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          <title>South Carolina Unemployment Hits 12.1%</title>
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The jobless rate in South Carolina hit 12.1% in October as nearly 10,000 more people lost jobs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:04:09 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Update: Contact Employment Security Commission for New Timken Jobs</title>
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Company to add 100 area jobs in move to larger facility            ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Economic Board Making Budget Estimate Tuesday</title>
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Most agencies have lost nearly a fifth of their state cash.
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          <title>SC Lawmakers Passed Up Getting Millions More for Unemployment Benefits</title>
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When state lawmakers went back to Columbia two weeks ago just to change a law so the state would get millions from Washington to extend unemployment benefits, they passed up a chance to get millions more.
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          <title>Greenville Contractor Enlisted For Boeing Construction, Jobs</title>
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Governor Mark Sanford signed an incentives package Friday that clears the way for Boeing to build a new factory in North Charleston. The 787 Dreamliner will be produced in the Lowcountry, adding thousands of jobs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SCESC Sends Out Duplicate Unemployment Checks, Again</title>
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For the second time in the last few months, the South Carolina Employment Security Commission has sent out duplicate checks.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Beware of Unemployment Scams</title>
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Better Business Bureau says scams are targeting people who are unemployed with secret shopper and work-from-home scams.            ]]></description>
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          <title>FujiFilm Transers all Quicksnap Recycling Operations to Greenwood</title>
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FujiFilm is moving the facility from Mexico to Greenwood. The move is expected to create 30 jobs.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Home Heating Assistance May Not be as Widespread This Year</title>
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Agencies known for helping people with home heating assistance are needing a little help of their own.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Governor Signs Unemployment Benefits Extension</title>
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South Carolina Governor Mark Sanfort signed into law Senate bill 374, Thursday, which extends benefits to the unemployed under the stimulus act. The bill passed with unanimous, bipartisan support and was made necessary by an oversight at the Employment Security Commission (ESC).           ]]></description>
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          <title>Governor Sanford To Sign Jobless Benefits Extension Bill Thursday</title>
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Workers who have missed checks will get them retroactively.
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          <title>Report: Boeing Talks Fall Apart; S.C. Likely To Get 787 Line</title>
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Boeing now appears close to choosing Charleston, S.C., as the location of the second line. The person close to the negotiations said an announcement could come within days.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC House Restores Jobless Benefits; Delays Impeachment Legislation</title>
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Taxpayers will spend about $115,000 for two-day session.           ]]></description>
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          <title>KEMET Expands Into Green Energy; Adding 113 Jobs in Upstate</title>
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KEMET will expand their Greenville County facility to produce capacitors for electric drive vehicles and other forms of alternative energy.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Paying Unemployment Benefits to Workers Fired for Misconduct</title>
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State lawmakers say they were surprised to learn that the state pays unemployment benefits to some people who are fired for misconduct or quit their jobs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:55:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Identity Theft</title>
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10 million Americans fell victim to identity theft last year and experts say the culprit could actually be right under you nose.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:00:18 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Obama Announces Initiatives To Increase Credit to Small Businesses</title>
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President Obama proposes initiatives to increase credit and loans to small businesses.           ]]></description>
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          <title>S.C. Jobless Rate Climbs After Two Months of Declines</title>
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South Carolina&#8217;s unemployment figure rose to 11.6% for September, which was up after two months of declines. The state ESC Director says &#8220;the unemployment rate will remain high for the foreseeable future.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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          <title>Expert Predicts No change in SC Unemployment Rate</title>
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Experts predict the September jobless rate to stand around 11.5% when new figures are released Wednesday.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:53:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Want To Add Some Life To Your Business or Planning a Startup?</title>
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You may want to take advantage of a free service by the Small Business Development Center in Greenville.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:46:08 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Governor Sanford Calls on Legislators to Fix Jobless System</title>
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South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says lawmakers should look at problems at the Employment Security Commission when they return to ensure more workers don&#8217;t lose emergency jobless benefits.           ]]></description>
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          <title>SC Misses Federal Aid for the Unemployed</title>
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Thousands of South Carolina&#8217;s unemployed will miss out on additional benefits after state officials failed to take the steps necessary to secure them.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:57:10 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dow Jones Industrials Pass 10,000 For 1st Time In A Year</title>
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The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:34:30 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>State&#8217;s Prepaid Tuition Program Struggling</title>
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The South Carolina College Tuition Prepayment Program is the latest victim of the nation&#8217;s struggling economy. State officials say the program, that allows parents to pay future college tuition using today&#8217;s rates, is anywhere from $30 million to $60 million dollars in debt. Ideally, the state invests the money parents pay into the program and when the student is ready to attend college there would be enough to pay for tuition.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:02:23 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Governor&#8217;s Office: 1,000 New Jobs for Lancaster County</title>
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Red Venture LLC will move their operations to South Carolina according to Governor Sanford&#8217;s Office. The announcement touts 1,000 &#8220;new, high-paying jobs&#8221; for Lancaster County.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Jetline Brings 100 New Jobs to Gaffney in Next 3 Months</title>
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Jetline, a supplier of customized promotional products, will locate a new facility in Gaffney. The company president tells News Channel 7 they will add 100 jobs over the next three months and up to 400 in the next five years.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:37:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Timken to Consolidate Distribution Centers to Spartanburg</title>
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Timken has decided to consolidate its distribution centers in Bucyrus, Ohio and Spartanburg, South Carolina into a larger, leased facility in the greater region surrounding the existing Spartanburg location. 
