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United Community Bank’s CFO Jefferson Harralson Sets Direction for Team

Sep 21, 2022 04:23PM ● By David Dykes

Jefferson Harralson is the Chief Financial Officer of United Community Banks, Inc, and plays an integral part in setting the strategic direction of the financial operations. With more than 25 years of financial industry experience, he is responsible for fostering the bank’s financial strategies, including mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, and capital planning.

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Leadership Development is Key for Employees at United Community Bank

Sep 21, 2022 04:19PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker

At Greenville-based United Community Bank, leadership development is an aspiration for everyone from the executive team down to tellers in the branches. “We want to create a development environment that will set UCB apart. We know that connections, an ability to master your field, and a supportive working environment combine to drive success,” said Holly Berry, chief human resources officer for United Community Bank.

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South Carolina’s Nursing Shortage Hits Families With Disabled Children Especially Hard

Sep 21, 2022 04:12PM ● By Liv Osby

Born early at 30 weeks weighing just 1 pound, 13 ounces, 7-year-old Weston Clardy was subsequently diagnosed with cerebral palsy. The Easley child cannot move his arms or legs. He can’t speak. He requires the help of a machine to breathe. And he needs a feeding tube to eat.

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United Community Bank’s CEO Lynn Harton Sees Two Dimensions to Leadership

Sep 20, 2022 05:23PM ● By David Dykes

Lynn Harton doesn’t give a complex answer when asked to define corporate leadership. “My view is we all are already leaders,” he says. “And the question you ought to be asking is not how do I become a leader, (but) is how to become a better leader.”

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America’s Most-Searched Credit Questions (And the Answers to Them)

Sep 20, 2022 05:12PM ● By Charlie Dowling-Jones

"What is a good credit score?” is searched more than 100,000 times each month in the U.S. The second most searched credit question is, “What is APR?” which is Googled 59,000 times each month Financial experts from Forbes Advisor answer America’s most searched credit questions

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From Mall Kiosk to 37 Stores: Behind the Rise of Palmetto Moon

Sep 20, 2022 05:11PM ● By David Caraviello

For a retailer based in South Carolina looking to take its first steps outside the state, it was a legitimate question: Is the name going to work?

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Charleston Metro Chamber Works for Affordable and Attainable Housing

Sep 20, 2022 04:46PM ● By Craig Logan

The American dream is sought after by many who are natives to this country and those who have migrated here, yet for many people, the state of the current housing crisis in America makes that dream just that, a dream.

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NIL + The Price of Victory

Sep 20, 2022 04:41PM ● By Marty Flynn

It was 1983 when I got my first look at the town of Clemson. On approach, the bucolic setting signaled to me that perhaps I had not strayed as far from my native Ireland as the 3,000 miles of separation had initially suggested. And then it appeared, this domed concrete pantheon jutting skyward.

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Social Security Is Economic Security for Many, But Changes to Program Are Needed

Sep 20, 2022 04:27PM ● By David Dykes

Some U.S. senators and others have recently said Social Security needs saving again

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Best and Brightest Columbia

Sep 13, 2022 04:00PM ● By David Dykes

Welcome to Columbia Business Monthly’s 2022 Best & Brightest 35 and Under! This is our 28th year of recognizing the business and community leaders who are making an impact in our state. These men and women are young, but they’re committed to making a difference in their communities and the business world. They are attorneys, medical professionals, architects, CEOs, nonprofit leaders, artists, bankers, and more.

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Greenville Best and Brightest

Sep 12, 2022 05:28PM ● By David Dykes

Welcome to Greenville Business Magazine’s 2022 Best & Brightest 35 and Under! This is our 28th year of recognizing the business and community leaders who are making an impact in our state. These men and women are young, but they’re committed to making a difference in their communities and the business world. They are attorneys, medical professionals, architects, CEOs, nonprofit leaders, artists, bankers, and more.

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Legal Elite 2022

Aug 19, 2022 05:35PM ● By David Dykes

This year, we highlight the top vote-getters in 50 categories, up from 26 last year — all voted on by area attorneys — and provide a brief list of other attorneys recognized by their peers.

