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52-week return N.C. large caps (33.4)% N.C. small caps (31.2)% S&P 500 (13.0)% SPOTLIGHT

Shares of Pike Electric surged 21 % in three months while; the-company completed its ' purchase of an engineering business.

HIGHEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS P/E 8/29/08 52-Week Company ratio (3) price range New Century Bancorp 230.8 $9.23 $5.20-11.10 Hatteras Financial 165.0 24.75 18.83-27.18 Highwoods Properties 109.9 36.27 25.34-38.77 Cape Fear Bank 67.6 7.44 4.68-11.33 Cree 64.7 23.31 17.10-35.50 Tanger Factory Outlet Centers 59.0 40.12 32.61-44.43 Red Hat 56.8 21.00 16.53-24.84 Lance 52.5 20.49 16.39-25.32 Polypore Intl. 43.5 27.43 12.70-29.26 Coca-Cola Consolidated 33.8 40.58 31.41-64.19 LOWEST PRICE/EARNINGS RATIOS P/E 8/29/08 52-week Company ratio (3) price range Trimeris 4.2 $4.06 $3.93-8.36 Sonic Automotive 4.7 10.76 7.82-27.74 Cooperative Bankshares 6.9 6.98 6.02-17.93 Peoples Bancorp of N.C 7.3 11.10 7.36-18.24 PowerSecure Intl. 7.7 8.08 5.65-14.88 FNB United 7.8 7.52 6.35-16.24 Air T 8.1 11.34 8.05-12.48 Nucor 8.9 52.50 47.72-83.56 Insteel Industries 9.1 17.10 7.36-20.17 Carolina Bank Holdings 9.2 7.65 5.27-12.49 3-month 52-week 52-week Company Change (3) Change range TOP 10 LARGE-CAP STOCKS Pike Electric 20.9% (0.3)% $12.75-21.16 Family Dollar Stores 16.4 (14.9) 14.62-30.00 Polypore.Intl. 15.7 92.5 12.70-29.26 Old Dominion Freight Line 10.2 15.5 20.31-40.09 Sealy 7.6 (56.2) 5.12-15.60 Piedmont Natural Gas 6.7 9.3 24.01-29.20 EnPro Industries 5.1 0.9 24.40-44.01 Tanger Factory Outlet Centers 4.9 5.4 32.61-44.43 VF 4.7 (0.8) 63.68-89.01 Lowe's 2.7 (20.7) 18.00-32.53 BOTTOM 10 LARGE-CAP STOCKS Wachovia (33.2)% (67.6)% $7.80-53.10 Nucor (29.8) (0.8) 47.72-83.56 Hanesbrands (27.8) (20.4)...