Where in the world is Dail Dinwiddie?
September 25, 2017
By Kathleen Parker COLUMBIA, S.C. — Twenty-five years ago on Sept. 24, 1992, Dail Boxley Dinwiddie vanished. Phffft. Just like that. She was 23, a darling girl, anyone would…
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A Great Partnership – Payroll & Benefits Integration
September 22, 2017
By Autumn Jones Concept H.R. The common ground of employee data needed between administration of payroll and benefits makes integration a great partnership. Having two separate vendors or resources…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 18
September 18, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 09/15/2017 to 09/21/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 It R Warner Bros. 2 4,148 $60,103,110 $218,813,729…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 18
September 18, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 09/15/2017 to 09/21/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 It R Warner Bros. 2 4,148 $60,103,110 $218,813,729…
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The middle class rocks-again
September 18, 2017
By Robert Samuelson The middle class is back — or so it seems. That’s the message from the Census Bureau’s latest report on “Income and Poverty in the United…
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The middle class rocks-again
September 18, 2017
By Robert Samuelson The middle class is back — or so it seems. That’s the message from the Census Bureau’s latest report on “Income and Poverty in the United…
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How Democrats won the presidency
September 18, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Rarely, if ever, have so many presidential winners and losers been so incessantly chatty. Hillary Clinton — who lost the 2016 election, in case you weren’t…
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How Democrats won the presidency
September 18, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Rarely, if ever, have so many presidential winners and losers been so incessantly chatty. Hillary Clinton — who lost the 2016 election, in case you weren’t…
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District Consolidation: One Size Does Not Fit All
September 18, 2017
By Scott Price, SCSBA Executive Director In South Carolina, as in other states around the nation, school district consolidation is a perennial theme. This year, in addition to the…
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District Consolidation: One Size Does Not Fit All
September 18, 2017
By Scott Price, SCSBA Executive Director In South Carolina, as in other states around the nation, school district consolidation is a perennial theme. This year, in addition to the…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: education, headlines, op-ed
City Manager’s Spotlight – September 2017
September 13, 2017
The City Manager’s Spotlight provides details about what is happening in the City of Columbia in an effort to keep citizens informed about City operations. The City Manager’s Spotlight on…
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The Dangerous New Legal Scam Targeting Your Website
September 12, 2017By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose with Andy McCormick The legal threat came to one of DuBose Web Group’s customers via Federal Express. It consisted of a letter from…
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What’s All the Hype about Millennials and Does it Really Matter?
September 12, 2017
By Georganne Weeks Concept H.R. It’s been said that by 2020 Millennials will make up 50% of the workforce and that by 2030 that number will grow to 75%.…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 12
September 12, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 09/08/2017 to 09/14/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 It R Warner Bros. 1 4,103 $123,403,419 $123,403,419 2…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 12
September 12, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 09/08/2017 to 09/14/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 It R Warner Bros. 1 4,103 $123,403,419 $123,403,419 2…
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The Dangerous New Legal Scam Targeting Your Website
September 12, 2017
By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose with Andy McCormick The legal threat came to one of DuBose Web Group’s customers via Federal Express. It consisted of a letter from…
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The ‘progressives’ are to blame, too
September 11, 2017
By Robert Samuelson What has been missing in Washington for the past two or three decades is a serious debate about the role of the federal government. What programs…
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The ‘progressives’ are to blame, too
September 11, 2017
By Robert Samuelson What has been missing in Washington for the past two or three decades is a serious debate about the role of the federal government. What programs…
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The worst is yet to come
September 11, 2017
By Kathleen Parker It has become axiomatic that when Donald Trump says or does something over the top or below the belt, beware the unseen. His cunning use of…
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The worst is yet to come
September 11, 2017
By Kathleen Parker It has become axiomatic that when Donald Trump says or does something over the top or below the belt, beware the unseen. His cunning use of…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 5
September 5, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 09/01/2017 to 09/07/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard R Lionsgate 3 3,370 $10,536,010 $57,966,926…
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Top Grossing Movies – September 5
September 5, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 09/01/2017 to 09/07/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard R Lionsgate 3 3,370 $10,536,010 $57,966,926…
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The middle-class comeback is real
September 4, 2017
By Robert Samuelson On this Labor Day, the American middle class survives. Indeed, it’s expanding. That’s not the conclusion of some arcane scholarly study. It’s the judgment of Americans…
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The middle-class comeback is real
September 4, 2017
By Robert Samuelson On this Labor Day, the American middle class survives. Indeed, it’s expanding. That’s not the conclusion of some arcane scholarly study. It’s the judgment of Americans…
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The message in the storm
September 4, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Nobody wants to pick on Texas, or especially Houston, after a 1,000-year weather event that for several days turned the city into a lake and dispossessed…
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The message in the storm
September 4, 2017
By Kathleen Parker Nobody wants to pick on Texas, or especially Houston, after a 1,000-year weather event that for several days turned the city into a lake and dispossessed…
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How to Stop Annoying Telemarketers, Scammers, and Robocalls
August 29, 2017By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose Telemarketers, scam artists, and automated “robocalls” are a growing frustration for many Americans. How many times have you seen an unfamiliar number pop…
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How to Stop Annoying Telemarketers, Scammers, and Robocalls
August 29, 2017
By Mike DuBose and Blake DuBose Telemarketers, scam artists, and automated “robocalls” are a growing frustration for many Americans. How many times have you seen an unfamiliar number pop…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 28
August 28, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/25/2017 to 08/31/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard R Lionsgate 2 3,377 $10,262,619 $39,826,623…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 28
August 28, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/25/2017 to 08/31/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard R Lionsgate 2 3,377 $10,262,619 $39,826,623…
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We need higher taxes
August 28, 2017
By Robert Samuelson Can we get real about “tax reform,” the Republican promise to enact deep tax cuts that will spur economic growth? Probably not, but let’s give it…
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We need higher taxes
August 28, 2017
By Robert Samuelson Can we get real about “tax reform,” the Republican promise to enact deep tax cuts that will spur economic growth? Probably not, but let’s give it…
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Robert Lee, no E.
