May 21, 2010 RSS feed / Business

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Small business: Driving America’s economy

By John Temple Ligon
temple@thecolumbiastar.com
In the middle of Nat ional Smal l Busi - ness Week, May 2–8, the Small Business Administration South Carolina District Office held an awards luncheon at the city’s convention center on Lincoln Street. More...

Library launches WorkSC.org

Contributed by Claire Weingarden

The South Carolina State Library has launched a new website, WorkSC.org, to assist libraries, state government agencies and employees, and citizens to locate useful resources on the many facets of workforce development. More...

Hair–to–Spare campaign to help Gulf Coast oil spill clean–up efforts

Contributed by Stefanie Caraviello

Collins & Lacy, P.C. More...

Pediatrician to help Kenyans

Contributed by Claire Weingarden

While many people focus on giving back in their own community, one Columbia–area pediatrician is focused on giving back to a community more than 15,000 miles away. More...

Business Briefs

by John Temple Ligon

SCANA keeps up with neighbors On Tuesday, May 11, SCANA announced it priced a public offering of 7,150,000 shares of common stock at $37.00 per share. At the end of the day on Monday, May 17, SCANA shares were trading at $37.68. More...

Folks about town

Petty Officer Second Class Angelo Moore, a volunteer Big Brother with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Columbia, has been named South Carolina’s “Big of the Year.” William R. More...

St. Andrews Rotary honors student

The St. Andrews Rotary Club recognized Phillip Dorley May 18 as the recipient of the Vocational Service Award, because he was the outstanding student of Lexington School District 5’s Tools Program. More...

5 Points floods ...again

The Five Points area of Columbia was subjected to a concentrated burst of rainfall Monday afternoon on May 17 that some reports said dumped a little over two inches of rain in less than one hour. More...


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