Duke Energy expands and splits the company
Looking to come to Columbia?
By John Temple Ligon
     Quoted in The Charlotte Observer last Friday, Duke Energy CEO Jim Rogers said, "My judgment is that if you look out five to 10 years, Duke is going to be one of the mega-companies in America supplying power to this country." Merged with Ohio-based Cinergy Corporation last year, Duke and its $7
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Star Profile Jon Keith of C. F. Evans & Company
By John Temple Ligon
     Construction business development executive Jon Keith grew up in Spencer, W. Va., where he began his own radio show at age 13. Immediately following high school, Keith enrolled in West Virginia University. And he came here to continue his education at USC, graduating with a master's in social work.
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
     Cost of a new airport terminal Myrtle Beach has seen the construction cost of its proposed new airport terminal rise over five years from $185 million to more than $250 million. A new design team has been brought in to apply value engineering and cut costs. The terminal designs and construct
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Folks about town
     Stephen D. Kirkland , CPA, of Moore Kirkland & Beauston L.L.P. participated in the 15th Anniversary National Expert Witness Conference in Hyannis, Mass.
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Shop talk
     Bank of America presented a $25,000 gift to the
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