The top ten priorities for the City of Columbia #7: Hydrogen service station
By John Temple Ligon
     For about a year, we Columbians have heard all the hullaballou and the hype over hydrogen. Elected officials and USC engineers have told us hydrogen is the wave of the future. Columbia was cited as a potential capital for hydrogen research. Local economists and scientists are joining forces with the
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Star Profile
     Ed Sellers and Hunter Howard, CEO, SC Chamber of Commerce
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CEO Ed Sellers accepts Habitat award for BlueCross BlueShield
By John Temple Ligon
     Central SC Habitat for Humanity honored BlueCross BlueShield as 2005 Corporate Citizen of the Year. The reception on the Meridian roof, part of the Nelson Mullins domain, was Tuesday at 6 pm. Ed Sellers, CEO and chairman of the board of SC BlueCross BlueShield, accepted the award.
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National Cosmetologist Association of the SC Hall of Fame inducts Cobb and Bagwell
Contributed by the National Cosmetology Association of SC
     Local cosmetologists Velma Colon Cobb and Betty Bagwell were recently inducted into the National Cosmetology Association of South Carolina Hall of Fame.
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Business Briefs
by John Temple Ligon Do office occupancy costs imply vacation costs?
     The total annual rent, taxes, and operating expenses for a West End London office come to almost $200 per square foot. In New York City, the costs in office occupancy total just under $60 per square foot. Buenos Aires costs less than half NYC
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