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Thursday, 09 August 2007 |
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The S.C. Republican Party is expected to announce today that it is
rescheduling its primary to Jan. 19, 2008, in response to the state of
Florida’s decision to challenge the Palmetto State’s status as the
first-in-the-South primary in next year’s presidential contest.
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Thursday, 09 August 2007 |
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BLYTHEWOOD -- When “going green” became a popular business trend, Vance
Patterson smiled to himself, knowing he was ahead of the game.
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Wednesday, 08 August 2007 |
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It’s been more than a month since the city of Rock Hill passed zoning
ordinances in an effort to curb the rapid increase of payday lenders
within the city. But Rock Hill isn’t the only place in South Carolina
concerned about the payday lending industry.
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Wednesday, 08 August 2007 |
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BARNWELL COUNTY -- Elkay Cabinet Division is planning to locate a
manufacturing facility in Barnwell County. The cabinet manufacturer
will invest more than $12 million and expects hiring will begin
sometime in 2008, with total employment reaching about 300
by 2009.
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Tuesday, 07 August 2007 |
 CHARLESTON -- International trade generated $23 billion for South
Carolina in 2006, with $13.6 billion of that total generated by exports
to more than 150 counties around the world, said U.S. Commerce Secretary
Carlos Gutierrez as he toured the Port of Charleston’s Union Pier
Monday.
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Monday, 06 August 2007 |
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GREENVILLE -- SC Launch!, an SCRA collaboration, says it will
present a $125,000 check to PromoPipeline at a ceremony this afternoon
in Greenville. PromoPipeline has developed a search engine to help
resellers locate promotions to improve communications between vendors,
distributors and resellers.
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Friday, 03 August 2007 |
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COLUMBIA -- Lew Wayburn looks for ways to make everyday problems just a little bit simpler.
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Friday, 03 August 2007 |
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CHARLESTON -- Hawthorne Corp. of Charleston, and The Carlyle
Group, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, sold two of
their jointly-held aviation subsidiaries to Dubai Aerospace
Enterprise for $1.9 billion.
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Thursday, 02 August 2007 |
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In response to the failure of the federal government to pass immigration reform this year, many states, counties and towns—including some in South Carolina—are taking measures into their own hands to mend what they say is a broken system. But others say state, county and municipal legislation may not be the wisest method of addressing the issue, and instead may be a source of confusion and the potential for legal trouble.
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Wednesday, 01 August 2007 |
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SIMPSONVILLE -- The Greenville Area Development Corp. announced today that Rubber Recycling Technologies LLC, an innovative startup business that shreds and recycles used vehicle tires for use in consumer and alternate energy applications, has begun operations in Simpsonville.
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Wednesday, 01 August 2007 |
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COLUMBIA -- Exactly a week after Thomas Ravenel resigned as state treasurer to fight federal cocaine trafficking charges, Gov. Mark Sanford on Tuesday endorsed two possible successors, including Tim Scott, the current chairman of the Charleston County Council.
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Monday, 30 July 2007 |
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The Raceway Automotive Group announced an $11 million investment as the group assumes complete ownership of its inventory at its four locations in the Pee Dee region.
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Friday, 27 July 2007 |
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MYRTLE BEACH -- Ripley’s Aquarium and Grand Strand Regional Medical Center have begun purchasing Santee Cooper Green Power as Champions of the Environment, a designation that recognizes significant investment in the utility’s renewable energy program.
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Thursday, 26 July 2007 |
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CHARLESTON -- Charleston County Council has approved a fee-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with a mystery company that will soon be investing $38 million, including $9.7 million for a new manufacturing plant.
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Tuesday, 24 July 2007 |
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CHARLESTON -- With a series of initiatives, the Charleston Air Force Base is streamlining the way Air Mobility Command is doing business.
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Monday, 23 July 2007 |
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 CHARLESTON -- It's likely the biggest thing to come to The Citadel’s McAlister Field House since air conditioning was installed in the fabled gymnasium in the mid-1990s. Tonight the eight Democratic candidates for president will converge on the campus off Moultrie Street for what one CNN executive described as the Internet's "first seat at the table in terms of determining who the next president of the United States might be.”
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Friday, 20 July 2007 |
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CHARLESTON -- It’s one of the most repeated assertions of the run up to the July 23 Democratic presidential candidate’s debate—that the high-profile appearance of the Democratic field led by Sens. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton and former Sen. John Edwards will have an economic impact approaching $30 million.
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
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MOUNT PLEASANT -- The American Association for Justice (formerly the Association of Trial Lawyers of America) presented Motley Rice LLC co-founding attorney, Ron Motley, with the David S. Shrager President’s Award July 17 at the association’s annual convention in Chicago.
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
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DANIEL ISLAND -- R. Scott Wallinger Jr. has joined Clawson & Staubes LLC as a senior litigator. Wallinger practices in the areas of complex civil litigation, insurance litigation, personal injury defense, motor carrier defense, and commercial and business litigation.
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Thursday, 19 July 2007 |
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GREENVILLE — Insurance company Rosenfeld Einstein has hired Leslie McElrath as personal lines processor at the regional brokerage and consulting firm.
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