July 3, 2009 RSS feed / Business

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Talent attraction for the long term

By John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com
According to Charlotte- based bizjournals.com, the hottest job market in the country last October was Houston, Texas. Among the country's top 100 hottest job markets, Detroit was No. 100. More...

Adrienne Huffman of the State Museum Foundation

By John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com

The State Museum opened about 20 years ago, and now it's about to open an astronomy section with a planetarium and an observatory and support spaces, all for $23,500,000. The additions together are called Windows to New Worlds. More...

Folks about town

Er in McCask ill has joi ned First Citizens in West Columbia as a relationship manager. More...

Business Briefs

by John Temple Ligon

On the job During 2008, S.C. Attorney General Henry McMaster's Insurance Fraud Division secured 135 convictions for insurance fraud, a 44 percent increase over 2007, when there were 94 convictions. Headhunter Junior Achievement of S.C. More...

Was it legal to publish Sanford's emails?

Commentary by John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com

On June 24, last Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford held a State House press conference. As he phrased it, he put his cards on the table and let the "chips fall where they may." They're still falling. More...

Red Cross honors volunteers at annual meeting

Contributed by the American Red Cross of Central South Carolina

The American Red Cross of Central South Carolina and the South Carolina Blood Services Region hosted the Past, Present & Future 2009 Annual Meeting at the South Carolina State Museum on June 24. More...

KeenanSuggs to partner with Community Bank

Contributed by KeenanSuggs

Community Bank Services (CBS), the largest insurance agency in North Carolina concentrating on risk management and insurance coverages for the banking industry, has approved a partnership with Keenan- Suggs of Columbia, South Carolina that will pro More...

Southeastern rolls through recession

Contributed by Southeastern Freight Lines

The trucking industry, the engine of nation's economy, is suffering during the recession, resulting in elimination of services, widespread layoffs, thousands of bankruptcies, and even talks of YRC Worldwide, the nation's largest publicly traded tru More...


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