November 14, 2008 RSS feed / Business

Folks about town

Columbia native Ronald W. Huff, the full- time chief of staff of the South Carolina National Guard, has been promoted to the rank of brigadier general. More...

Hundreds celebrate Famously Hot

The Midlands Authority for Conventions, Sports & Tourism (MACST) along with the Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce held an event November 6 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center to celebrate Columbia's new marketing campaign, Columbia, S More...

New retail developments coming to Columbia area

Colliers Keenan agent Pendleton Grove has brokered the sale of seven acres of land slated for redevelopment in the Forest Acres neighborhood. More...

Carolina First's Whittle continues to put himself first

As reported in The Columbia Star in September 2006, in August 2006, Greenville's Mack Whittle, CEO of The South Financial Group (TSFG), was recognized by SNL Financial as one of "America's over-compensated bank executives. More...

Briefs

Master Plan Jafza International, based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, unveiled its master plan Wednesday, Nov. 12, to develop a 1,300- acre logistics and transportation corridor at the intersection of Interstates 26 and 95. More...

Star Profile

Randy Folks of the Moore School of Business

The nationally ranked international business degrees at USC's Moore School began in 1972 as a conversation between two S.C.- based companies, Springs Industries and Sonoco, and the dean of the business school at USC, the late Dr. James F. Kane. More...

Golfers raise $127,700 for the NKF

More than 116 amateur golfers competed in the Midstate NKF Golf Classic tournament at the Windermere Country Club in Blythewood to benefit the National Kidney Foundation of South Carolina, Monday, October 20. More...

New tenant for Kress building

Colliers Keenan agent Henry Roe completed a 10- year lease transaction to bring Gotham Bagel to Columbia's Main Street. More...