City Council meets on budget
May 18, 2016
By Temple Ligon City budget readied for public hearing and first reading On June 7, the city will have a public hearing and a first reading on its budget…
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The Need for Business LEADERSHIP to Steer Corporate Cultures toward Morality
May 17, 2016
By Larry Ventimiglio In the wake of recent corporate brand implosions at Volkswagen, General Motors, Takada, and several other multi-national giants, I sit back in amazement wondering “What were…
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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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Liquidity: easy to buy dangerous to sell
May 13, 2016
By Charles B. Flowers A popular saying in the world of finance is that liquidity, or the ability to sell something, exists until you need it. Understanding the liquidity…
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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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New Record Low Vacancy in Both Office and Industrial Markets
May 3, 2016
CBRE Research has released the latest data on the industrial and office commercial real estate markets in the Greenville-Spartanburg market. Office High absorption levels, consistent declines in vacancy and rapidly…
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Mad Monkey receives national certification as woman-owned business
May 3, 2016The Greater Women’s Business Council, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), has recognized Mad Monkey Inc. with a national certification as a Women’s Business…
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Mad Monkey receives national certification as woman-owned business
May 3, 2016
The Greater Women’s Business Council, a regional certifying partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), has recognized Mad Monkey Inc. with a national certification as a Women’s Business…
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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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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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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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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…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: headlines, op-ed
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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Columbia City Council meetings
April 20, 2016
By Temple Ligon Hospitality Taxes At a recent meeting of Richland County Council a destination-class water park, once costing $20 million and in the end, $18 million, was voted…
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South Carolina REALTORS® release March market reports
April 20, 2016
COLUMBIA, SC – South Carolina REALTORS® (SCR) released its March housing market data. The reports show buyers are increasing, but their options are limited. New listings were up nine percent…
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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,…
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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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Leaving NATO is not the way to save money
April 18, 2016By Bill Connor Among a number of bold, some would say outrageous, pronouncements made by Donald Trump during the 2016 election cycle, none has been more dangerous than his…
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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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Leaving NATO is not the way to save money
April 18, 2016
By Bill Connor Among a number of bold, some would say outrageous, pronouncements made by Donald Trump during the 2016 election cycle, none has been more dangerous than his…
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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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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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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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