Business North Carolina index.

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HIGHEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Company P/E ratio 1/29/10 52-week (3) price range Crescent Financial 316.0 $3.16 $2.80-4.95 Highwoods Properties 251.8 30.21 15.53-35.24 Investors Title 111.0 34.41 17.14-37.50 Cree 78.7 55.91 17.88-63.95 Red Hat 64.8 27.22 12.98-31.76 PowerSecure International 54.8 6.58 3.15-10.25 Martin Marietta Materials 31.1 79.18 67.25-103.44 Hanesbrands 30.6 22.97 5.14-26.61 Sealy 29.8 2.98 0.43-5.83 Old Dominion Freight Line 28.4 27.50 18.69-38.75 LOWEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS Cornerstone Therapeutics 2.4 $5.13 $2.73-12.29 Alliance One International 4.1 5.09 2.31-5.96 The Pantry 5.1 13.47 12.50-25.97 First Bancorp 5.3 15.48 6.87-19.00 Carolina Trust Bank 6.3 32.55 13.92-36.37 Hatteras Financial 6.5 27.39 21.38-33.59 Air T 6.7 10.23 5.67-11.90 Trimeris 7.7 2.30 0.88-3.68 Kewaunee Scientific 8.7 14.37 7.40-16.00 Coca-Cola Consolidated 10.1 50.47 37.75-58.18 Company 3-month 52-week 52-week range change (4) change TOP 10 LARGE-CAP STOCKS Salix Pharmaceuticals 59.1% 265.8% $6.14-29.91 Cree 32.8 180.5 17.88-63.95 Speedway Motorsports 22.7 15.1 8.14-20.43 Polypore International 22.5 94.1 2.38-14.10 Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings 16.7 na na BB&T 16.6 40.8 12.90-29.85 Goodrich 13.9 60.1 29.95-67.18 First Citizens BancShares 12.6 19.9 73.48-183.97 Targacept 11.7 907.2 2.00-24.50 Lowe's 10.6 18.5 13.00-60.55 TOP 10 SMALL-CAP STOCKS Bank of Granite 221.2% (46.8)% $0.40-3.50 Charles & Colvard 126.4 361.5 0.25-1.85 Culp 126.3 592.0 1.85-13.20 Icagen 91.1 59.3 0.31-1.59 Cogdell Spencer 39.2 (23.5)...