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Feb 29, 2016
Staff Report Published Feb. 29, 2016 WestRock pledged Thursday to protect more than 53,000 acres from development within its 72,000-acre East Edisto tract, which straddles Charleston and Dorchester counties. WestRock has endowed the... Read More
Feb 29, 2016
By Ashley Heffernan aheffernan@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 29, 2016 Charleston-based Construction Services Group Inc. won a federal contract worth nearly $8.6 million to expand and repair the intensive care unit at the Ralph H. ... Read More
Feb 29, 2016
By Bill Poovey bpoovey@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 29, 2016 An enterprise headed by Greenville entrepreneur Vivian Wong is ready to market a new BabyBlossom product line in China, a country that has been dealing with infant form... Read More
Feb 29, 2016
By Bill McCrary Bill@Sandler.com Published Feb. 29, 2016 Almost every facet of daily life, including work life, has been touched by technology: from scheduling orders to tracking deliveries; forecasting production requirem... Read More
Feb 29, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 29, 2016 Richland County officials said they are willing to re-examine the Transportation Penny Program and make changes to comply with demands of the S.C. Department of R... Read More
Feb 29, 2016
Staff Report gsanews@scbiznews.com Published, Feb. 29, 2016 A consortium of companies, including Fluor Corp., said it has met substantial completion on the Gaviao Branco facility in the state of Maranhao, Brazil and has turned th... Read More
Feb 29, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 29, 2016 Nearly $60 million in disaster recovery funds have been awarded to the Columbia area by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. HUD Secretary Juli... Read More
Feb 29, 2016
Staff Report Published Feb. 29, 2016 The Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce’s Economic Outlook Conference will provide an update on Volvo’s Berkeley County automotive campus and offer an outlook for the Charleston region for the... Read More
Feb 29, 2016
By Bill Poovey bpoovey@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 29, 2016 With Upstate business growth accelerating demand for freight services, trucking companies are struggling to keep up. Entry-level jobs are paying $50,000 or more a year,... Read More
Feb 29, 2016
By Matthew Clark mclark@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 29, 2016 Members of the S.C. Senate continued to block a House-approved measure to add money to fix state roads. It continued this week following Senate adjournment with Sparta... Read More
Feb 26, 2016
By Bill Poovey bpoovey@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 26, 2016 With Upstate business growth accelerating demand for freight services, trucking companies are struggling to keep up. Entry-level jobs are paying $50,000 or more a year,... Read More
Feb 26, 2016
By Matthew Clark mclark@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 26, 2016 Members of the S.C. Senate continued to block a House-approved measure to add money to fix state roads. It continued this week following Senate adjournment with Sparta... Read More
Feb 26, 2016
By Chris Cox colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 26, 2016 Christina Goodman will readily admit it. She is, in her words, “a complete nerd.” Among her favorite nerd-hobbies are Lord of the Rings documentaries, whi... Read More
Feb 26, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 26, 2016 United Way of the Midlands recognized Paul V. Fant Sr. as the 2015 Humanitarian of the Year Award recipient at the organization’s annual dinner Thursday night at the U... Read More
Feb 25, 2016
Staff Report Published Feb. 25, 2016 Harmon Field, a 13-acre park on President Street in downtown Charleston, recently became the Lowcountry’s 10th park to add free Wi-Fi access. Wi-Fi was activated last week at the park’s baseb... Read More
Feb 25, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 25, 2016 S.C. Electric & Gas donated $25,000 today to Plant It Forward, an initiative to help farmers hard-hit by losses suffered in the wake of October’s devastating flood... Read More
Feb 25, 2016
Staff Report gsanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 25, 2016 The management department inside the Clemson University College of Business and Behavioral Science was ranked 11th nationally for its information systems research product... Read More
Feb 25, 2016
By Matthew Clark mclark@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 25, 2016 Recent reports from Colliers International and NAI Earle Furman suggested the retail market in the Upstate saw a strong quarter and closed out 2015 with lower vacancy ra... Read More
Feb 25, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 25, 2016 A development company today removed from its website a proposal for a 300,000-square-foot outlet mall adjacent to SCANA’s corporate campus in Cayce. Informatio... Read More
Feb 25, 2016
By Liz Segrist lsegrist@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 25, 2016 The Naval Consolidated Brig in Hanahan is one of 13 potential sites that could house detainees transferred from the controversial U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo... Read More
Feb 25, 2016
By J. Richards Todd Published Feb. 25, 2016 Washington-based Americans for Prosperity is sponsoring a misguided, behind the scenes gas-tax-demagogue with apparently little understanding of state or road building budgeting. ... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
Since transitioning from City Hall to The Citadel, former Charleston Mayor Joe Riley has been a guest lecturer in several political science courses. (Photo/The Citadel) Staff Report Published Feb. 24, 2016 Two hours after leaving hi... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
Staff Report Published Feb. 24, 2016 SCRA Applied R&D has been picked to lead the Navy Metalworking Center under an indefinite contract with a $99 million ceiling, the Summerville-based corporation said in a news release earlier ... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
By Matthew Clark mclark@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 24, 2016 A proposed $1 billion pipeline project that starts in Belton and runs to Jacksonville, Fla., could have a potential economic impact of nearly $500 million for the stat... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
