News & Observer Index, 1926-1992

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Quintiles acquires Calif. research firm - Se 2 92, 9C
Grubb buys 3rd apartment complex - Se 3 92, 6C
Boron Biologicals buys division from Pa. firm - Se 17 92, 7C
First Union agrees to buy Florida S and L; Meritor Savings adds to bank's presence in state - Se 19 92 , 10C
BB and T to buy Aberdeen insurer (Gauger, O'Neal and Saunders Services) - Se 24 92, 6C
Mortgage service firm to sell operations - Se 29 92, 1D
NationsBank completes deal for stake in MNC - Se 29 92, 1D
Durham bank (CCB) to absorb Lenoir S and L (Mutual Savings Bank) - Oc 9 92, 6C
Muzak bought out by investor group led by management - Oc 13 92, 1D
Weck sells hospital supply business; Investor group plans to beef up Surgicot - Oc 13 92, 1D
Smithfield plans to buy Wilson plant; 300 union workers notified of closing - Oc 15 92, 7C
Durham software division sold (Microcom) - Oc 16 92, 8C
the News and Observer buys Carolina Parent - No 10 92, 3D
Wrangler buys facilities of All-Wear Mfg. Co. - No 25 92, 9C
BB and T will buy (West Insurance) agency, credit lines - De 1 92, 1D
Quintiles adds new facet (Toxicol Laboratories) to drug-testing services - De 1 92, 1D
Charlotte firm (Broadway - and - Seymour) buys Triangle software maker (Accura Innovative Services) - De 2 92, - 9C
Centura plans to buy (Granite) S and L in Caldwell County - De 4 92, 7C
First Union completes Meritor Savings deal - De 4 92, 7C
Lynch - and - Howard merging with small accounting firm (Maylon E. Little) - De 5 92, 8C
Coastal to buy Calif. physician contract firm - De 8 92, 1D
Boddie-Noell to buy property of BT Venture; Deal for three shopping centers, apartments worth $127.5 million - De 9 92, 9C
CCB agrees to buy Shelby Savings Bank - De 9 92, 9C
First Union buyout of Decatur parent OK'd - De 10 92, 7C
BB and T plans to buy Old Stone Bank - De 12 92, 8C
First Citizens agrees to buy Caldwell Savings - De 16 92, 9C
Raleigh engineers (Burton, Adams, Kemp - and - King) pair with national firm (SEC Donohue) - De 17 92, - 6C
First Union to purchase Ga. S and L - De 22 92, 1D

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Little of state fit for waste site, draft report says - Mr 14 86 11C
Potentially suitable areas for low-level radioactive waste disposal - (Map) - Mr 14 86 11C
Nuclear waste site payment suggested - Mr 16 86 44A
Process of choosing waste site assailed - Mr 27 86 22C
Western N.C. site likely to be dropped - Mr 29 86 5C
Bands rock to fight possible waste site - Mr 31 86 1C
Environmental concerns heightened by waste issue, officials say - Ap 1 86 18C
350 attend hearing on possible waste site - Ap 3 86 1
N.C. judged best-suited for low-level waste site - Ap 4 86 1
Call of alarm never silent for activist (Levitas) - Ap 9 86 10A
Group told waste site (in western NC) may be unnecessary - Ap 10 86 34A
Hendon hopeful about (natural) preserve proposal - Ap 11 86 7C
Officials to use research area plan (Biosphere Reserve) to oppose waste site - Ap 13 86 38A
State formally responds to plan for waste sites - Ap 15 86 1C
Martin, legislators meet with officials, protest waste site - Ap 16 86 3C
State needs adequate plan against high-level waste site, Hipps says - Ap 18 86 9B
Martin, governors urge end to waste-dump study - Ap 24 86 22C
Caravan opposes nuclear waste sites - My 1 86 2C
State leaders urge voters to oppose nuclear waste dump - My 1 86 24A
Proposal for dump draws fire at rally - My 4 86 27A
Proposed dump focus of Ramp Festival talks - My 5 86 4C
N.C. voters reject idea of waste site - My 7 86 12A
Cobey says Wake repository unlikely - My 13 86 4C
Under the dome: State plays it cool in waste-site video - My 13 86 1
250 attend community meeting sponsored by N-plant opponents - My 15 86 3C
Hodel misses protest sign, told of dump-site opposition - My 16 86 2D
N.C.'s top ranking in waste-site search was error, official says - My 21 86 18C
Hearing to focus on N.C.'s suitability for waste site - My 26 86 14A
Search for waste site may be put off, official says - My 26 86 1C
Opponents of radioactive waste site say N.C. should quit 8-state group - My 28 86 1C
Hunt for 2nd waste site halted - My 29 86 1
Martin sings two tunes on nuclear issues - Jn 6 86 16A
Haywood residents urge school board to balance teachings on nuclear issues - Jn 12 86 28A
Panel sets preliminary limits on waste treatment site location - Jn 13 86 10B
Waste site board retains contested portion of study - Jn 14 86 1C

