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Business March 24, 2006  RSS feed
Nuclear power for electric power, again
     Every informed American visitor to France or Belgium ends up envying the cheap electric power coming out of their nuclear plants. It%27s clean and reliable. How did America miss the boat? America tried to make it and failed miserably in a few notorious circumstances.
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SC Nuclear Highlights
     + Of the 31 states with nuclear capacity, SC ranks third.
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Star Profile
Dr. Katherine Barbieri of USC
     Dr. Katherine Barbieri was invited to appear on WIS-TV Sunday, March, 12, by David Stanton to comment on the Dubai port operation deal. The discussion was not part of a book tour, but her recently published study of international trade was cited often by the interviewer and quoted authoritatively by
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
     Berlin, finally, gets an adequate airport The Nazis had Templehoff Airport, named for the surrounding neighborhood where the Knights Templar reigned in the Dark Ages. Post-war West Berlin built Tegel, a decent in-town airport, but never anywhere big enough. Berlin got the go-ahead last week
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Mortgage Survey
     30-year fixed-rate US average Last week
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RBC Centura brings new banking to Vista
     Mayor Bob Coble and Ike McLeese, president of the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce, join RBC Centura representatives to officially welcome RBC Centura%27s newest banking center to the Congaree Vista. (l-r) Todd Brown, RBC Centura regional president of commercial markets in SC; Shyra Reitz, RBC
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Folks About Town
     Thomas H. Peacock, partner of Palmetto Insurance Group, was named a member of the 2005 Honor Council of the SC Association of Health Underwriters.
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Small businesses could get help with health insurance
     The SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce has thrown its support behind a House bill that would help small businesses afford group health insurance. The bi-partisan bill, Working Families, Healthy Families, was introduced March 16 with 55 co-sponsors. This bill will also be offered as an amendment t
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