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

Trumpf trumped by Boeing

A Daniel Island medical-equipment maker was all set to show off its new $5.6 million building on the banks of the Cooper River to South Carolina's chief executive officer this week. A top official of the Trumpf Group flew in from Germany for the occasion. Read More

FAO Schwarz boutique to open in North Charleston

FAO Schwarz iconic toy stores in New York and Las Vegas always have been a little far for most Americans to shop in. Now that Wayne, N.J.-based Toys "R" Us owns the company (it bought FAO Schwarz in May), the nation's largest toy retailer will open FAO Schwarz boutiques in 585 of it stores nationwide on Sunday, including one at 7800 Rivers Ave. in North Charleston. Read More

Company really took off

Boeing went from seaplane to Dreamliner

Aerospace giant Boeing Co. didn't start out so high-flying. It didn't even start as Boeing. But it eventually built the plane that carried the bomb that ended World War II. It started the predecessor to United Airlines, and it constructed the plane that ferries the president around the globe. Read More

Summey foresees booming future

Mayor says spin-offs will add to number of jobs

The city of North Charleston can now claim one of the biggest economic prizes in the state's history, and Mayor Keith Summey calls it far-reaching. Read More

Boeing's history includes many facets of aviation

Aerospace giant Boeing Co. didn't start out so high-flying. It didn't even start as Boeing. But it eventually built the plane that carried the bomb that ended World War II. Read More

Wando Crossing Walmart to open grocery

Mount Pleasant soon will have yet another grocery store along U.S. Highway 17. The Walmart at Wando Crossing Shopping Center near Interstate 526 and U.S. 17 will open its newly added grocery section in a ceremony at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday. Read More

Overtime investigated

A New Jersey-based telemarketing firm with a call center in North Charleston has paid nearly $120,000 to hundreds of employees in four locations nationwide after a federal investigation exposed overtime violations. A U.S. Department of Labor official said DialAmerica Inc. violated federal... Read More

Buy an appliance, get a rebate

State to roll out its program in March or April

In his 22 years at Dixie Furniture Co. on King Street, sales manager Skip Dawson has never seen his business so slow. Read More