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

BB and T, Southern National eye troubled S and L (First Home Federal) - Jn 9 92, 1D
First Travelcorp grows westward as it buys small Charlotte agency - Jn 9 92, 1D
First Union acquires (S.C. Federal Savings) S and L in stock swap - Jn 12 92, 8C
Asplundh factory to be sold; Ala. firm to detail its plans Wednesday - Jn 16 92, 1D
S and L (Citizens Savings) will sell Wake offices; SouthTrust plans to close branches - Jn 18 92, 7C
SouthTrust to buy healthy Concord (CK Federal) S and L - Jn 19 92, 6C
McM sells life, health holdings - Jn 23 92, 3D
BB and T agrees to buy S and L (Carolina Savings Bank) in Wilmington - Jn 25 92, 7C
First Union to buy S and L in Georgia - Jn 30 92, 1D
AMP, Inc. plant in Cary sold to Sigma Electric - Jy 1 92, 10C
Salisbury bank firms (First Security; Omni Capital) become Security Capital - Jy 1 92, 10C
Lumberton bank to buy S and L in Winston-Salem (FedFirst Bancshares) - Jy 7 92, 1D
Orange Fed to be sold to Centura - Jy 7 92, 1D
Goldtex buys division of Guilford Mills, Inc. - Jy 16 92, 6C
Investment group buys stake in Raleigh firm (CNL Realty Investors) - Jy 29 92, 12C
Siler City cable company (Communication Cable) eyes Teledyne subsidiary - Jy 30 92, 8C
Raleigh Federal to sell 2 branches - Jy 31 92, 9C
Cable company buys division of Teledyne - Au 1 92, 10C
General Parts merges with Wis. company - Au 4 92, 1D
Centura to buy Brevard S and L - Au 6 92, 10C
BB and T Financial buys Sanford (Regional) insurance agency - Au 7 92, 9C
Centura Bank to buy (Peoples) branch in New Bern - Au 7 92, 9C
BB and T to buy parent of Security Federal - Au 8 92, 12C
Southland Estate Winery sold at auction for $240,000 - Au 8 92, 12C
Durham Urgent care sold; Coastal Healthcare plans to expand group - Au 11 92, 1D
Raleigh group (Vic Brothers) plans to add commercial property insurer (Prudential-LMI) - Au 18 92, - 1D
Raleigh travel company (First Travelcorp) to acquire Greensboro firm (Advantage Travel) - Au 25 92, - 1D
BB and T acquires Edenton thrift - Au 27 92, 7C
Fonville acquires Durham firm (Frank Ward Realtors) - Se 1 92, 1D
Coastal Healthcare plans to buy 2 more companies - Se 2 92, 9C

