Voterheads Weekly Update – June 9
June 9, 2014It’s that time again Y’all… *Cue Donald Trump’s intro music please* The Cities of Columbia, Greer & Spartanburg are talking Fiscal Year Budgets, Levying Taxes and associated Penalties! Meanwhile Lexington 3 talks…
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Voterheads Weekly Update – June 9
June 9, 2014It’s that time again Y’all… *Cue Donald Trump’s intro music please* The Cities of Columbia, Greer & Spartanburg are talking Fiscal Year Budgets, Levying Taxes and associated Penalties! Meanwhile Lexington 3 talks…
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National Defense Briefs
June 9, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Eighteenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of MidlandsBiz.com updates aimed at informing with timely military and homeland-security news…
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National Defense Briefs
June 9, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Eighteenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of MidlandsBiz.com updates aimed at informing with timely military and homeland-security news…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: government, headlines
The search for an autism breakthrough
June 8, 2014
By Richard Eckstrom, S.C. Comptroller In early May, thousands of people turned out at Finlay Park in Columbia for “Strides for Autism,” a fundraising walk to raise support for…
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The search for an autism breakthrough
June 8, 2014
By Richard Eckstrom, S.C. Comptroller In early May, thousands of people turned out at Finlay Park in Columbia for “Strides for Autism,” a fundraising walk to raise support for…
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National Defense Briefs
June 3, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Seventeenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of MidlandsBiz.com updates aimed at informing with timely military and homeland-security…
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National Defense Briefs
June 3, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Seventeenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of MidlandsBiz.com updates aimed at informing with timely military and homeland-security…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz Category: headlines, military
National Defense Briefs – May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Sixteenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of MidlandsBiz.com updates aimed at informing with timely military and homeland-security…
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National Defense Briefs – May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Sixteenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of MidlandsBiz.com updates aimed at informing with timely military and homeland-security…
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Top Grocery Brands Comparison: Disturbing Truth About How Big Food Companies Exploit Your Shopping Habits
May 22, 2014by Alex Hillsberg Standing in the supermarket’s food section aisle you’re confronted with hundreds of different products compounded by the happy proliferation of subcategories. You have a wide choice…
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Top Grocery Brands Comparison: Disturbing Truth About How Big Food Companies Exploit Your Shopping Habits
May 22, 2014by Alex Hillsberg Standing in the supermarket’s food section aisle you’re confronted with hundreds of different products compounded by the happy proliferation of subcategories. You have a wide choice…
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National Defense Briefs – May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Fifteenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of MidlandsBiz.com updates aimed at informing with timely military and homeland-security…
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National Defense Briefs – May 19, 2014
May 19, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Fifteenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of MidlandsBiz.com updates aimed at informing with timely military and homeland-security…
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Remembering Barbara Huberman
May 19, 2014
Dear friends: It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that I share with you the news that our organization, and the entire field of adolescent health, lost a…
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Today’s grads give reason for optimism
May 18, 2014
By Richard Eckstrom S.C. Comptroller For millions of young adults here in S.C. and across the country, it’s an exciting – and uncertain – time: graduation time. Many S.C.…
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Today’s grads give reason for optimism
May 18, 2014
By Richard Eckstrom S.C. Comptroller For millions of young adults here in S.C. and across the country, it’s an exciting – and uncertain – time: graduation time. Many S.C.…
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Mullikin briefs Columbia Chamber’s Military Affairs Committee on Climate and Energy Issues
May 17, 2014COLUMBIA, SC – Environmental attorney Thomas S. Mullikin briefed the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Committee, Apr. 29. Introduced by Maj. Gen. George Goldsmith, U.S. Army Reserve (Ret.), Mullikin addressed both the military…
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Innovative Marketing – Attracting Our Ideal Prospects
May 16, 2014
By Jerry Bellune May 12, 2014 Attracting Our Ideal Prospects Are you attracting your Ideal Prospects? Or are you pursuing anybody who’ll fog a mirror? Do they want to buy…
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South Carolina’s Employment Situation April 2014
May 16, 2014
Unemployment Rate Decreases; Lowest Rate Since June 2001 COLUMBIA, SC The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 5.3 percent in April down from March’s rate of 5.5 percent. The…
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South Carolina’s Employment Situation April 2014
May 16, 2014
Unemployment Rate Decreases; Lowest Rate Since June 2001 COLUMBIA, SC The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased to 5.3 percent in April down from March’s rate of 5.5 percent. The…
Read MorePosted in: lowcountrybizsc, midlandsbiz, upstatebizsc Category: government, headlines, on-the-move
Leadership Secrets: 50 Strategies of the World’s Best Leaders
May 15, 2014By Blake DuBose and Mike DuBose Republished May 15, 2014 Along with outstanding staff, effective leaders are the driving force behind thriving businesses, private non-profits, government agencies, and houses…
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Leadership Secrets: 50 Strategies of the World’s Best Leaders
May 15, 2014By Blake DuBose and Mike DuBose Republished May 15, 2014 Along with outstanding staff, effective leaders are the driving force behind thriving businesses, private non-profits, government agencies, and houses…
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National Defense Briefs
May 14, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. May 14, 2014 Fourteenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of LowcountryBizSC.com updates aimed at informing with timely…
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National Defense Briefs
May 14, 2014
By W. Thomas Smith Jr. May 14, 2014 Fourteenth in the series, National Defense Briefs. Each week we bring to readers of MidlandsBiz.com updates aimed at informing with timely…
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Climate change: We have no solution yet
May 13, 2014By Robert Samuelson May 12, 2014 It would be healthy — in the sense of promoting honesty — if every report warning of global warming and climate change (the two…
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Climate change: We have no solution yet
May 13, 2014By Robert Samuelson May 12, 2014 It would be healthy — in the sense of promoting honesty — if every report warning of global warming and climate change (the two…
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The death penalty condemns us all
May 13, 2014By Kathleen Parker May 12, 2014 When Lady Justice takes a count of bleeding hearts outside the execution chamber, she won’t find mine among them. I am no passionate opponent of the…
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Innovative Marketing – Attracting Our Ideal Prospects
May 12, 2014
By Jerry Bellune May 12, 2014 Attracting Our Ideal Prospects Are you attracting your Ideal Prospects? Or are you pursuing anybody who’ll fog a mirror? Do they want to buy…
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Tough sales issues, and not so tough (but not so easy) answers.
