The (false) robot invasion
June 5, 2016
Robert J. Samuelson The robots are coming — but not in numbers that would imperil most Americans’ jobs. Few subjects have inspired as much hype as robots. Consider some…
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Have U.S. wages stagnated? Probably not
June 5, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson How many times have you heard that Americans’ wages have stagnated? Countless commentators (including me) have repeated this complaint. Naturally, politicians of both parties —…
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Have U.S. wages stagnated? Probably not
June 5, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson How many times have you heard that Americans’ wages have stagnated? Countless commentators (including me) have repeated this complaint. Naturally, politicians of both parties —…
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Obama’s legacy of a pre-post-racial era
June 5, 2016
By Kathleen Parker As Barack Obama’s presidency takes a backseat to the psychodrama known as the 2016 election, historians, speculators and revisionists are busy writing his presidential epitaph. Not…
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Obama’s legacy of a pre-post-racial era
June 5, 2016
By Kathleen Parker As Barack Obama’s presidency takes a backseat to the psychodrama known as the 2016 election, historians, speculators and revisionists are busy writing his presidential epitaph. Not…
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An Open Letter to College Graduates – 8 Things You Must Know
June 2, 2016
By Lee-Anne Scalley OneinaMil Congratulations, after four years of hard work, hard partying and a slew of life lessons, you now have a fancy, crisp, very expensive piece of…
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Statement from Elliott Summey, Charleston County Board Chairman
May 31, 2016
By Elliott Summey Charleston County Board Chairman May 26, 2016 Today was a slap in the face to Charleston County. Along with the City of Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg and…
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The online lending scare
May 31, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Could online lending cause the next financial crisis? While the odds seem overwhelmingly against it, the recent turmoil at LendingClub — a leading online lender…
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The online lending scare
May 31, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Could online lending cause the next financial crisis? While the odds seem overwhelmingly against it, the recent turmoil at LendingClub — a leading online lender…
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Election disaffection
May 31, 2016
By Kathleen Parker CHARLESTON, SC – On rare occasions, Americans coalesce around a common cause, usually following some calamity — a terrorist attack, a natural disaster or, say, during…
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Election disaffection
May 31, 2016
By Kathleen Parker CHARLESTON, SC – On rare occasions, Americans coalesce around a common cause, usually following some calamity — a terrorist attack, a natural disaster or, say, during…
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Let us praise GDP
May 22, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson It’s time to cut the GDP some slack. Overhauling the GDP — as some critics would — threatens to politicize one of our most useful…
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Hillary’s viral nightmare
May 22, 2016
By Kathleen Parker You could say that it all depends on how you define “lie.” Or, perhaps, that it’s hell to have a public record. Either way, Hillary Clinton’s…
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The economy’s real drag — us
May 16, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson American consumers aren’t what they used to be — and that helps explain the plodding economic recovery. It gets no respect despite creating 14 million…
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The economy’s real drag — us
May 16, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson American consumers aren’t what they used to be — and that helps explain the plodding economic recovery. It gets no respect despite creating 14 million…
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Rules are for breaking
May 16, 2016
By Kathleen Parker It should be obvious to all by now that Donald Trump knows nothing of what he speaks. His disastrous economic ideas are but the latest in…
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Rules are for breaking
May 16, 2016
By Kathleen Parker It should be obvious to all by now that Donald Trump knows nothing of what he speaks. His disastrous economic ideas are but the latest in…
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Business Risks – and How to Avoid Them
May 13, 2016
By Larry Ventimiglio Success in business is a mix of earning acceptable returns and mitigating or avoiding risks. While risks are an inevitable reality in business, properly planning and…
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Business Risks – and How to Avoid Them
May 13, 2016
By Larry Ventimiglio Success in business is a mix of earning acceptable returns and mitigating or avoiding risks. While risks are an inevitable reality in business, properly planning and…
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National Defense Briefs – 05/12/16
May 12, 2016By W. Thomas Smith Jr. NATIONAL DEFENSE BRIEFS is a series produced by National Defense Consultants, LLC, aimed at informing readers with timely military and homeland security news updates, trends,…
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National Defense Briefs – 05/12/16
May 12, 2016
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. NATIONAL DEFENSE BRIEFS is a series produced by National Defense Consultants, LLC, aimed at informing readers with timely military and homeland security news updates, trends,…
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Build it and they might come. Build it beautifully, and they will come in droves.
May 3, 2016
By Alan Cooper Publisher, MidlandsBiz, UpstateBizSC and LowcountryBizSC The following is based on comments that I made on the South Carolina Business Review hosted by Mike Switzer. What is…
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Build it and they might come. Build it beautifully, and they will come in droves.
May 3, 2016
By Alan Cooper Publisher, MidlandsBiz, UpstateBizSC and LowcountryBizSC The following is based on comments that I made on the South Carolina Business Review hosted by Mike Switzer. What is…
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What’s the real gender pay gap?
