February 17, 2006 RSS feed / Business

Briefs

by John Temple Ligon

Retail gains in January US retail sales moved up an unanticipated 2.3% in January, the biggest gain since May 2004. The expected increase was just 0.8%. More...

Jim Moore to add to Two Notch Road

Shoppers will soon have another option for car buying on Two Notch Road. Moore For Less, A Jim Moore Concept, is slated to open in February in the 6000 block of Two Notch Road in Columbia. More...

Star Profile

Michael Stout, M.D., of Doctors Care

Mike Stout grew up in Rhode Island. In 1968, he graduated from Boston College (cum laude) with a BA in mathematics. A month after college graduation, the local draft board sent Stout greetings. He was sent to Ft. More...

Knight Ridder sale imminent

Newspaper giant Knight Ridder, publisher of The State More...

Lamar Advertising helps capture criminals

Lamar Advertising, Crimestoppers of the Midlands, and Law Enforcement will announce Tuesday at Lamar Advertising on Atlas Road in Columbia, a new partnership to take the criminals off the streets through the use of free billboard space provided by L More...

Folks About Town

Simpson Z. Fant has joined Parker, Poe, Adams & Bernstein L.L.P as a partner . More...