Index of Selected Contents
of the December 2002 Issue
of the North Carolina Magazine

Cover Story

If Your Financial Sky Falling?
For many of us, investments this year were in freefall,
but capital losses can be turned into tax benefits for years to come.
We offer tips from tax consultants on what to do before yearend.

Regional Business Reports
FedEx signs a 25-year lease with the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority,
but legal action still looms over the mammoth project.

Corporate Philanthropy

Giving & Getting
Everyone wins when companies support causes in ways that benefit 
shareholders and the community, as several N.C. companies are demonstrating

Executive Profile

Perfect Package
Sure, she's smart, but other skills also played a role
in Sharon Decker's rise to the top of the corporate ladder.

Community Profile

Bureaus & Biotech
Furniture built High Point into a regional powerhouse;
now the arrival of some tech titans leaves it sitting pretty.

Tar Heel Travels

Ski Season
With the opening of another winter on the slopes comes
a reminder of how the sport came South way back in 1961.

Departments
Editor's Desk
Executive Voices
State Government
NCCBI News
Letter from Phil Kirk

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