August 28, 2017
By Kathleen Parker You know we’ve reached a point of — something — when a sports announcer named Robert Lee is reassigned from calling a University of Virginia college…
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Robert Lee, no E.
August 28, 2017
By Kathleen Parker You know we’ve reached a point of — something — when a sports announcer named Robert Lee is reassigned from calling a University of Virginia college…
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So, nothing happened, right?
August 23, 2017
By Kathleen Parker LINVILLE, N.C. — During the past two weeks, I’ve been conducting an experiment. I took a vacation. A real one, meaning I did nothing. Intentionally, I…
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So, nothing happened, right?
August 23, 2017
By Kathleen Parker LINVILLE, N.C. — During the past two weeks, I’ve been conducting an experiment. I took a vacation. A real one, meaning I did nothing. Intentionally, I…
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Boomtown
August 22, 2017
By Temple Ligon, About a year ago my Texas Monthly carried a cover story on Austin, “The New Austin and How It Became the Center of Everything.” Back in…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 21
August 21, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/18/2017 to 08/24/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard R Lionsgate 1 3,377 $21,384,504 $21,384,504 2…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 21
August 21, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/18/2017 to 08/24/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard R Lionsgate 1 3,377 $21,384,504 $21,384,504 2…
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Why we must challenge China on trade
August 21, 2017
By Robert Samuelson There is much to dislike in President Trump’s trade agenda, but he is correct on one subject: China’s relentless quest to extort American “intellectual property” —…
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Why we must challenge China on trade
August 21, 2017
By Robert Samuelson There is much to dislike in President Trump’s trade agenda, but he is correct on one subject: China’s relentless quest to extort American “intellectual property” —…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 21
August 21, 2017Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/18/2017 to 08/24/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard R Lionsgate 1 3,377 $21,384,504 $21,384,504…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 21
August 21, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/18/2017 to 08/24/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Locs Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 The Hitman’s Bodyguard R Lionsgate 1 3,377 $21,384,504 $21,384,504…
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Garvin Design Group commits $50K to the Gamecock Guarantee
August 18, 2017
Local architecture firm, Garvin Design Group, is committed to supporting their community and educating tomorrow’s leaders. Garvin Design Group committed a generous donation of $50,000 to the Gamecock Guarantee program…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 14
August 14, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/11/2017 to 08/17/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Annabelle: Creation R Warner Bros. 1 $35,006,404 $35,006,404 2 Dunkirk…
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Top Grossing Movies – August 14
August 14, 2017
Theatrical grosses from comScore Week of 08/11/2017 to 08/17/2017 Rank Title Rating Distributor Weeks Weekend Gross Cumulative 1 Annabelle: Creation R Warner Bros. 1 $35,006,404 $35,006,404 2 Dunkirk…
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The curse of middle-aged capitalism — for Trump and all of us
August 14, 2017
By Robert Samuelson A persisting puzzle about the U.S. economy is how it can seem both strong and weak. On the one hand, it remains a citadel of innovation,…
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The curse of middle-aged capitalism — for Trump and all of us
August 14, 2017
By Robert Samuelson A persisting puzzle about the U.S. economy is how it can seem both strong and weak. On the one hand, it remains a citadel of innovation,…
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Nigeria’s complex environmental damage needs real solutions, not more litigation
August 13, 2017Energy and environmental expert proposes path beyond business as usual By Chris Carter “We are information rich, but knowledge poor,” so-says energy and environmental expert Tom Mullikin. “Worse; we…
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Nigeria’s complex environmental damage needs real solutions, not more litigation
August 13, 2017
Energy and environmental expert proposes path beyond business as usual By Chris Carter “We are information rich, but knowledge poor,” so-says energy and environmental expert Tom Mullikin. “Worse; we…
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