May 12, 2014By Jeffrey Gitomer May 12, 2014 The 3.5 biggest issues facing salespeople today are: 1. Price integrity. 2. Customer loyalty. 3. Fighting hungry competition. 3.5 Quality, attitude, and belief…
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Voterheads Weekly Update – May 12
May 12, 2014This week, the City of Greenville wants non-partisan elections and Greer is looking at allowing people to raise chickens inside the city limits. Vote and comment now by signing up for your free…
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Get more done in less time – How Eisenhower accomplished so much
May 6, 2014By Jerry Bellune May 5, 2014 President Dwight Eisenhower was a model leader. He grew up in an impoverished family in Kansas. With hard work, “Ike” graduated from West…
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Get more done in less time – How Eisenhower accomplished so much
May 6, 2014By Jerry Bellune May 5, 2014 President Dwight Eisenhower was a model leader. He grew up in an impoverished family in Kansas. With hard work, “Ike” graduated from West…
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Comparison of the Top Tech Company Acquisitions: Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Apple and Other Business Giants
May 6, 2014By David Adelman and Alex Hillsberg In 2005, Rupert Murdoch, a veteran business mogul with a solid reputation in creating empires out of companies was so sure of social media’s…
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ARIAIL Cartoon
May 5, 2014About Robert Ariail Robert Ariail has won numerous awards for his work, mostrecently the Ranan Lurie United Nations Political Cartoon Award inDecember 2009. Ariail became the first…
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Washington’s twisted love affair with the WHCA dinner
May 5, 2014By Kathleen Parker May 2, 2014 This is the time when Americans renew their hatred of Washington and Washington wallows in a bittersweet cocktail of self-love and self-loathing. Which is…
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Voterheads Weekly Update – May 5
May 5, 2014Columbia is moving forward with funding the new baseball park and a parking garage, while Greenville County is concerned about unattended donation receptacles, and Richland County is busy with orchestras, gold mines, and greenways. All this and…
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Support Nonprofits during Midlands Gives Day on May 6
May 4, 2014By JoAnn Turnquist What would happen if we all combined our resources on one day in support of nonprofit organizations in our local community? What if we could do this…
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Notes from city council meeting, Tuesday night, April 29
May 3, 2014By Temple Ligon April 30, 2014 Sanitary sewer lines William H. Davis, wastewater engineer for the Department of Utilities and Engineering, reported on the city’s recent sanitary sewer overflows…
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Washington’s twisted love affair with the WHCA dinner
May 2, 2014By Kathleen Parker May 2, 2014 This is the time when Americans renew their hatred of Washington and Washington wallows in a bittersweet cocktail of self-love and self-loathing. Which is…
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Mullikin returns to Fiji
May 1, 2014S.C. Attorney leads legislative reform team, dives with sharks, and starts library in Fiji Attorney Tom Mullikin, pres. of the Mullikin Law Firm and Global Eco Adventures – in coordination…
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DEW Makes Early Unemployment Trust Fund Loan Repayment
April 30, 2014Agency on track to repay entire loan in 2015 COLUMBIA, SC – April 30, 2014 – The SC Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW) today announced it made a voluntary…
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Investing in Your Child’s Education – Tax Free
April 3, 2013By Curtis LoftisSouth Carolina State TreasurerColumbia, SCApril 2, 2013 You love your children, and you do everything you can for them: feed them, clothe them, take them to the…
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Like A Yellow Dust Storm
April 3, 2013By Tom Poland April 3, 2013 A few Easters back I drove over to my hometown, Lincolnton, Georgia, from Columbia. Long stretches of I-20 provided views of massive clouds of…
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Investing in Your Child’s Education – Tax Free
April 3, 2013By Curtis LoftisSouth Carolina State TreasurerColumbia, SCApril 2, 2013 You love your children, and you do everything you can for them: feed them, clothe them, take them to the doctor…
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The Lost Art of the Thank You Note
April 1, 2013Deborah O’Connor April 2, 2013 I cannot emphasize the importance of sending a thank you note, inbusiness as well as in your personal life. Simply put, it shows that you…
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South Carolina’s Employment Situation February 2013
March 29, 2013February unemployment rate down COLUMBIA, SC – March 29, 2013 – The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in South Carolina decreased to 8.6 percent in February from January’s rate of 8.7 percent.…
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South Carolina’s Employment Situation February 2013
March 29, 2013February unemployment rate down COLUMBIA, SC – March 29, 2013 – The seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate in South Carolina decreased to 8.6 percent in February from January’s rate of 8.7 percent.…
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Introductions and Handshakes
March 26, 2013Deborah O’Connor March 26, 2013 There are many rules that govern business introductions and proper handshakes and everyone should know the basics: Always rise when greeting someone. Both women and…
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Five Questions for DeWitt Zemp, partner with Southern Strategy Group
March 21, 2013By W. Thomas Smith Jr. Southern Strategy Group – the Columbia-based element of the nation’s largest lobbying firm, Strategy Group – owns and operates some 18 offices in 13 states…
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