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'The Global Home of the F-16’ - Lockheed, Bahraini Partnership Soars as First F-16 Block 70 Rolls Out in Greenville

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.

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MUSC Health-University Medical Center Tops U.S. News List of SC’s Best Hospitals

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.

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South Carolina Entrepreneur Creates Flavored Iron Supplement

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.

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One Hard-Charging Ford: Greenville’s Elliott Parlays Real Estate Success Into $1 Billion Development Empire

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.”

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A Sporting Mix: Beau Welling Voted President of World Curling Federation

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?

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Taking Your Business Virtual? Here Are Some Crucial Insurance Considerations

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.

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Women Basketball Coaches Score High in Terms of Success and as Role Models

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.

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Columbia’s BullStreet District Blends Commercial, Retail, Residential in the Heart of the City

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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Economic Forecast: Recession Predicted, But Experts Expect Minimal Effect on South Carolina

Feb 21, 2023 09:17AM ● By C. Grant Jackson

With a chance that the state and the nation could slip into a recession sometime in 2023, South Carolina’s economy continues to do well and any impact is expected to be mild. Meanwhile, one of the biggest worries for South Carolina employers in 2023 is finding workers.

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February is Black History Month,

Feb 21, 2023 09:15AM ● By Donna Isbell Walker

a celebration that began in the 1920s as Negro History Week. It was officially changed to Black History Month by President Gerald Ford in 1976. A decade later, Congress passed a bill designating February as National Black History Month.

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South Carolina, and U.S., Need to Step Up Preparations for Next Pandemic, Experts Say

Feb 21, 2023 09:13AM ● By Liv Osby

They are scenarios that national health and security experts have been contemplating for years. A deadly virus crosses from animal to human triggering another pandemic. A dangerous microorganism accidentally escapes from a research lab to infect a population.

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Corporate Social Responsibility During Hard Economic Times

Feb 21, 2023 09:06AM ● By Steve Nail

Change is coming from an economic perspective. Specifically, there is little doubt that the U.S., and probably the world, will be in a recession by the end of the first quarter of 2023. Everyone is aware of the tech industries’ recent announcements of significant job reductions, including Amazon’s announced reduction of approximately 10,000 jobs, Meta downsizing by more than 11,000 employees, and Twitter’s reduction of nearly half of its employees. However, other recent layoffs have occurred at Coinbase, Netflix, Shopify, Stripe, and Spotify.

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The Good Stuff Within: Companies and People Should Look Deep Inside to Find Meaning

Feb 21, 2023 09:02AM ● By Marty Flynn

Beneath the veneer of the shiny new visage of our vibrant city lies an older body of resolve. Greenville is made of the good old stuff that cracks but does not crumble. While historians differ on the origins of our place name, the most inviting argument is that Greenville named itself by virtue of the hue of its verdant landscape.

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Former SC Governor David Beasley Uses Leadership Skills to Fight World Hunger

Feb 21, 2023 08:58AM ● By David Dykes

Few, if any, besides himself and perhaps his family and closest advisers, likely knew in December that former South Carolina Gov. David Beasley would resign as executive director of the World Food Programme, the world’s largest humanitarian organization.

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$30K PowerUp Competition Gives SC Businesses a Chance for Cash Infusion

Feb 09, 2023 11:47AM ● By David Dykes

Just about every fledgling business could use a little help, especially financial aid, getting off the ground, and The $30K PowerUp: A South Carolina StartUp Competition will provide much-needed cash infusions to three Palmetto State businesses.

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Leaving the Frenzy Behind: Could 2023 Be a More ‘Normal’ Year in South Carolina’s Real Estate Market?

Jan 27, 2023 03:36PM ● By David Caraviello

It was supposed to be the slow time of year in the Greenville real estate market, but there was nothing slow about it. Average sales prices in the region had crested to a new record, sellers were receiving an average of over 100 percent of their asking price, and homes in the city’s most desirable locations were inundated with showings and sold within days. And all of it was happening in February of 2022, when market activity was typically as low as the temperature atop Sassafras Mountain.

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New Law Will Help Make Prescription Drugs More Affordable

Jan 27, 2023 02:42PM ● By Liv Osby

When the pharmacy clerk told her the medication her doctor had just prescribed would cost nearly $700, Debra Coleman was dumbstruck. “I was almost in tears. I could not afford that,” said the retired educator. “I walked out without the drug.” But with the passage of the federal Inflation Reduction Act in August, the Greenwood woman has hope that the price of prescription drugs will be more affordable soon.

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After Son’s Death, Eric Bedingfield Dedicates Himself to Fighting Opioid Abuse

Jan 27, 2023 02:35PM ● By Liv Osby

Josh Bedingfield’s battle with addiction began during his senior year in high school. An “excellent student and a great kid,” he went to a party at the end of the school year and took a drug that caused him to suffer a seizure. That event, according to his father, former S.C. Rep. Eric Bedingfield, sparked a nine-year cycle of opioid use and sobriety that ended tragically in 2016 when Josh, then just 26, passed away.

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Charleston’s PunchListUSA Broadens Client Base to Weather Frenzied Housing Market

Jan 27, 2023 02:30PM ● By David Caraviello

It was a long shot, and Min Alexander knew it. Because she’s had a broker license for over a decade, she’d managed to make a LinkedIn connection with Bob Goldberg, chief executive officer of the National Association of Realtors. So Alexander messaged Goldberg a cold pitch about what PunchListUSA, her up-and-coming home repair company based in Charleston, could do for the NAR and its roughly 1.6 million members.

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Financial Advisers and Wealth Managers Don’t Perform the Same Job

Jan 27, 2023 02:17PM ● By Dan Wagner

Working with a financial adviser or a wealth management firm is the key to alleviating the burden of constant financial monitoring. Enlisting the services of a solid financial team enables individuals to focus on the bigger picture of their financial goals.

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What the Fix of the Family Glitch in Insurance Means to Your Business

Jan 27, 2023 12:48PM ● By Guy Furay

Many families across the country are looking forward to January 1, 2023, because they will finally have access to affordable health insurance coverage for the first time since the Affordable Care Act was fully implemented in 2014. This open enrollment period has been different for many families because, for the first time in years, they are actually able to access affordable health coverage on the Marketplace as an alternative to the plans being offered by the employer to the employee in the family.

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Library Systems Looking for New Ways to Attract Borrowers

Jan 27, 2023 12:33PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker

When I was a kid, the library was my favorite place in the world. I once read a book about some kids who got accidentally locked in the library overnight, and for the rest of my childhood, that was my dream. I proudly embraced the term “bookworm,” and spent almost every free moment with my nose in a book.

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Columbia 50 Most Influential

Jan 12, 2023 05:27PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker

Columbia Business Monthly celebrates another year of honoring the region's most influential people. The selection of our 50 men and women is a result of staff research and community nominations. We also are celebrating our sixth year of selecting entrants to our Hall of Fame. This year, we're adding eight new members who have continued to make a lasting difference in the Midlands.

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