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Apr 25, 2023 10:50AM ● By Donna Isbell Walker
Diversity, equity, and inclusion have become a crucial part of the business world, as companies seek to make the workplace more welcoming to every employee. Businesses can gain valuable insights into many aspects of DEI at Integrated Media Publishing’s second annual Living Color DEI Conference, which will be held April 24 at the Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center.
Apr 25, 2023 10:35AM ● By Mike Farmer
New emergency loan programs made headlines in 2020 and 2021 as the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) helped businesses survive the pandemic. While these programs have since expired, many other SBA loan products remain a viable option for small businesses across South Carolina today.
Apr 25, 2023 09:57AM ● By Kamber Parker
Wonderful news! Your efforts to hire the best college graduates last summer paid off because you created a company culture that made young professionals send in their resumes on Indeed or through that easy-to-use hiring portal you created on your website.
Apr 25, 2023 09:33AM ● By David Dykes
When Bahraini, American, and Lockheed Martin officials came together March 10, 2023, in Greenville to celebrate the first F-16 Block 70 for the Royal Bahraini Air Force, it was more than a delivery celebration.
Apr 17, 2023 12:35PM ● By David Dykes
Campaign represents largest in university's history
Apr 03, 2023 04:08PM ● By David Dykes
Recent Failures Will Take Time to Digest
Mar 28, 2023 01:31PM ● By David Dykes
Commitment to investing in people, technology, customers' needs remains the same
Mar 15, 2023 02:29PM ● By David Dykes
Flag carrier to order 39 fuel efficient airplanes, with a further 10 options
Mar 14, 2023 01:04PM ● By David Dykes
$68 million investment will create 1,031 jobs, officials say.
Mar 08, 2023 12:59PM ● By C. Grant Jackson
Columbia Chamber of Commerce Gives Out 9th Annual Columbia Impact Awards on March 8
Mar 07, 2023 05:12PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker
U.S. News & World Report has released its rankings of the top hospitals in the country, as well as each state and metro area’s best health care facilities. For South Carolina, the magazine evaluated 89 hospitals, eight of which made its list of the best. The MUSC Health-University Medical Center tops the list for the Palmetto State.
Mar 07, 2023 04:59PM ● By Liv Osby
Patrick Monsiváis confesses that the idea to launch his own business sprang from being a helicopter parent to his infant daughter. He wanted his baby to have the best start in life, he says, so he gave her iron supplements. But she hated the taste and refused to take it, he says.
Mar 07, 2023 04:51PM ● By David Caraviello
It was a compliment — with a caveat. “I really commend you for opening your own business,” a colleague told Ford Elliott in April of 2010, shortly after Elliott had founded a commercial real estate brokerage in Greenville operating under the name Blackstream. “But I’ll be honest — I don’t think you’ll make it.”
Mar 07, 2023 04:42PM ● By Amy Bonesteel
It’s a story that brings to mind the unlikely Jamaican bobsledders of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Alberta, Canada: How did a South Carolina golf course designer become obsessed with the ice sport of curling, eventually coming to be the president of the World Curling Federation?
Mar 07, 2023 04:32PM ● By Eleonora Hristova
The cost-of-living crisis is taking its toll on businesses. Now, more than ever, you should start thinking about ways to reduce your business costs. One of the biggest business expenses is rent, and it doesn’t look like it’s getting any cheaper. According to Statista, industrial and office rents are expected to grow the most between 2022 and 2026.
Mar 07, 2023 04:16PM ● By Rakesh Gupta
It is safe to say there will always be brick-and-mortar businesses. Some companies must have a physical presence due to their offerings. In other cases, an owner may simply prefer to have a physical business location.
Mar 07, 2023 04:05PM ● By David Dykes
March means Madness, and a great time to be a college basketball fan. But the NCAA says fewer than 2 percent of NCAA student-athletes go on to be professional athletes. In reality, the organization says, most student-athletes depend on academics to prepare them for life after college.
Mar 03, 2023 11:52AM ● By David Dykes
New $2 billion U.S. Manufacturing Facility Planned Near Columbia, SC
Feb 22, 2023 11:16AM ● By David Dykes
Leader in FDA-approved low level laser technology expands life sciences ecosystem, investing $6.7 million in new operations here
Feb 21, 2023 09:24AM ● By C. Grant Jackson
When Dr. Laura Valleni and her daughter moved to the BullStreet District in May of 2019, she had a hard time imagining what was coming, but she still wanted to be a part of it. “A friend of mine was the first person to purchase a home at TownPark at BullStreet, and she and her daughter were the only two people living in the entire BullStreet District, which I found a bit unsettling. But as I saw the plans and construction underway, the more I thought about this space, the more I wanted to be a part of it,” Valleni said. So she and her daughter became the third family to move into TownPark, the district’s first residential project, located just off Calhoun Street.
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