May 1, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson The gender pay gap is back in the news — and may become a major issue in the presidential campaign. It seems an open-and-shut case…
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Black votes matter
May 1, 2016
By Kathleen Parker CHARLESTON, SC – African-Americans in the South can’t get a break when it comes to voting, as history can’t deny. After all they’ve endured through slavery,…
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Special Report: The Craft Beer Craze is Here to Stay
April 29, 2016
Colliers International, South Carolina – Special Market Report, Year End 2015 Craft beer is gaining popularity across the United States and influencing the way people consume beer. Craft brewers now…
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Special Report: The Craft Beer Craze is Here to Stay
April 29, 2016
Colliers International, South Carolina – Special Market Report, Year End 2015 Craft beer is gaining popularity across the United States and influencing the way people consume beer. Craft brewers now…
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Make Your Bed
April 29, 2016
By Landon Poe Landon Poe is a finalist in a scholarship essay contest to raise awareness for Mesothelioma Cancer among US veterans – https://www.mesotheliomahelp.org/scholarship-contest/make-your-bed/ In small-town USA 1965, Dewey Poe…
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How to Protect Your Intellectual Property Infographic
April 28, 2016Infographic created by Morningside IP .
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How to Protect Your Intellectual Property Infographic
April 28, 2016Infographic created by Morningside IP .
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National Defense Briefs – 04/26/16
April 26, 2016By W. Thomas Smith Jr. NATIONAL DEFENSE BRIEFS is a series produced by National Defense Consultants, LLC, aimed at informing readers with timely military and homeland security news updates,…
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National Defense Briefs – 04/26/16
April 26, 2016
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. NATIONAL DEFENSE BRIEFS is a series produced by National Defense Consultants, LLC, aimed at informing readers with timely military and homeland security news updates,…
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A competition deficit?
April 25, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson The Obama administration has a new economic worry: competition or, allegedly, the lack of it. America’s businesses, the indictment goes, merge too often, innovate too…
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A competition deficit?
April 25, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson The Obama administration has a new economic worry: competition or, allegedly, the lack of it. America’s businesses, the indictment goes, merge too often, innovate too…
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Karma tastes rich in new, humane economy
April 25, 2016
By Kathleen Parker As the human circus of presidential politics has plodded along for what seems a decade now, a revolution has been taking place in the ever-more-dignified animal…
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Karma tastes rich in new, humane economy
April 25, 2016
By Kathleen Parker As the human circus of presidential politics has plodded along for what seems a decade now, a revolution has been taking place in the ever-more-dignified animal…
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Is Physical Inactivity the New Smoking in South Carolina?
April 20, 2016
By Daniel Bornstein, Ph.D. Second phase of U.S. Physical Activity Plan released on April 20, but there’s no SC plan in sight If smoking isn’t tolerated in South Carolina…
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National Defense Briefs – 04/20/16
April 20, 2016By W. Thomas Smith Jr. NATIONAL DEFENSE BRIEFS is a series produced by National Defense Consultants, LLC, aimed at informing readers with timely military and homeland security news updates, trends,…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: headlines, military
National Defense Briefs – 04/20/16
April 20, 2016
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. NATIONAL DEFENSE BRIEFS is a series produced by National Defense Consultants, LLC, aimed at informing readers with timely military and homeland security news updates, trends,…
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South Carolina business community letter to General Assembly regarding S.1203
April 19, 2016
COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Chamber, South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance, South Carolina Economic Developers Association, South Carolina Hospital Association, and the Charleston, Clemson, Columbia, Greenville, Greenwood, Myrtle Beach, North…
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South Carolina business community letter to General Assembly regarding S.1203
April 19, 2016COLUMBIA, SC – The South Carolina Chamber, South Carolina Manufacturers Alliance, South Carolina Economic Developers Association, South Carolina Hospital Association, and the Charleston, Clemson, Columbia, Greenville, Greenwood, Myrtle Beach, North…
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State House Report: Top Three Things You Need to Know
April 19, 2016
By Ashley Hunter SENATE FINANCE DEBATES THE STATE BUDGET The Senate Finance Committee met this past week and addressed some of the funding for the K-12 Education, Higher Education and Criminal Justice state…
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State House Report: Top Three Things You Need to Know
April 19, 2016
By Ashley Hunter SENATE FINANCE DEBATES THE STATE BUDGET The Senate Finance Committee met this past week and addressed some of the funding for the K-12 Education, Higher Education and Criminal Justice state…
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Brazil’s nightmare
April 18, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Woe is Brazil. As the summer Olympics approach in August, Latin America’s largest country — with a population of 206 million and an economy that…
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Brazil’s nightmare
April 18, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Woe is Brazil. As the summer Olympics approach in August, Latin America’s largest country — with a population of 206 million and an economy that…
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Pope Bernie
April 18, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Imagine emerging from a rocky political week only to announce, as Bernie Sanders did, that, oh, by the way, the Vatican called. Actually, it was the…
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Pope Bernie
April 18, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Imagine emerging from a rocky political week only to announce, as Bernie Sanders did, that, oh, by the way, the Vatican called. Actually, it was the…
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Trumpanomics: fantasies over facts
April 10, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Trumpanomics doesn’t compute. The media keep piling on Donald Trump, because he keeps saying things that are controversial, impractical, undesirable and — in some cases…
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The people’s race
April 10, 2016
By Kathleen Parker The spectacular strangeness of this presidential election may require a new display in Ripley’s Odditorium of believe-it-or-nots. Among the exhibits, curators might place the History of…
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2016 South Carolina Chef Ambassadors selected to be featured chefs at upcoming James Beard House Dinner
April 8, 2016The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation & Tourism will host a media outreach initiative at the James Beard House in New York City this August, featuring the 2016 South…
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