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

First Union may bid on Ga. bank; Analysts say N.C. bank has good shot at deal - Ja 11 92, 10C
HPW in Raleigh acquires small Knightdale agency (Nowell and Watt) - Ja 15 92, 11C
Genetic testing firm (Genetic Design) agrees to be bought - Ja 17 92, 6C
Knightdale Square D, Telemecanique merge - Ja 29 92, 9C
Ace Hardware owners buy True Value stores - Ja 30 92, 6C
News and Observer buys S.C. newspaper - Fe 4 92, 1D
Fidelity Bank buys Granville Federal S and L - Fe 8 92, 10C
Ga. company (Shaw Industries) to buy Salem Carpet Mills - Fe 11 92, 1D
Banc One Mortgage buys 2 N.C. loan offices - Mr 3 92, 1D
Centura buys First Federal; will close 5 sites - Mr 7 92, 10C
New publishing firm buys Colonial Press (NeoPress) - Mr 18 92, 10C
Tobacco processor (Standard Commercial) buys rival (W.A. Adams) - Mr 19 92, 8C
Southern National buys Mount Airy S and L - Mr 21 92, 8C
First Union buys ailing Fla. S and L (Flagler Federal S and L) - Mr 31 92, 2D
Raleigh environmental engineering firm sold (ENSCI) - Ap 4 92, 10C
Md. poultry firm buys Concord operation - Ap 10 92, 6C
Acton Corp. acquires textile shop in S.C. - Ap 14 92, 1D
BB and T to buy Kinston S and L company (First Fincorp) - Ap 22 92, 10C
Time Warner seals cable company deal; With Chapel Hill buy, firm owns area market - My 1 92, 7C
Sanford plant to be sold; German firm buying Coty division of Pfizer - My 7 92, 8C
Mikels - and - Jones join Vanguard; Partnership has solid base across Triangle - My 14 92, 6C
BB and T will buy Security Financial - My 15 92, 6C
Minority-owned banks talking about merger (Greensboro National and United National) - My 16 92 , 10C
Property managers get hitched; Charlotte's Lat Purser grows eastward in merger with J.M. Kane - My 21 92, - 8C
ISS, Intergraph interface; N.C. software developer to hire more, market more with help of investment - My 22 92, - 7C
Southern National buys health S and L First Security - My 23 92, 10C
First Carolina to merge with Mid-South Bank - My 27 92, 9C
Staton sponsors banking bill (allowing banks and S and Ls to merge) - My 27 92, 4B
Farm supply firms merge operations (W.S. Clark; Royster) - Jn 2 92, 2D
Purser-Kane swallows up Durham firm; Adaron partners retain property - Jn 2 92, 1D
Raleigh, Charlotte law firms merge - Jn 6 92, 10C

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

McLean Trucking Co., Meridian plan merger - Fe 5 82 5C
Merger-minded firms find Carolinas alluring - Fe 23 82 3C
Reeves Brothers directors tentatively OK firm's sale - Mr 5 82 3D
Charlotte firm (Data Processing of the South) OKs acquisition - Mr 14 82 9D
N. Y. conglomerate buys 2 N. C. newspapers (Robesonian; Bladen Journal) - Mr 25 82 18A
N. J. company to buy Burlington firm (Biomedical Reference Laboratories) - Mr 26 82 8C
Bancshares directors approve merger plan - Mr 27 82 14C
N. C. law won't protect Schlitz in takeover bid, judge says - Ap 3 82 1C
Four negotiating to buy food firm (GoodMark) - My 12 82 8B
First Union Corp. agrees to buy (Salem) securities company - My 16 82 10D
Purchases of ailing S and Ls by banks forecast in N. C. - My 16 82 9D
Merger of NCNB, (Cabarrus) bank proposed - My 25 82 4B
NCNB seeks merger with (Exchange Bancorporation) in bid for Fla. clout - My 30 82 45A
Southern, N and W railway merger creates nation's 4th-largest line - Jn 2 82 8B
N. C. Federal S and L plans 2nd purchase (North Wilkesboro Federal) - Jn 9 82 5B
Va. company seeks to buy N. C. apparel firm (Washington Mills) - Jn 13 82 9D
Firm (SYNCO) agrees to buy Raleigh office park (Quail Village) - Jn 20 82 9D
S and Ls plan merger (Home S and L; Pioneer S and L) - Jn 23 82 8B
Group makes offer for Guilford Mills - Jn 25 82 8C
Bancshares, NCNB merger approved - Jy 1 82 8B
Computer firm (Fulcrum) finds a partner - Jy 13 82 8B
Reynolds to acquire Heublein to form new food, drink group - Jy 30 82 5C
Three N.C. S and Ls agree to merge (First Federal; Cross Creek; Clinton Federal) - Au 5 82 8B
Bid for Fla. bank (Gulfstream) by NCNB gets OK - Au 6 82 5C
McLean merger approved (with (Meridian Express) - Au 6 82 5C
Dr. Pepper to buy N. C. beverage firm (Roberson Beverage) - Au 12 82 8B
First Union makes bid (for United Carolina) - Au 20 82 14A
Rocky Mount S and Ls reveal merger plan (Builders; United) - Se 5 82 29A
N. C. Federal S and L plans to merge with Perpetual - Se 26 82 35A
Analysts see more S and L mergers despite increase in profitability - Se 29 82 16A
Sets of savings and loans announce plans to merge - Oc 3 82 8D
Computer firms approve merger (Fulcrum; Adage) - Oc 13 82 5B
BB and T, (City) bank to merge - Oc 22 82 8C
Reynolds acquires Belgian cigarette firm - No 6 82 9A
First Federal plans to take over (Workmen's) S and L - No 24 82 5B
Raleigh Federal plans 2 mergers - De 2 82 9B
NCNB takes over Bancshares of N. C. - De 24 82 5B
Cabarrus Bank takeover OK'd - De 29 82 8B

