News from Around the State
(From The State and Associated Press)
Jobless rate drop buoys analysts (+ SC reaction)
February 4, 2012
Friday’s surprisingly strong January jobs report prompted hope that the economy’s recovery is finally kicking into high ...Business Notebook
February 3, 2012
EnergyStar appliance rebates availableSouth Carolina residents planning to purchase new EnergyStar ...Bose laying off 200
February 3, 2012
Bose Corp. is laying off 200 workers from its speaker plant near Blythewood as it transitions jobs to Malaysia, a company spokeswoman confirmed ...Football ads tiptoe around NFL’s trademarks for the Super You-Know-What
February 3, 2012
With Super Bowl XLVI just days away, advertisers are in an all-out blitz, pitching everything from pizzas to TVs in conjunction with the biggest ...Website a guide to cheap, nutritious eats
February 3, 2012
Jennifer Bilbro still remembers going to a Mount Pleasant restaurant with her 3-year-old son in 2005 and being charged $5 for chicken fingers he ...Endangered fish a weapon against port dredging
February 3, 2012
Recent federal plans to protect a rare fish from extinction will add to legal arguments against a $600 million port expansion at Savannah, while ...Chick-fil-A leaving Main Street, for now
February 3, 2012
Chick-fil-A along Main Street in Columbia will shut down at the end of the month after more than 17 years as lease negotiations with the ...Businessman denies any role in naming retirement fund managers
February 3, 2012
A Charleston businessman connected to a SLED investigation into an alleged “pay-to-play” scheme involving the state’s $25 billion ...Bernanke defends policies
February 2, 2012
Ben Bernanke defended the Federal Reserve’s decision to hold interest rates at record-low levels for the next three years, during a ...After IPO, Facebook will face new profit pressures
February 2, 2012
For all the huge numbers in Facebook’s IPO papers, a surprisingly small figure stands out: $4.39, the amount the site generated per user ...
