Surry Business

All in One Portrait Studio will open its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m. Friday, Oct. 19, at 788 W. Lebanon St. in Mount Airy. The studio’s telephone number is (336) 786-0045.

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Mobys Coffee Company, a Christian coffeehouse operator and franchiser founded less than three years ago in Mount Airy, N.C., is opening new stores this fall in Winston-Salem. Mobys Coffee also recently announced it will introduce a special “CHRISTmas Blend” on Nov. 13. The Summit Square store at 193 N. Summit Square Blvd. opened Oct. 17. […]

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Triad-area real-estate brokers sold approximately 1,140 homes and condo units in September 2007. That is 28 percent less than in September 2006, according to the Triad Multiple Listing Service that compiles statistics from an 11-county region including Surry County and the cities of Winston-Salem, Greensboro and High Point. More than half of the units being […]

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Don’t expect next year’s list of Surry County’s largest employers to look much like the Top 25 list displayed right now on the N.C. Employment Security Commission’s web site. Each year’s list is based on the previous year’s data. For the current report, employment statistics from September 2006 were compiled in March 2007. In the […]

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Though September sales gains were moderate, they were better than expected, giving retailers a welcome surprise as they head into the ever-important holiday season. According to the National Retail Federation, retail industry sales (which exclude automobiles, gas stations, and restaurants) last month rose 2.2 percent unadjusted over last year and 0.2 percent seasonally adjusted from […]

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Family Dollar earned $242.9 million, or $1.62 per diluted share, in fiscal 2007, the year that ended Sept. 1, 2007. That is up 24.5 percent from $195.1 million, or $1.26 per diluted share, in fiscal 2006, but the results for 2006 include a $45-million litigation charge and a $10.5-million charge related to stock-option grants. Sales […]

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What is a “small business”? The federal government — as you might expect — has created an official definition of the phrase. And the answer (at the bottom of this post) might surprise you. That answer, and other useful information about small business in America, is contained in a two-page, tightly written, information-packed guide recently […]

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Energy West Inc. (Nasdaq: EWST), a natural gas and energy marketing company based in Great Falls, Mont., has completed its acquisition of Frontier Utilities of North Carolina Inc. The purchase price was $4.5 million, plus certain adjustments for taxes and working capital. Energy West took possession of the Frontier Utilities operation, headquartered at 1927 Bridge […]

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Insteel Industries (Nasdaq: IIIN) in Mount Airy will announce its fourth-quarter 2007 earnings during a conference call that will be webcast live over the internet at 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 18, following the release of the company’s fourth-quarter financial results at 8:30 a.m. that same day. The conference call can be accessed from the company’s […]

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Becky’s Glass Works has moved from its long-time home at 618 Bluemont Road in Mount Airy to a newly remodeled building across U.S. 52 at 355 N. Andy Griffith Parkway (south of Pizza Hut). The company owned by Becky Simmons Gordon has earned its reputation for auto glass replacement and installation, including sun roofs and […]

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