Business Review

Banking companies post profits in S.C.

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
South Carolina banking companies saw a major improvement in their profits in the second quarter despite an industry environment that remained pretty tough. Read story.

Green is color of new industrial park

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
Its profit potential aside, the $175 million industrial park that Trammell Crow Co. is getting ready to build near Summerville will have a decidedly green tinge to it.

The Dallas-based developer said it will seek LEED certification, short for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, from the U.S. Green Building Council for the initial building, calling it a first for a major industrial structure in the Charleston region. Read story.

Skill building eases transitions as automakers shrink work force

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
When Jeremy Diebel joined American Axle & Manufacturing almost 14 years ago, he took this attitude with him: "If you're going to do something, it's worth overdoing." Read story.

DISTINCTIONS

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008

Gibbes visitors dialed in to tour

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
Go ahead, make that phone call as the tourists around you quietly ponder the meaning of the "Veiled Lady" sculpture or the significance of West Fraser's brushstrokes. Read story.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008

Don't let catty co-workers control your emotions

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
Every day I have to work with a group of rude and catty women. They call me a tattletale even though I'm not. When I'm around, they make whispered remarks to each other. I tried to fit in by chatting and having lunch with them, but that didn't work. Read story.

'The Fonze' to help rev up Realtors

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
Could happy days be here again for the state's sluggish real estate industry?

Unlikely, but perhaps that's what officials from the South Carolina Association of Realtors had in mind when they lined up their celebrity keynote speaker for the trade group's annual conference, which takes place in Charleston later this month. Read story.

How to handle friends who owe you money

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
When I feel that a business owes me, I don't hesitate to let the appropriate people know about it. But when it comes to friends and financial matters, I must admit I sometimes retreat before the battle begins. Read story.

Week in Review

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
Scana Corp. and Santee Cooper would pay $6.4 billion to the companies hired to design and build two new nuclear reactors in the Midlands. Read story.

Progress on airline checkpoints

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
One recent afternoon, I spent about 90 minutes waiting by the security checkpoints near the Delta Air Lines counter at La Guardia Airport. You can see a lot just by observing, as Yogi Berra told me he said more than once. Read story.

Market volatility unnerving, not unusual

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
The stock market's swings have made it a tough year for investors who check the balances on their investment accounts with any frequency. But as painful as they might seem, the gyrations aren't unusual. Read story.

MEMOS

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008

Real estate channel off air until advertisers sign on

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
It's curtains — at least temporarily — for local real estate television.

RETV, launched late last year by Comcast Corp. and the Charleston Trident Association of Realtors, is off the air until it can find a new source of revenue. The channel used to broadcast property listings for real estate agents who belong to the association and pay for the service. Read story.

Know rights in dealing with debt

Monday, Sept. 1, 2008
With the economy on the fritz and consumer debt at record-high levels, does it surprise you that debt collection complaints are on the rise? The Better Business Bureau logged 18,000 complaints in 2007, up 26 percent compared with 2006; the Federal Trade Commission logged 70,951 in 2007, up 2.5 percent. Read story.

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