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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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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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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Greenville Health System Swamp Rabbit Hoppenings
April 13, 2016
1006 people have already attended our virtual public meeting about our efforts to begin extending the GHS Swamp Rabbit Trail East through the communities of Poe Mill, Brutontown, New Washington…
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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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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…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: food, headlines, on-the-move
National Defense Briefs – 04/06/16
April 6, 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 – 04/06/16
April 6, 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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Solving the productivity mystery
April 4, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson A paradox of our time concerns productivity. We are awash in transformative technologies — smartphones, tablets, big data — and yet the growth in labor…
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What now?
April 4, 2016
By Kathleen Parker So what are we to do? This is a familiar question to opinion writers. Translation: You’ve told us what’s wrong with everything — and we agree.…
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Getting Stains Out – Part 4
March 31, 2016
By L. Paul Cline The right product applied the wrong way can make the stain set worse. Never Apply Direct Force. Dab gently or soak indirectly. Do not scrub…
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National Defense Briefs – 03/30/16
March 30, 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 – 03/30/16
March 30, 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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Types of Solvents (And the Stains They Remove) – Part 3
March 29, 2016
By L. Paul Cline Water: Universally safe on basically everything. It is effective as an immediate treatment to prevent stain setting. Needs prolonged soaking to have much effect on…
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We’re not a poor country, Donald
March 28, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson We are a very wealthy society, and we shouldn’t forget it. Donald Trump apparently has — along with many other people. Visiting recently with The…
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We’re not a poor country, Donald
March 28, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson We are a very wealthy society, and we shouldn’t forget it. Donald Trump apparently has — along with many other people. Visiting recently with The…
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Earth Day cleanups are part of the problem
March 25, 2016
By Rudy Socha CEO Wounded Nature – Working Veterans Annual litter cleanups add an additional 12 million plastic trash bags to landfills every year. Wounded Nature – Working Veterans…
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Trade myths and realities
March 24, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson In this bitter campaign, one area of agreement unites the major candidates: trade. Bernie Sanders brags that he’s opposed all recent trade agreements; Hillary Clinton…
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Trade myths and realities
March 24, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson In this bitter campaign, one area of agreement unites the major candidates: trade. Bernie Sanders brags that he’s opposed all recent trade agreements; Hillary Clinton…
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What did you do to stop him, Daddy?
March 24, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Now that Donald Trump has spoken before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobbying group, Americans have learned the following: Trump can read…
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What did you do to stop him, Daddy?
March 24, 2016
By Kathleen Parker Now that Donald Trump has spoken before the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), a pro-Israel lobbying group, Americans have learned the following: Trump can read…
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Action Plans that Drive Business Part 4: Message and Brand
March 21, 2016
By Kelly Coulter Define your audience’s perception Ever wonder what people say about you when you leave the room? You leave an impression on the people around you with…
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Where’s the $3 trillion?
March 20, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Is the American economy stronger than we think? Perhaps. A persisting puzzle about its recent performance is the stark contrast between growth of jobs (which…
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National Defense Briefs – 03/17/16
March 18, 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 – 03/17/16
March 18, 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,…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: headlines, military
Tiger Paw Classic: A golf lesson in sales and marketing
March 15, 2016
By Rick Uhlmann Information/media relations coordinator for the Clemson school of business Golf is an exercise in sales and event planning for students at Clemson University. For the seventh…
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The party’s (almost) over
March 14, 2016
By Kathleen Parker So it has come to this: A brokered convention or President Hillary Clinton. These options seem to be what’s left to Republicans of conscience, who are,…
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The party’s (almost) over
March 14, 2016
By Kathleen Parker So it has come to this: A brokered convention or President Hillary Clinton. These options seem to be what’s left to Republicans of conscience, who are,…
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What is the 30 second pitch for South Carolina?
March 12, 2016
By Alan Cooper Publisher MidlandsBiz, UpstateBizSC, LowcountryBizSC The following is based on the themes that I developed in a radio interview on the South Carolina Business Review with Mike…
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What is the 30 second pitch for South Carolina?
March 12, 2016
By Alan Cooper Publisher MidlandsBiz, UpstateBizSC, LowcountryBizSC The following is based on the themes that I developed in a radio interview on the South Carolina Business Review with Mike…
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What The New Social Security Rules Mean To You
March 8, 2016
By Susan A. McCants, CFP ® The new Social Security law that passed late last year, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, helped buoy the Social Security system by…
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What The New Social Security Rules Mean To You
March 8, 2016
By Susan A. McCants, CFP ® The new Social Security law that passed late last year, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015, helped buoy the Social Security system by…
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A new theory of inequality
March 7, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Thumbing through the annual report of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is always an education. This year’s 430-page edition is no exception.…
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A new theory of inequality
March 7, 2016
By Robert J. Samuelson Thumbing through the annual report of the White House’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) is always an education. This year’s 430-page edition is no exception.…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: headlines, op-ed
Common Stains and How to Remove Them – Part 2
March 7, 2016
By L. Paul Cline Selecting the right solvent requires you to know two things: 1) what will dissolve the stain and 2) what is safe to use on the…
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The black and white of politics
March 7, 2016
By Kathleen Parker FLORENCE, SC – If Donald Trump speaks for disenfranchised whites, Hillary Clinton speaks mostly to blacks who feel the same. But the differences in how people,…
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The black and white of politics
March 7, 2016
By Kathleen Parker FLORENCE, SC – If Donald Trump speaks for disenfranchised whites, Hillary Clinton speaks mostly to blacks who feel the same. But the differences in how people,…
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South Carolina’s booming automotive cluster provides prime opportunity for communities to attract suppliers and new jobs
March 4, 2016
By Mark Williams, President, Strategic Development Group South Carolina stands out like no other state as the preferred location for automotive manufacturing investments. In 2015 alone, multiple key automotive…
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South Carolina’s booming automotive cluster provides prime opportunity for communities to attract suppliers and new jobs
March 4, 2016
By Mark Williams, President, Strategic Development Group South Carolina stands out like no other state as the preferred location for automotive manufacturing investments. In 2015 alone, multiple key automotive…
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The Charleston World Heritage Coalition – Charleston history is world history
March 3, 2016
By Brittany Lavelle Tulla Executive Director The Charleston World Heritage Coalition The Charleston World Heritage Coalition (CWHC) is a non-profit organization established in 2012 and funded by the City…
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The Charleston World Heritage Coalition – Charleston history is world history
March 3, 2016
By Brittany Lavelle Tulla Executive Director The Charleston World Heritage Coalition The Charleston World Heritage Coalition (CWHC) is a non-profit organization established in 2012 and funded by the City…
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Corporate Culture – and the Road Toward “Success”
March 3, 2016
By Larry Ventimiglio While business “success” is built upon professional leadership, management, and staff proactively performing their functional responsibilities in a synergistic manner, and guided by a unifying corporate vision, the…
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Corporate Culture – and the Road Toward “Success”
March 3, 2016
By Larry Ventimiglio While business “success” is built upon professional leadership, management, and staff proactively performing their functional responsibilities in a synergistic manner, and guided by a unifying corporate vision, the…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: advice, headlines
