Hotels' old soap reused

Man sees need, creates project to send remolded bars to African refugees

Derreck Kayongo couldn't believe it. While staying in a Philadelphia hotel 10 years ago, the Uganda native noticed the bar of soap he had used was replaced with a new bar when he returned to his room later that day. He asked the concierge what happened to the used soap. Read More

Q&A with Marco Cavazzoni, vice president and general manager of final assembly and delivery at Boeing Charleston.

The point man for South Carolina's new 787 plant is Marco Cavazzoni, who this month was named vice president and general manager of final assembly and delivery at Boeing Charleston. Read More

Clothing store hanging around for a while

Goga women's clothing store at 377 King St., which was slated to close last weekend, will be open a bit longer. The shop, owned by former "Project Runway" reality show contestant Gordana Gehlhausen, received a late shipment of clothing on Monday. Read More

Belle Hall Shopping Center getting new businesses

American Asset Corp. of Charlotte reports several new businesses in Belle Hall Shopping Center on Long Point Road in Mount Pleasant. Read More

King Street: Finally finished

Finally finished

Nine years and $20.5 million later, King Street's face lift is complete. All the disruption from closed-off streets, ripped-up sidewalks and blocked parking spaces is over. "Now we have no excuse," Sylvan Gallery owner Joe Sylvan said. "The onus is on us." Read More

Lower King beautification complete today

Lower King Street celebrates the end of Charleston's streetscape beautification project today. Read More

Earnings reported at $16M

Quarterly results exceed analysts' expectations

Force Protection Inc. posted better-than-expected quarterly results Monday, helped by strong shipments of its Buffalo and Wolfhound armored vehicles. Read More

Ready for takeoff

787 plant injects economy with a dose of optimism

After nine months of intense negotiations to land BMW in the Upstate, Carter Smith literally jumped for joy when the German automaker decided to park its $400 million plant in Spartanburg County in 1992. Read More

3 restaurants among new King Street businesses

King Street soon will be home to four new businesses, three of them restaurants. Jennifer and Scott Moreland will open South Carolina's first and only Scentchips home fragrance store at 318 King St. in the former Mary Norton location on Monday, according to real estate broker Phillip Rose of Rose Commercial Real Estate. Read More

Belk holds Fall Charity Sale

Belk's Fall Charity Sale on Nov. 7 will benefit local charities, schools and nonprofit organizations throughout the Charlotte-based company's 16-state market area, including South Carolina and its four stores in the Charleston area. Read More