Lincoln County;
and Bird Brain Ostrich Ranch in
Catawba County.
Events will be hosted on the farms and at the farmers market
and include food sampling,
cooking demonstrations, and farm
tours. Food safety and recipe
information will be provided by
North Carolina Cooperative
Extension. For information on
events specific to each farm,
check
www.foothillsfresh.com, call
the farm directly, or contact NC
Cooperative Extension Service at
704-736-8461.
For a directory of the forty-eight farms, markets, and
agricultural tourism sites, and
a list of featured autumn
produce, other products and
location and direction
information, visit
www.foothillsfresh.com, call
a North Carolina Cooperative
Extension Center in Lincoln,
Catawba, Cleveland and Gaston
counties or pick up a Foothills
Fresh directory at a farmers’
market, farm, library or chamber
of commerce office in any of
these four counties.
Cleveland County Farm
Bureau is sponsoring the
publication of the brochures
this year.
Like most “buy local”
campaigns, Foothills Fresh touts
the economic benefits to local
communities by buying from
neighbors. In addition to the
economic pluses, Foothills Fresh
helps the community preserve
small family farms and the rural
landscape. Foothills Fresh also
encourages the public to
increase their daily intake of
fruits and vegetables and to
sample the variety grown
locally. Buying local produce
assures a customer that the
items are the freshest, most
nutritious food.
For more information, contact Leigh Guth, North Carolina
Cooperative Extension family and
consumer sciences agent, at
(704) 736-8461.
CONTACT: Leigh Guth, NC Cooperative Extension family and
consumer sciences agent, Lincoln
County, 704-736-8461 or
leigh_guth@ncsu.edu
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Gold Nugget Adventure Race Comes
to Stanly County |
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Sept. 6, 2007 - Albemarle,
NC
- Bushwhack Adventures, Inc is
pleased to announce that the
second annual Gold Nugget
Adventure Race will start and
finish in
Stanly
County.
This event will be held October
6th, 2007. Event headquarters
will be located in
Morrow
Mountain
State Park, but
participants will be racing in
both the state park and the
nearby
Uwharrie
National Forest.
Teams of racers are coming from
as far away as
Virginia,
Georgia,
and
Ohio.
The Gold Nugget Adventure
Race is for teams of two or four
racers. Teams will run, paddle,
mountain bike, and use a map and
compass to navigate their way
through the course in search of
checkpoints. Each checkpoint
found is worth a certain number
of points. The team who earns
the most points and returns
before the time cutoff wins.
Teams use their own strategy for
choosing which checkpoints to
search for and how to get there.
Along the way teams will be
presented with special
challenges in which they can
earn more points. These might
include a climbing tower, ropes
course obstacles, a horseshoe
toss, blindfolded jigsaw puzzle
challenges, or word games.
There are three course
lengths for racers to choose
from: the Treble Hook 4 hour
course, the Crazy Eight 8 hour
course, and the Dirty Dozen 12
hour course. There will be a
post-race meal, awards ceremony,
and prize drawing for racers
after the final race ends. More
details can be found on the race
website:
GNAR07.wordpress.com
Bushwhack Adventures and
Race Director Don Childrey, has
produced two other adventure
races in the Uwharrie Lakes
Region: the 2006 Gold Nugget
Adventure Race, and the
Impossible Panther Adventure
Race, held this past May. These
events have drawn an average of
120 racers to enjoy the outdoor
recreation resources of this
area.
Bushwhack Adventures Contact:
Don Childrey
Website:
GNAR07.wordpress.com
Stanly County CVB
1000 N. 1st St.
Suite 11
Albemarle,
NC
28001
www.stanlycvb.com
Chris Lambert
Executive Director, Stanly
County
CVB
(704)-986-2583 office
(704)-425-1357 cell
(704)-986-3685 fax
chris@stanlycvb.com
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Annual Update of Key Facts About
Women-Owned Businesses |
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Aug 28, 2007
- Washington, DC
– The
most widely distributed source
of facts on women-owned
businesses was released today by
the Center for Women’s Business
Research. The pocket-sized
fold-out contains the top line
findings from current research
by the Center and is expanded
this year to also include facts
from related research.
Key Facts about Women-Owned
Businesses – 2007 Update,
is underwritten by the
MassMutual Financial Group.
“The Center for Women’s Business Research launched the ’fact
card’ 14 years ago,” said
Margaret M. Smith, chair, Center
for Women’s Business Research.
“Since then it has expanded from
four panels to 10 panels of the
most up-to-date knowledge about
women-owned businesses. Today,
it is one of our signature
products and is always in high
demand. Everyone from
researchers, government
officials, business
representatives and reporters
know that if they have this
card, they have a good overview
of the status and significance
of this nation’s 10.4 million
women-owned businesses at their
finger tips.”