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Peden sells plant in Nash County - Ja 1 84 9D
New Britain Tool sold to Texas firm - Ja 11 84 8B
Aviation firm gets 92% of Telerent - Ja 19 84 8B
Management negotiating to buy L and M - Ja 27 84 5C
Textile firm OKs officers' purchase plan - Ja 27 84 5C
Air Virginia to add RDU to its flight list as it buys Mid-South - Fe 2 84 10A
(Guaranty) S and L purchase offered - Fe 7 84 5D
NCNB Corp. gets approval to acquire Fla. banking firm - Fe 17 84 8B
For-profit chain makes tentative bid for (Franklin Memorial) hospital - Fe 24 84 3D
First Union to buy Fla. bank - Mr 11 84 10D
Reynolds Industries says it will purchase Canada Dry business - Mr 16 84 10B
Raleigh man (Darden) to buy second brick firm - Mr 22 84 8B
(Thurston) Motor lines firm sold - Mr 28 84 8B
First Federal agrees to buy First Security thrift of Moore - Ap 1 84 9D
RJR announces takeover set (Dr. Pepper) - Ap 10 84 2C
Conner, Sun S and L approve merger - My 1 84 5D
SYNCO purchases Raleigh office park - My 2 84 5B
S and Ls to ask General Assembly to approve interstate expansion - My 12 84 1
Textile firms weave private escape from takeover threat - My 15 84 2D
Bank merger approved (State Bank - and - United Carolina) - My 25 84 8B
Banks' directors agree to merger - Jn 7 84 8B
Bankers' politics may imperil bill on interstate mergers - Jn 14 84 25A
Interstate banking (bill to permit interstate acquisitions) - Jn 16 84 18C
Firm intends to buy Clinton glass plant - Jn 19 84 3D
Fate of merger bill worries N.C. bankers - Jn 27 84 14A
Carolina BanCorp joins BB and T group - Jy 6 84 5B
Pair purchase Helmold Ford - Jy 10 84 5D
Citicorp asked to acquire N.C. bank before legislators limited mergers - Jy 11 84 1C
Raleigh's Bacon and Co. agency sold to Merrill Lynch real estate
network - Jy 18 84 1C
Boston savings bank agrees to buy Rocky Mount (Builders) S and L - Jy 20 84 2D
Burlington to sell furniture division - Jy 25 84 8B

