April 17, 2009 RSS feed / Business

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Students call for mercury testing

Story and Photos by John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com
On Wednesday morning, April 8, in USC's Green Quad between Main Street and Sumter Street on the south side of Blossom Street, more than two dozen USC students protested the lack of mercury testing of people along the Great Pee Dee River through the More...

Folks about town

Grady Beard has been invited to join Larson's National Workers' Compensation Advisory Board as one of two representatives from South Carolina. Wesley Whitener has joined First Citizens as senior vice president and appraisal manager. More...

S.C. residents picking up phones before picking up shovels

Contributed by MGH

April 1 marked the official start of S.C. Safe Digging Month, a statewide initiative aimed at raising awareness of the importance of notifying the Palmetto Utility Protection Service, Inc. (PUPS). More...

Briefs

Briefs by John Temple Ligon

Municipal power Los Angeles, Calif. is a municipal power city, as is Austin. Tex. Municipal power cities produce and/or purchase wholesale electric power and sell it to their citizens at a slight mark- up. More...

Emily Brady of Chernoff Newman

Star Profile
Story and Photo by John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com

The recent success at the convention center, the gathering of several hundred out- of- town delegates and thousands of local visitors at the National Hydrogen Associations' annual convention, was promoted by Columbia- based public relations firm Ch More...

Governor appoints member to Midlands Technical College Commission

Contributed by Midlands Technical College

Randall (Mack) Jackson has been appointed to serve on the Midlands Technical College Commission. The Midlands Technical College Commission is a 12- member board representing the college's service area. More...

Managing retirement savings in today's economy: Tips for keeping money safe

Contributed by J. Randall Waterfield

With the unemployment rate on the rise and the economy in recession, many Americans - especially those over 50 - are struggling to cope with disintegrating disposable incomes and early retirement. More...


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