In addition to the number of women-owned firms, the fact card
contains the following facts,
among others:
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Women-owned firms employ
nearly 13 million people and
generate $1.9 trillion in
sales.
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Between 1997 and 2006,
majority women-owned firms
(51 percent or more
women-owned) grew at twice
the rate of all firms (42
percent vs. 24 percent).
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The vast majority (83
percent) of women business
owners are personally
involved in selecting and
purchasing technology for
their businesses.
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Women owners of firms with
revenues of $1 million or
higher embrace financial
measurements as management
tools and produce more
financial reports more often
than smaller firms.
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There are 2.4 million firms
owned 50 percent or more by
women of color in the U.S.,
employing 1.6 million people
and generating nearly $230
billion in sales.
-
More than two-thirds (67
percent) of women business
owners choose financial
products and services based
on their relationship and
experience with a lender.
“The fact card speaks to the increasingly important and
influential roles that women
play as business owners,
employers, and consumers,” said
Susan W. Sweetser, Vice
President, Focus Markets,
MassMutual. “We’re committed to
their continued success, which
is why MassMutual has assumed a
leadership role in serving women
business owners for both their
business and personal financial
needs.”
“MassMutual has been a long-time partner with the work of the
Center for Women’s Business
Research,” said Sharon Hadary,
executive director. “In fact it
sponsored the first fact card,
and has continued support for
creating more opportunity for
women-owned firms through
underwriting research. We are
pleased to have MassMutual
sponsoring the fact card again
this year.
To obtain copies of the
fact card, email
info@womensbusinessresearch.org
or call Christopher Clark at
202.638.3060 x 718. Cost is
$70.00 per packet of 100.
Discounts are available for the
Center’s corporate partners,
supporters, and members of women
business owner associations.
For further information, contact
the Center for Women’s Business
Research, 1411 K Street, N.W.,
Suite 1350, Washington, DC,
20005-3407.
About the Center for Women’s
Business Research
The Center for Women’s Business
Research provides data-driven
knowledge that advances the
economic, social, and political
impact of women business owners.
We do this by setting the
national agenda; creating
insight on the status and
achievements of women business
owners; altering perceptions
about the economic viability and
progress of women-owned
enterprises, and driving
awareness of the economic and
social impact of this vital
business sector. For more
information, visit
www.womensbusinessresearch.org.
About MassMutual
MassMutual Financial
Group is the fleet name for
Massachusetts Mutual Life
Insurance Company (MassMutual)
and its affiliates, with more
than $450 billion in assets
under management at year-end
2006. Assets under management
include assets and certain
external investment funds
managed by MassMutual's
subsidiaries.
Founded in 1851, MassMutual
is a mutually owned financial
protection, accumulation and
income management company
headquartered in Springfield,
Mass. MassMutual's major
affiliates include:
OppenheimerFunds, Inc.; Babson
Capital Management LLC; Baring
Asset Management Limited;
Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers
LLC; MML Investors Services,
Inc., MassMutual International
LLC and The MassMutual Trust
Company, FSB. MassMutual is on
the Internet at
www.massmutual.com.
Contact: Juanita M. Weaver
Director of Media & Strategic
Alliances
Center for Women’s Business
Research
202-638-3060 x 719
jweaver@womensbusinessresearch.org
Kathleen Gilroy (for MassMutual)
Madison Communications
617-723-4891
kgilroy@madisoncommunications.com |
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Incentives Approved for Possible
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July 24, Cleveland County, NC
–At the Cleveland County Commissioners’
meeting on July 24, incentives were
approved for the possible development of
a Southern Power electric generating
plant. The building of the plant
will be determined by sales of wholesale
electricity contracts and developed in
several phases.
The plant site has the potential to
accommodate multiple natural gas units
with a combined capacity of 1800
megawatts. The type of wholesale
contracts obtained will also govern the
order and type of units constructed.
Southern Power owns approximately 200
acres in the southern part of Cleveland
County, near the South Carolina state
line, where the potential plant would be
developed. Long term investment for the
county could range anywhere between $120
- $900 million.
Contact: Adrian Camp, Cleveland County
Chamber of Commerce – 704-487-8521
About Southern Power
- a subsidiary of Southern Company
acquires, builds, manages and owns
generation assets that have been
constructed for the wholesale market.
Southern Power is the largest wholesale
energy provider in the Southeast,
meeting the electricity needs of
municipalities, electric cooperatives
and investor-owned utilities in one of
the fastest growing regions of the
country. Southern Power currently owns
and operates more than 6,700 megawatts
of generation assets in Alabama,
Georgia, Florida, and North Carolina.
