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Top 5 tips on avoiding failure
Robin Ryan is one of our best-known career counselors and authors, and recently posted her reasons for failure on the job hunt. Ryan says, "Employers are being extraordinarily picky about whom they offer a job to. Recent U.S. Labor Department reports show that the number of people looking...
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RECALLS
Product recalls announced within the past two weeks. Details are available in most cases at www.cpsc.gov and other Web sites or telephone numbers listed.
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2 owners in Columbia area file suit against Toyota
COLUMBIA -- Odessa White said she put her foot on the brake of her Toyota Avalon as she neared Garners Ferry Road three weeks ago.
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Networking site could net job
Social media may be old hat to some job hunters, but others could still use a shove.
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Shopping rules have changed, study reports
The era of conspicuous consumption is over. Americans no longer live to shop. They shop to live.
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Foreclosure sale paves way for city
With only a few seconds of silence at the Charleston County auction block, roughly $1.5 million of debt against a North Charleston shopping mall disappeared, putting it one step closer to a city-led redevelopment.
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Michelin emerging 'stronger,' chairman says
GREENVILLE -- Michelin North America is hiring at most of its South Carolina plants and said it weathered the recession in good shape, developments economists see as a sign that the state's economy may be on the mend.
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Imus returns to local radio
After a nearly three-year exile from the local airwaves, syndicated talk-show host Don Imus is back on the morning drive.
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New Hyatt opens in North Charleston
Following a soft launch that included an unexpected crush of cruise ship passengers, a new Hyatt Place opens near the Charleston Area Convention Center this week.
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Fox Business' Stossel to speak at college
The College of Charleston's School of Business has scheduled a series of events for its Adam Smith Week.
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Myrtle Beach airport revamp gets key approval
MYRTLE BEACH -- The Myrtle Beach International Airport expansion hit the road to reality last week as the final plan review received the blessing of the Myrtle Beach Community Appearance Board.
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Cruise ship extends stay in port for more cleaning
The Celebrity Mercury cruise ship returned to Charleston a day early at the recommendation of federal health officials after passengers became ill with a stomach bug on the vessel's third consecutive sailing. Ship owner Royal Caribbean Cruises, announced that 342 out of 1,829 passengers became ill with what appeared to be the norovirus. That follows 207 sick passengers on the previous voyage and 419 on the trip before that.
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Charleston chamber is on the go — again
Folks at the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce are packing their computers, office supplies and econometric models into boxes this week as they prepare to move into temporary new office space.
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Memos & Distinctions
Mount Pleasant-based insurance firm Johnson & Johnson, has been named Corporate Community Builder of the Year by Trident United Way.
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AP Business Special Features
- Out with the old
- Charleston chamber is on the go — again
- Cruise ship extends stay in port for more cleaning
- Imus returns to local radio
- Foreclosure sale paves way for city
- New Hyatt opens in North Charleston
- Shopping rules have changed, study reports
- 2 owners in Columbia area file suit against Toyota
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