By Ashley Heffernan aheffernan@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 24, 2016 Across the Palmetto State, 4,272 homes were sold in January, a 3.7% increase from January 2015. The median price of those homes jumped 9.7% from the same time p... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
By Bill Poovey bpoovey@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 24, 2016 Instead of just imagining travel in a car that drives itself, the top executive at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research said get ready to... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 24, 2016 Single game tickets for the Columbia Fireflies’ inaugural season at Spirit Communications Park will go on sale on at 9 a.m. Friday. The Fireflies begin play in C... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 24, 2016 Richland Library and the Columbia Museum of Art are among 30 finalists for the 2016 National Medal for Museum and Library Service, the nation's highest honor given to that... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
Whole Foods Market is planning to open a new store at the corner of Savannah Highway and Farmfield Drive in West Ashley. The store will share a parking lot with the Doscher’s supermarket currently in the shopping center. (Photo/Ashley ... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
By Liz Segrist lsegrist@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 24, 2016 Charleston City Council decided Tuesday night to forgo a proposed moratorium on new hotels and instead study the influx of hotel developments on the peninsula for the ... Read More
Feb 24, 2016
University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides says the SC Cyber initiative will make South Carolina a “go-to state in cybersecurity.” (Photo/Chuck Crumbo) By James T. Hammond colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 24,... Read More
Feb 23, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 23, 2016 The S.C. Chamber of Commerce has issued an “action alert” to members to call their state senators and tell them to end a filibuster that has blocked action on a roa... Read More
Feb 23, 2016
Staff Report Published Feb. 23, 2016 Charleston-based CrowdReach has launched the beta version of its communications platform. The company targets small businesses, nonprofits and faith-based organizations. Through its Web or mobile... Read More
Feb 23, 2016
Staff Report gsanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 23, 2016 A large expansion at Furman University will be refinanced using S.C. Jobs-Economic Development Authority bonds. Furman will use $64.69 million in Series 2015 Economic De... Read More
Feb 23, 2016
By Bill Poovey bpoovey@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 23, 2016 Construction of the mixed-use project at the 4.3-acre site of the Greenville News started several weeks ago, but dirt moving won’t start until next week, said Gary Hu... Read More
Feb 23, 2016
By Ashley Heffernan aheffernan@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 23, 2016 Nationally, the foreclosure rate was trending downward in January, hitting the lowest level since June 2006. But foreclosures were on the rise in South Carolina... Read More
Feb 23, 2016
By Andy Owens aowens@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 23, 2016 Mount Pleasant Town Council has voted to extend its business license rebate program from two years to five years, hoping to spark more economic development east of the Co... Read More
Feb 23, 2016
By Liz Segrist lsegrist@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 23, 2016 Uber can now operate at Charleston International Airport and taxi drivers will not have their fees cut as previously proposed, according to a new ordinance. After mo... Read More
Feb 23, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 23, 2016 Thanks to geography, Columbia appears to be in the sweet spot to snag automotive and aerospace suppliers migrating to South Carolina. That’s the opinion of local econ... Read More
Feb 23, 2016
Staff Report gsanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 23, 2016 While there is a market for a space that could hold meetings, conventions, conferences and other events in downtown Greenville, the city does not have the funding or the ... Read More
Feb 22, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 22, 2016 Favorable growing conditions have given peach growers a positive outlook for an excellent crop this year, according to the S.C. Department of Agriculture. After delays ... Read More
Feb 22, 2016
Staff Report colanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 22, 2016 Changing health care dynamics are creating a greater demand for medical office space in the Columbia market as vacancy rates shrink, rents climb and sales activi... Read More
Feb 22, 2016
By Ashley Heffernan aheffernan@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 22, 2016 The Lowcountry Graduate Center in North Charleston is now offering a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Clemson University, according to a news re... Read More
Feb 22, 2016
Staff Report Published Feb. 22, 2016 Weeklong certification courses in advanced industrial engineering design will be offered in Charleston beginning late this month, according to a news release from the University of South Carolina.... Read More
Feb 22, 2016
Passengers wait to board their planes outside of DeSano Pizza Bakery in Concourse B at Charleston International Airport. If the proposal is approved, passengers will be allowed to bring beer or wine into the gate areas and throughout the... Read More
Feb 22, 2016
By Bill Poovey bpoovey@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 22, 2016 Questions about Greenville Health System Office of Philanthropy fundraising and spending have prompted a state audit request by some Greenville area legislators. State ... Read More
Feb 19, 2016
Staff Report gsanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 19, 2016 According to the S.C. Forestry Commission and Clemson University, properly managed forests are key to increased revenues in the state. The forestry sector in South Carol... Read More
Feb 19, 2016
Staff Report gsanews@scbiznews.com Published Feb. 19, 2016 The Oconee Economic Alliance has been recognized as one of “America’s Top Economic Development Corporations” in the February-March 2016 issue of Global Trade magazi... Read More