For more information regarding Southern
Power, contact Mike Tyndall at
1-800-506-5333 or visit their website at
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Falling
Rivers Gallery to Open in
Albermarle, August 1 |
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July 30, Albermarle, NC - Falling
Rivers Gallery will open her doors
to the public Wednesday, August 1, 2007
at 10:00 a.m. Located in the old Belk /
Jim Davis Drug Store building at 119
West Main Street in downtown Albemarle,
NC, the gallery is a long-awaited dream
of the Stanly County Arts Guild.
Featured in the gallery
will be quality art works and fine
crafts created by members of the Stanly
County Arts Guild. Among the works
featured will be oil, watercolor and
acrylic paintings, pottery, needlework,
stained glass, wearable art, jewelry,
furniture, Indian reproductions, gourd
art, equine art, and mixed media
creations.
The opening of the
Gallery has been made possible by
countless hours of volunteer work by
Guild members and their families,
donations from local businesses, and the
owners of the building, Albemarle
Improvement, LLC.
Falling Rivers Gallery
will be opened five days a week, Tuesday
through Friday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:30.p.m.
and on Saturday from 10:00 a.m. until
2:00 p.m.
Artists
interested in displaying their work
should call the gallery during regular
business hours. For more information
regarding Falling Rivers Gallery please
contact the gallery or Stanly County
Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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Contact Falling Rivers Gallery
: 704.983.4ART (4278)
Contact Stanly County CVB
Chris Lambert
Executive Director, Stanly
County CVB
(704)-986-2583 office,
(704)-425-1357 cell
(704)-986-3685 fax
chris@stanlycvb.com
1000 N. 1st St.
, Suite 11, Albemarle, NC 28001
www.stanlycvb.com
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Greater Shelby Community Theatre |
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July 30, Shelby, NC -
Greater Shelby Community Theatre, along
with Cherryville Little Theatre will
present The Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged) at
Cherryville Municipal Auditorium August
2, 3 and 4th at 7:30 pm and
August 5th at 2:30 pm.
Tickets will be available at the door.
This play, like all of Shakespeare’s
works, is intended for mature audiences
and parental guidance is suggested.
Cherryville theatre is located at the
corner of Elm and Academy Streets in
Cherryville. For a map to Cherryville
Municipal Auditorium or more information
see
www.gsct.org. or call 828.289.5522.
If you missed it the
first time or loved it so much you want
to see it again, here is your chance.
Hold on to your funny bones! The Bard
is back like never before! The
Complete Works of William
Shakespeare (Abridged) is far from a
stuffed-shirt variety of classical
drama. Instead, it is a tongue-in-cheek
version of all of Shakespeare’s
masterpieces condensed into ninety
minutes of frantic fun. Laughter
abounds when three actors,
complete with costume changes, perform
all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays!
(Well, at least parts of them.)
This playful parody is directed by Dale
Koontz. GSCT veteran actors Joseph Hurdt, Chris
Huffstetler, and Chad Spurling create
the madcap hilarity.
About Greater Shelby
Community Theatre
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In 1975, community
theatre was revived when Charles W. Cox,
a retired Gardner-Webb College
professor, organized the group known as
the Greater Shelby Community Theatre.
GSCT receives funding from NC Grassroots
grant and the Cleveland County Arts
Council, but its primary funding is
reliant on season ticket memberships |
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2007 Summit for the Nonprofit
Sector |
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The North Carolina Center for Nonprofits, the Nonprofit Risk
Management Center, and NCGives will host
the 2007 Summit for the Nonprofit Sector
on October 24-26 in Winston-Salem, North
Carolina.
The three co-hosts have joined forces to
provide an affordable, content-filled
program offering three days of plenary
sessions, workshops, concurrent
sessions, one-on-one consultations with
nonprofit practitioners and consultants
and roundtable discussions with
prospective foundation, business and
government funders.
Leaders of hundreds of nonprofit
organizations from across the country
will gather at the Twin City Quarter
complex to network and discuss hot
topics and trends in all aspects of
nonprofit governance, management, and
leadership. Topics include risk
management, collaboration, financial
issues, fundraising, boards,
organizational planning and evaluation,
and human resources.
This premier nonprofit event is expected to draw 800 - 1,000
nonprofit professionals from across the
country!
About the Summit -www.ncnonprofits.org/conference.asp
About The North Carolina Center for
Nonprofits -
www.ncnonprofits.org
About the Nonprofit Risk Management
Center-
www.nonprofitrisk.org
About NCGives-
www.ncgives.org |
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