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How To Exit Your Business

Feb 02, 2018 09:57AM ● By Emily Stevenson

According to the Business Enterprise Institute, there are more than 20 million businesses in the United States. Of those, 79 percent of business owners have said they want to retire within the next 10 years. Yet only 15 percent of those have talked with an advisor about their plans.

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Additional Common Usage Problems

Feb 02, 2018 09:53AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Some months ago, we looked at a few of the more common usage problems in English. Here are some more of them.

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Four Sexual Harassment Lessons To Learn Right Now

Feb 02, 2018 09:51AM ● By Emily Stevenson

These scandals are shaking things up and allowing for real shifts in thinking. They’re also offering some lessons we can learn – and act upon – right now.

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Solar Energy: The Driver Of Economic Growth

Feb 02, 2018 09:46AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Solar energy is emerging as a sustainable, resilient, and ultra-low cost source of power.

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The Blessing of Opportunity

Feb 02, 2018 09:44AM ● By Emily Stevenson

It’s easy to get distracted by the wrong priorities in a growing company. Most successful companies achieve initial success by doing a better job at taking care of customers or clients than their competitors.

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Harassment Has Gone Haywire

Feb 02, 2018 09:42AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Employers need to realize that we have turned a corner in regard to sexual harassment and will probably never go back to the way things were. In general, this is a good thing; however, employers need to be extra vigilant in protecting themselves from potential liability.

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China’s New Era: Ongoing Debates

Feb 02, 2018 09:37AM ● By Emily Stevenson

However, there is a debate currently going on in China as to what development policy would ensure such sustainable growth, or, in their own words, what the China model is or should be.

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Eleos Ministry: Graduating to Community Leaders

Jan 02, 2018 01:08PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Bobby became the first participant in what is now known as the Eleos Ministry. This year, after successfully graduating from J.L. Mann High School, he began to give back by volunteering for this start-up organization.

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Those Pesky Phrases

Jan 02, 2018 12:57PM ● By Emily Stevenson

The English language has many little eccentricities where writers can stub their toes because they are unaware of the pitfalls. Here are some more of those words and phrases that fall into no particular category.

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Human Patient Simulators Help Reduce Medical Errors

Jan 02, 2018 12:56PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Simulation has played a strong role in allowing health care providers to practice in a safe environment. As the tools advance, the experience provided should become more valuable.

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Moving Greenville Forward

Jan 02, 2018 12:53PM ● By Emily Stevenson

More than 20 people a day are moving to Greenville County. These are new customers, new employees, and new vibrancy to our booming region. Against this backdrop, our Chamber investors tell me they still have anxiety about the future.

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China’s New Era

Jan 02, 2018 12:52PM ● By Emily Stevenson

In the past four decades, each top Chinese leader tried to leave their marks on the history of Chinese development.

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Harassment Has Gone Haywire

Jan 02, 2018 12:15PM ● By Emily Stevenson

In light of the current environment, it is important for every employer to review its policies, training, and investigation processes to insure that it is doing all that it can to prevent harassment and encourage reporting.

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The Devilish Comma

Nov 30, 2017 09:46AM ● By Emily Stevenson

Your communication with the public and with your clients is revealing to even the most casual observer. Something as simple as a comma says a lot.

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Engaging In Politics At Work

Nov 30, 2017 09:43AM ● By Emily Stevenson

With another election year around the corner, a lot of legislation will be proposed and a lot of promises will be made. Do your employees fully understand how these promises may impact their employer?

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Myth Of China: Concentration of Power vs. Recentralization

Nov 30, 2017 09:42AM ● By Emily Stevenson

There have been discussions and speculations regarding the Party’s top-level power reconfiguration and future for China’s continual economic reforms.

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GOP Tax Reform Plan Cripples Homeownership Incentives

Nov 06, 2017 11:54AM ● By Emily Stevenson

The bill eviscerates existing housing tax benefits by drastically reducing the number of home owners who can take advantage of mortgage interest and property tax incentives.

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Textile Industry Is Alive And Well

Nov 01, 2017 02:20PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Years of negative headlines around layoffs, closings, and contraction no doubt etched that image into the minds of the general populace, particularly here in the heart of “Textile Country.”

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Avoid The Sin Of Pleonasm

Nov 01, 2017 01:27PM ● By Emily Stevenson

No thinking business should be willing to give its competition an advantage, yet many do. They give their competitors an edge because they don’t exercise enough care in the written messages they send out.

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Do Some Addicts Matter More Than Others?

Nov 01, 2017 01:25PM ● By Emily Stevenson

Opioid addiction is being called the deadliest drug crisis in American history. But is it really? Or is it just getting an intense level of attention and sympathy because it’s a drug that predominantly impacts whites?

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