MYRTLE BEACH -- The Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Develop ment Corp. is trying to launch an industrial alliance forbusinesses and entrepreneurs. Development leaders say this alliance could help businesses troubleshoot problems, develop working relationships and tailor a work force to the area's characteristics. Creating the alliance has turned out to be more of a challenge than anticipated, organizers said. Only a handful of local company leaders showed up to participate in the first meeting.

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CAYCE -- Cayce’s leaders sense they have snared the goose that laid the golden egg. Mayor Avery Wilkerson gushed over SCANA Corp.’s departure from Columbia to Cayce. The giant utility said it plans to invest about $235 million to construct at least 10 buildings along Cayce’s new commercial corridor, the 12th Street extension. “It may be the biggest thing that’s happened here the last 50 years,” Wilkerson said. The county will get 22.5 percent of the $48.3 million fees over two decades and Cayce 12.6 percent.

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BLYTHEWOOD -- Computer Sciences Corp. is on the verge of a 300-job expansion. CSC spokesman Rich Venn confirmed the company plans to adding 300 people at the center by mid-2009. The center has about 1,100 employees now, less than half of its peak a decade ago. Winning the high-paying jobs is significant as economists scan the horizon for indications that South Carolina’s economy is dipping into a recession. CSC has been a major provider of technology services to the insurance industry.

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