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Sidebar: DEA Clarifies Rules About Prescribing Controlled Substances

Aug 17, 2022 04:07PM ● By Liv Osby

While licensed doctors who prescribe controlled substances like opioids are given a registration number by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration that appears on their prescriptions, the DEA says the agency’s role is sometimes misunderstood.

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Opioid Crisis Means That Some Pain Patients Have Trouble Getting Medications

Aug 17, 2022 03:48PM ● By Liv Osby

A cancer patient in relentless pain, a young mother tormented by chronic pain from injuries sustained in an accident, and a senior citizen with excruciating back pain are among the South Carolinians experts say have had trouble getting narcotic pain medications in recent years.

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Columbia Launches Business Friendly initiatives to Help Capital City Entrepreneurs

Aug 17, 2022 03:32PM ● By C. Grant Jackson

A revamped city of Columbia business recruitment strategy will focus on “urban economic development” – bringing more restaurants, retail, hospitality, entertainment venues, and business services operations to the city.

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Native Grasses May Hold Key to Growing Crops in Drier Climates

Aug 17, 2022 02:57PM ● By Denise Attaway, Clemson University

Drought can cause issues for grain crops, and three Clemson University scientists are working to get to the root of the problem. The scientists believe crops have a lesson or two to learn from their weedy relatives when it comes to growing in drier soils. The trick is to harbor beneficial microorganisms on and around the roots to enhance the ability of plants to withstand harsher environments.

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Apprenticeships: Pathway to Success Growing in State

Aug 17, 2022 02:54PM ● By Amy Bonesteel

Across the state, thousands of high school juniors and seniors challenge themselves with SATs, Advanced Placement classes, and more with the struggle to gain acceptance into a college or university. But there’s another route to career success, and more are discovering apprenticeships in South Carolina’s manufacturing, distribution or other businesses that offer the training, speedy advancement, and financial compensation they are looking for.

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ExTerra: From Big City to the Backyard

Aug 17, 2022 02:38PM ● By Amy Bonesteel

Meghan and Chris Pierson launched their careers in the Chicago area, but a trip to South Carolina for a football game brought them to Greenville. Chris, a Clemson graduate who majored in landscape architecture, says while visiting for a game several years ago they joked about the flight delays while at a downtown Greenville restaurant: “I told Meghan that if we got another delay it was a sign we should move here. Then we got the notification (of the delay),” he laughs.

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Tips for Companies Looking to Establish Business Credit

Aug 17, 2022 02:35PM ● By Sharita Humphrey

Like many business owners, you may wonder about the purpose of business credit. Why is your business credit a big part of your evaluation to know if your business is good? I get a lot of questions and thoughts about business credit from time to time. Starting from, what is business credit? And how do I find one? To what lengths can you apply to get a positive rating score?

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Employee Drug Screening: The Decision for a Better Intervention

Aug 15, 2022 10:15AM ● By Sandy Hardee

According to 2018 data from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use and Health, nearly 9 percent of all employed adults (approximately 13.6 million workers) have current alcohol or illicit drug use disorders, while a relatively equal number (approximately 13.4 million workers) report that they are in recovery or have recovered from a substance use problem.

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Doubling Down on Long-Term Strategy Amidst Short-Term Crisis

Aug 15, 2022 10:04AM ● By Ernest Andrade

Since the founding of the Charleston Digital Corridor in 2001 we have sought unceasingly to understand the unique challenges inherent in developing a tech and life-science economy – and then strived to address them.

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South Carolina Voter Participation Remains Low in 2022 Primary

Aug 11, 2022 10:05AM ● By David Dykes

Amid all of the political rhetoric, partisan wrangling and political divide this year, we aren’t discussing what should be the most important issue in any election. Voter apathy. The nonvoters

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USC Upstate Chancellor Bennie Harris, Ph.D. Has Bold Plans For Institution

Jul 28, 2022 01:52PM ● By Donna Isbell Walker

Bennie Harris, Ph.D. chancellor of USC Upstate, grew up on a Mississippi farm where his parents raised cotton, soybeans, and wheat. Every morning, he’d get up at 4:30 a.m. to slop the pigs before catching the bus and riding 18 miles to school. In the summer, he picked squash and butter beans to earn a little spending money and buy school clothes.

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