December 26, 2008 RSS feed / Business

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Consortium convenes

Story and Photos by John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com
The Consortium for Enterprise Systems Management met with the press for the first time last Thursday morning, Dec. 17, at the Strom Thurmond Wellness Center. Consortium charter member BlueCross BlueShield of S.C. More...

Folks about town

John T. Lay Jr. has been selected as president of the South Carolina Defense Trial Attorneys' Association. The Central Carolina REALTORS ® Association has named Elizabeth Webber- Akre as the 2009 REALTOR of the Year. More...

State Housing Authority employees play Santa

Contributed by the S.C. State Housing Authority

Ninety- nine children age six through 17 at Epworth Children's Home in Columbia, S.C. More...

Briefs

by John Temple Ligon

Making the best of a bad situation Charlotte- based Duke Energy Corp., trying to avoid layoffs this recession, will freeze salaries for its salaried professionals and its managers, about half of Duke's 18,000 employees. More...

Mary Morgan Kerlagon of Russell and Jeffcoat

By John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com

The Forrest Gump set location decisions were made with Columbia's Mary Morgan Kerlagon, as were the locations for GI Jane and The Patriot. More...

Ceremony held for Aldersgate at Epworth Children's Home

Contributed by Home Builders Association of Greater Columbia

The past presidents of the Home Builders Association of Greater Columbia held a ribbon cutting ceremony opening the Builders Care Home for Aldersgate Special Needs Ministries on Monday, December 15 at 11 am. More...

USC professors receive 2008 Governor's Award

Contributed by Dr. Don Jordan

Dr. Donna Chen, USC Department of Chemistry is the recipient of the Young Scientist Governor's Award for Excellence in Scientific Research, 2008. Chen is recognized for her pioneering work in the field of nanoparticle chemistry. More...


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