NEWS FROM ACROSS SOUTH CAROLINA

• Upstate research symposium set for March 26
• Real estate finance pioneer to lecture at USC
• Norfolk Southern to pay $4M for 2005 chlorine spill
• Federal plea deal will force Cromartie to leave Columbia City Council
• College of Charleston’s Business School receives $1 million donation
• Force Protection revenues and earnings increase in Q4, cash balance up for year
• House rejects incentives to lure Bass Pro Shops
• Greenville won’t buy Hitachi site now, may renegotiate purchase later
• Wine and spirits distributor expands in Lexington County
• Longborough affordable housing receives state honor
• Commerce, Aiken Tech offer marketing workshop
• Columbia mayoral candidates to debate homelessness