Joomla! site syndication http://www.scbizmag.com Sat, 17 May 2008 15:55:20 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.scbizmag.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.scbizmag.com Joomla! site syndication http://www.scbizmag.com/content/view/75096/ CHARLESTON – Nucor Corp., a steel manufacturer with facilities in Canada and the U.S., including several in South Carolina, has applied for a permit to build a $2 billion manufacturing facility in St. James Parish, La. For the last two years, Nucor has been considering sites on which to build a state-of-the-art iron-making facility in the U.S. and abroad. Officials were not available for comment at press time on whether any sites in South Carolina were considered for the new facility. News - Latest Fri, 16 May 2008 09:15:44 +0100 http://www.scbizmag.com/content/view/74930/ MYRTLE BEACH -- The sand wars between Myrtle Beach and Virginia Beach have been taken to a new level. Tourism officials in the Virginia city have condemned their counterparts here for guerrilla marketing tactics that pit one destination against another. People searching the Web for information on Virginia Beach will quickly see ads that lead them to a new Web page - a site that explains why Myrtle Beach is more affordable and more fun than its northern neighbor. Read more at The (Myrtle Beach) Sun News... (http://www.myrtlebeachonline.com/business/story/452503.html) News - Latest Fri, 16 May 2008 06:13:00 +0100 http://www.scbizmag.com/content/view/74704/ BLYTHEWOOD -- Business owners in Blythewood, along with support from town leaders, are planning to use hospitality and accommodations tax funds to transform the Blythewood Business Coalition into a chamber of commerce. Some of Blythewood's business owners have long expressed their dissatisfaction with the town’s inability to spend $1.4 million in hospitality and accommodations tax funds they’ve collected since 2003 to promote the town located in Northeast Richland County. Read more at The (Columbia) State... (http://www.thestate.com/business/story/405361.html) News - Latest Wed, 14 May 2008 20:58:00 +0100 http://www.scbizmag.com/content/view/24076/ News - Latest Thu, 15 May 2008 18:00:00 +0100 http://www.scbizmag.com/content/view/74926/ GREENVILLE -- An order for 667 wind turbines from oilman T. Boone Pickens won't affect employment at General Electric Co.'s Greenville plant, a GE spokesman said, despite Rep. Bob Inglis' suggestion that it would lead to new South Carolina jobs. A spokesman for GE’s Greenville plant said the company hasn’t decided where to build the turbines Pickens ordered as part of plans to build the world’s largest wind farm in Texas. Read more at The Greenville News... (http://greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080516/BUSINESS/305160002/1003/rss04) News - Latest Thu, 15 May 2008 22:51:00 +0100