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

2 banks' directors discussing merger (United Carolina: Piedmont) - Ap 21 83 12B
Piedmont agrees to buy parts subsidiary - Ap 26 83 8D
Campbell Soup acquires Wake firm - My 11 83 8B
Piedmont Corp. sought by Southern National - My 15 83 11D
Banks agree to merger (Piedmont; First Union) - My 24 83 5D
Monsanto to sell its facility, leave Research Triangle Park - My 26 83 1C
First Financial announces bid to buy control of (First Colony) S and L - Jn 7 83 1D
Bankruptcy judge allows Raleigh firm (Variety Wholesalers) to buy struggling
Tenn. Store chain - Jn 9 83 16C
Korf to sell plant to Japanese firm - Jn 10 83 9C
Piedmont to buy commuter airline - Jn 22 83 4C
Two N. C. banks agree to merge (Southern National; Community) - Jn 22 83 8B
Atlanta Express Airline merges with Sunbird - Jn 29 83 5B
National Can Corp. to buy Kerr plants - Jy 8 83 10C
Raleigh firm (Day Associates) sold to venture group - Jy 14 83 12B
NCNB to buy Florida banks - Au 17 83 8B
Keebler Co. buys former (Gordon Foods) chip plant - Au 18 83 3C
1st Financial offers $25 a share for control of for syth S and L - Au 19 83 7B
Harris-Teeter to merge with Food World - Au 20 83 16C
NCNB, Fla. Firm (Ellis Banking) agree to merger - Au 25 83 3D
Peden Steel sells distribution center - Au 26 83 5C
Preferred S and L of High Point to bid on Greensboro institution (Scottish S and L) - Se 3 83 4C
Merger of First Financial, Atlantic S and Ls announced - Se 24 83 16C
Law firm in Greensboro merges with Raleigh's Reynolds and Cox - Se 28 83 4C
First Union buys brokerage firm (Dis-Com Securities) - Oc 7 83 8C
RJR subsidiary to acquire fruit, plant distribution company - Oc 11 83 2D
Stedman Corp. to be bought - Oc 19 83 9A
N. Y. firm to buy Guaranty S and L - Oc 21 83 8C
North State S and L to grow in merger - No 4 83 8C
Cone to sell mill holdings to N. Y. firm - No 6 83 13D
Workers may buy (H. P. Cannon) cannery in Dunn - No 9 83 2C
Merger announced of Harris-Teeter, Food World firms - No 10 83 7B
Rose's to sell 54 P. H. Rose stores to Variety Wholesalers of Raleigh - No 13 83 9D
Branch Corp. OKs buying Sanford firm (Carolina BanCorp.) - No 17 83 10B
1st Financial offers $25 a share for control of for syth S and L - No 19 83 7B
Pa. Industrial firm (Joy) to sell Wilson plant (to Sullivan Machinery) - No 22 83 5D
Aviation Group to purchase Telerent for $23 million - De 3 83 18C
Drug company agrees to buy two Greensboro radio stations - De 6 83 5D
Land holdings, low prices make textile firms takeover targets - De 13 83 7D
Shareholders OK merging NCNB, Fla. firm - De 15 83 9B
Drug firm (Burroughs Wellcome) attempts to buy RTP facility (Monsanto) - De 21 83 8B

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Banks, S and Ls pay for bragging rights - Ja 1 82 27
Incomes rise at state's five biggest banks - Ja 19 82 6
State-chartered banks decrease - Fe 23 82 8B
1981 was 'a very good year' for banks in North Carolina - Fe 28 82 8D
Purchases of ailing S and Ls by banks forecast in N. C. - My 16 82 9D
Banks start interest-rate war over new accounts - No 16 82 1
Banks forming network for card-carrying clients - De 10 82 1

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Entrepreneur offers to buy Cannon Mills - Ja 6 82 20
1st Federal plans unprecedented buy (Pioneer S and L) - Ja 7 82 27
RJR subsidiary (Aminoil USA) agrees to buy Chinese gasoline - Ja 21 82 31
NCNB, Bank of N. C. may merge - Fe 3 82 1

Corporations - Acquisitions and Mergers

Fed approves sale, only 2nd of its kind, of N. C. (Perpetual) S and L - Se 8 83 17A
Two Florida banks acquired by NCNB - Ja 2 83 12A
Greensboro, Charlotte S and Ls to merge (Scottish and Southeastern) - Ja 9 83 9D
AMIC Corp. to be bought by GE firm - Ja 11 83 12C
First-Citizens to buy Peoples Bank stock - Ja 16 83 9D
Fla. Firm offers to buy Cary (Village) mall - Ja 27 83 3C
Battery plant (Exide) sold with subsidiary - Fe 1 83 5B
S and Ls (Martin Co. S and L; North State) plan merger - Fe 20 83 11D
Two pizza restaurants sold by N. C. company - Mr 1 83 8D
Firm to purchase Raleigh (North Hills) office mall - Mr 25 83 5C
S and L (First Federal) to buy branch (Workmen's) - Mr 25 83 5C
ABC plans to purchase N. C. publishing company (Small Systems Services) - Mr 28 83 7B
NCNB to acquire bank in Tennessee - Ap 1 83 8C
Brewery (Schlitz) in Winston-Salem put on market to satisfy ruling - Ap 10 83 22A
Durham company (Wrenn-Wilson) merged (into Omni) - Ap 12 83 5D

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