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September 17, 2009
Lt. Governor In Upstate Thursday Answering Medicare Questions
Propsoals aim to cut half a trillion dollars from Medicare to fund health care reform.
September 16, 2009
Get A Human On The Line
7 On Your Side has found a website to get you through to a human faster when you call a major company.
September 15, 2009
Greenville Hospital Systems 2010 Budget
GHS says they will be able to move forward with a plan to hire approximately 460 new employees over the next 12 months.
September 14, 2009
Gov. Sanford Visits Careers Program, Talks Unemployment
Gov. Mark Sanford visited Swansea High to learn more about its successful Jobs for America’s Graduates program. He also answered our questions about what he’s doing about the state’s high unemployment rate.
Drugmaker Eli Lilly to Cut 5000 Jobs
Drugmaker Eli Lilly & Co. says it the effort is to slash costs and speed up development of potential new drugs.
September 09, 2009
Consumer Affairs Explains Changes to Your Credit Cards
The SC Department of Consumer Affairs wants to make sure you understand recent changes to your credit card accounts, and explain more changes coming in February.
September 08, 2009
Tenenbaum Returns To Columbia, Speaks To SC Students About Safety
The head of the Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a child safety checklist for parents to use for their children.
BI-LO Offers Gas Discounts With New Card, Grocery Purchases
BI-LO is offering customers discounts on gas with grocery purchases in the Upstate and western North Carolina.
September 04, 2009
AAA Carolinas: Fewer Carolina Travelers for the Labor Day Weekend
The economic downturn continues to affect plans.
September 03, 2009
SC Budget & Control Board Approves 4% Cut From Agencies Thursday
State agencies will lose 4 percent of their budgets as South Carolina’s financial oversight board deals with lagging tax collections.
September 02, 2009
New Jobs Coming to Simpsonville
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September 01, 2009
Michelin Accepting Applications for Low-Interest Business Loans
Michelin opens the doors of its Michelin Development Upstate office.
August 31, 2009
Better Business Bureau Warns Advance Fee Loan Scams Using Fake Addresses
The Better Business Bureau issued an alert saying some of the advance fee loan scammers are using fake addresses in the Upstate to appear like legitimate companies.
August 28, 2009
Toys R Us: Trade In Used Baby Items Starting Friday
Toys “R” Us has announced a program that will encourage parents to exchange used cribs, car seats and other baby products for discounts on new items. The “Great Trade-In” will be offered at Toys “R” Us and Babies “R” Us stores nationwide from August 28 through September 20.
August 27, 2009
Lottery Revenues are Up, So Why Has SC Education Been Cut?
A lot of you have contacted us wanting to know why there have been so many cuts in education in South Carolina when state lottery revenues are up?
August 26, 2009
Report: Home Prices Up, But Not In South Carolina
The median price for a home in South Carolina in July was off by eight percent in July from one year ago.
August 25, 2009
SLED Defends Spending on SUVs and Guns Despite Budget Cuts
The State Law Enforcement Division says its spending of more than $600,000 for new vehicles and weapons was in motion before state budget cuts.
Free Milk Shakes At Zaxby’s On Tuesday
Zaxby’s will give away one 10-oz. Milkshake to each guest in celebration of the new addition to the menu.
Cash For Energy Efficient Appliances Program
$300 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for state-run rebate programs for consumer purchases of new ENERGY STAR® qualified home appliances.
Charter Changes Channel Lineup
Charter grouping similar channels together
SC AG to Discuss Plans to Create Jobs as Governor candidate
Henry McMaster is laying out his economic development plan Tuesday morning at a small business in Columbia.
August 21, 2009
Cash for Clunkers in Final Days
Car companies front cash for dealers in final days of program
South Carolina Unemployment Rate Drops in July
The jobless figure falls to 11.8% in July after posting a 12.1% figure in June according to Friday’s report from the S.C. Employment Security Commission.
SC Expert: Possible Dip Friday in Jobless Rate Still Not Good News
In June, South Carolina’s jobless rate was at 12.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country.
August 19, 2009
Greenville County Deputies Issue 22 Violations In School Zones On First Day Back
Greenville County students returned to school Wednesday, and deputies issued 22 violations in school zones.
HOW TO NEGOTIATE WITH YOUR CREDITORS
Consumers Need a Back-up Card
Better Cancer Care Coming To Western North Carolina
Mission Hospital and UNC Health Care signed an agreement Wednesday to provide better cancer cancer care to patients in Western North Carolina.
August 14, 2009
Ways to Save on Textbooks
Textbooks are expensive especially when you purchase them from your college bookstore. When you turn them in at the end of the semester chances are you do not even get half of what you paid, but there are ways to save.
August 13, 2009
Where Do Cash for Clunker Vehicles Go?
The Cash for Clunkers program has been a success, but did you ever wonder where those cars end up after they are dumped at the dealership?
Toy Recall After S.C. Boy Gets Nail In His Throat
The Little Tikes Co. is recalling about 1.6 million toy workshops and trucks, after an 11-month-old boy got a plastic nail lodged in his throat.
