Time Warner Cable To Showcase Private School Sports Tournaments, On Demand

Wilmington, NC – Time Warner Cable digital customers can watch even more local high school sports on Demand.   Time Warner Cable is now the Official Corporate Sponsor of the North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association (NCISAA) and the Official Television Sponsor of the NCISAA.   With this new partnership, Time Warner Cable has exclusive broadcast rights to NCISAA Championship Events on Carolina On Demand, channel 1234.

Local Cape Fear Region schools which belong to NCISAA include; Cape Fear Academy – Wilmington, Harrells Christian Academy – Harrells, Waccamaw Academy – Whiteville.

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Carolina Beach Author & Trainer Releases 10th Book

News content: Author, Speaker, and Trainer, John Fuhrman has announced the release of his latest book.  “YES!” is his 10th published book and has gotten rave reviews from industry leaders in finance, real estate, and the auto industry. Since it’s recent release, over 30,000 copies have already been sold, with many being bought by companies for their own people.

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Wilmington, NC – Whole Foods Market will celebrate, one of Italy’s most famous culinary jewels, Parmigiano Reggiano, throughout the month of February with in-store events and an online customer recipe contest.

“Whole Foods Market salutes Parmigiano Reggiano each year because it is truly one of the incomparable cheeses of the world,” says Cathy Strange, global cheese buyer for Whole Foods Market. “We take extraordinary measures to work with a small group of artisan producers in Italy to hand-select the very best Parmigiano Reggiano. Our chosen wheels are carefully aged for two years to bring out the best of Parmigiano Reggiano’s nutty and sweet flavors and creamy and crystalline textures.”

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By Mary Martin, SRS

President, Wilmington Regional Association of REALTORS®

Wilmington, NC –

Mary Martin, SRS, President WRAR

With the New Year off to a promising start, our local residential market offers some exciting news and trends for both buyers and sellers in the Wilmington area for 2010. During the 4th quarter, our local market showed improvements in numbers of homes sold and seller’s asking price over 4th quarter 2008. These are strong indicators that the housing market is stabilizing and progressing towards a recovery. 

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Fourth Quarter Highlights:

•Net Income was $358 million compared with a loss of $74 million in the fourth quarter 2008
•Oil and gas production was 415,000 barrels per day, up from 379,000 in the fourth quarter 2008
•Capital and exploratory expenditures were $992 million, down from $1,250 million in the fourth quarter 2008
•Year end total proved reserves were 1,437 million barrels; reserve replacement for 2009 was 103 percent

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Raleigh, NC – State Farm will drop as many as 1,650 insurance policies on homes located on North Carolina’s coastal barrier islands, according to state officials.  They may not be the last Insurer to leave the barrier islands. 

Russ Dubisky told Cape Fear Business News, “In order to preserve the financial strength that allows us to fulfill our obligations to policyholders, we made the difficult decision to manage our exposure in these catastrophe prone areas.  State Farm is still committed to the coastal areas, and offers full coverage to individuals west of the Intracoastal Waterway.  Policyholders on the barrier islands should contact their agent to discuss available options, which may include seeking coverage through the recently stabilized Beach Plan.”

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Wilmington, NC – The Business Alliance for a Sound Economy (BASE) responded to State Farm’s announcement that it will be the next major provider to drop homeowner’s insurance for some eastern North Carolina residents. According to a statement released by State Farm, the insurance giant will be dropping coverage for homeowners on North Carolina’s barrier islands effective this spring. Roughly 1,600 customers can expect to receive a notice that their policy expiring after May 1 will no longer be renewed.

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NEWARK, NJ – The 10th annual Trans-Pacific Maritime Conference, hosted by The Journal of Commerce, returns to Long Beach, Calif., on March 1-2, 2010. TPM — with a roster of presenters led by opening keynote speaker Eivind Kolding, partner and CEO of the world’s largest container line, Maersk — will provide answers to pressing industry questions in a setting for intensive dialogue, networking and business opportunity.

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LOUISVILLE, KY – Verizon Wireless announced today it invested nearly $39 million in 2009 to enhance its digital network in Kentucky. The enhancements included building 15 new cell sites and upgrading equipment on several existing cell sites to increase coverage and capacity of the company’s voice and 3G high-speed wireless network.
“While other wireless service providers played catch up this year building out parts of their high-speed wireless network, we already had that 3G foundation in place across the state,” said Greg Haller, president-Kentucky/Indiana/Michigan Region, Verizon Wireless. “Consequently, this year we focused on increasing capacity across our 3G network in Kentucky, enabling us to stay ahead of our customers’ increasing demands for fast and secure wireless data services.”
Since the company was formed in 2000, Verizon Wireless has invested $307 million on improvements to its network in Kentucky, including the following upgrades made in 2009:
  –  Fifteen new cell sites were activated statewide to improve network
      coverage and capacity, enabling more customers to use their phones
      concurrently to make voice calls; send and receive email and text,
      picture and video messages; access the Internet; view high-quality
      videos; and download music, games and ringtones, while enjoying
      clearer reception and fewer dropped calls.
  –  Performance-based equipment was installed at several cell sites across
      Kentucky, thereby doubling capacity of the company’s advanced 3G
      high-speed wireless network as well as improving its speed and
      performance.
  –  Permanent backup generators were installed at 49 Kentucky cell sites
      to ensure network functionality during times of crisis.
  –  The former Cellular One network in Danville, London, Maysville,
      Richmond, Somerset and Winchester — which included 86 cell sites –
      was upgraded and converted to Verizon Wireless’ high-speed 3G network,
      providing customers with clearer reception, fewer dropped calls and
      more coverage, including stronger in-building coverage.

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Honolulu, HI – The Associated Press – The Navy is basing the USS North Carolina at Pearl Harbor.

The Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet said Wednesday that the 377-foot-long, $2.3 billion fast-attack submarine is scheduled to arrive in Hawaii in the summer.

Pearl Harbor is already home to two other Virginia-class submarines, the nation’s most advanced. They are the USS Hawaii and the USS Texas.

 The Navy is gradually replacing its older Los Angeles-class subs with Virginia-class ships.

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