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          <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:36:45 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>New Jobs Coming to Cherokee County, Governor Sanford To Make Announcement Tuesday</title>
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Governor Mark Sanford will be in Gaffney Tuesday to announce a new business coming to the area.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 23:24:44 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>SC Businesses Might Pay More to Cover Jobless Benefits</title>
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South Carolina businesses might have to pay more for each employee over the next couple of years to rebuild the state unemployment benefit fund.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:07:17 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Diaper Manufacturer Bringing 260 Jobs to South Carolina</title>
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Officials say a manufacturer of disposable baby diapers is moving into a former South Carolina textile plant, creating 260 jobs in a rural county suffering from high unemployment.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 29 Sep 2009 11:14:24 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Film Studio Plans to Expand Movie Industry in S.C.</title>
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Genesis Studios in Columbia announced the creation of Emergent Films.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 12:21:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Dalkotech Announces New Facility, Jobs in Newberry County</title>
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Dalkotech has announced it will locate a new facility in Newberry County. The company plans to begin the hiring process in mid October to fill positions such as welders, robot programmers and machinists.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Consumer Affairs Warning Homeowners About Mortgage Relief Offers</title>
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The South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs is warning homeowners about some &#8220;mortgage relief&#8221; companies that are taking homeowners&#8217; money without giving any relief.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Unemployment figures for August due out Friday for SC &amp;amp; NC</title>
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In July, South Carolina reached 11.8 percent unemployment, well above the national average of 9.4 percent, and rated sixth-highest in the country.
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Propsoals aim to cut half a trillion dollars from Medicare to fund health care reform.           ]]></description>
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GHS says they will be able to move forward with a plan to hire approximately 460 new employees over the next 12 months.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:52:31 EST</pubDate>
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Gov. Mark Sanford visited Swansea High to learn more about its successful Jobs for America&#8217;s Graduates program. He also answered our questions about what he&#8217;s doing about the state&#8217;s high unemployment rate.           ]]></description>
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 Drugmaker Eli Lilly &amp; Co. says it the effort is to slash costs and speed up development of potential new drugs.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:46:45 EST</pubDate>
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The economic downturn continues to affect plans.           ]]></description>
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State agencies will lose 4 percent of their budgets as South Carolina&#8217;s financial oversight board deals with lagging tax collections.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:56:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <pubDate>Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:05:33 EST</pubDate>
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Michelin opens the doors of its Michelin Development Upstate office.           ]]></description>
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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?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 18:26:50 EST</pubDate>
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The median price for a home in South Carolina in July was off by eight percent in July from one year ago.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 05:52:42 EST</pubDate>
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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.
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$300 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for state-run rebate programs for consumer purchases of new ENERGY STAR&#174; qualified home appliances.           ]]></description>
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Henry McMaster is laying out his economic development plan Tuesday morning at a small business in Columbia.           ]]></description>
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Car companies front cash for dealers in final days of program           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:53:14 EST</pubDate>
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The jobless figure falls to 11.8% in July after posting a 12.1% figure in June according to Friday&#8217;s report from the S.C. Employment Security Commission.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:59:18 EST</pubDate>
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In June, South Carolina&#8217;s jobless rate was at 12.1 percent, the fourth-highest in the country.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:31:01 EST</pubDate>
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Greenville County students returned to school Wednesday, and deputies issued 22 violations in school zones.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 16:53:14 EST</pubDate>
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Consumers Need a Back-up Card           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:35:38 EST</pubDate>
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Mission Hospital and UNC Health Care signed an agreement Wednesday to provide better cancer cancer care to patients in Western North Carolina.
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          <pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:05:03 EST</pubDate>
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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?            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:31:41 EST</pubDate>
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The State Budget and Control Board meets Thursday at 10 a.m. in Columbia, and educators are bracing for news they are about to be hit with another budget cut of  four to five percent.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 05:06:34 EST</pubDate>
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Schools expect even bigger cuts.           ]]></description>
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SC Employment Commission director to resign           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:50:23 EST</pubDate>
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About 70% of people wo tried to file claims on Sunday could not get through.           ]]></description>
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New manufacturing facility coming to Spartanburg           ]]></description>
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Employers throttled back on layoffs in July, cutting just 247,000 jobs, the fewest in a year, and the unemployment rate dipped to 9.4 percent.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:46:28 EST</pubDate>
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Godshall Healthcare Recruiting is looking to fill several medical positions ranging from nurses to billing clerks.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:13:56 EST</pubDate>
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Sloan Construction will build a new facility in Cherokee County and add 40 new jobs near Blacksburg. The company intends to build an aggregate mining facility for material to be primarily used in road construction.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 10:18:03 EST</pubDate>
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The training is designed to meet national standards set by the Manufacturing Skills Standards Council.           ]]></description>
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Teijin Limited has announced plans to dissolve Teijin Group monofilament production and sales subsidiary Teijin Monofilament U.S., Inc., based in Spartanburg, South Carolina           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:14:06 EST</pubDate>
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House has approved an additional $2 billion for government&#8217;s &#8216;cash for clunkers&#8217; program.

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An economist say the recession has hit bottom and the economy looks like it&#8217;s starting to improve nationally and in South Carolina.           ]]></description>
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The Greer facility spokesperson told the &#8216;Herald Journal&#8217; they are offering buyouts here because they were offered at every other plant.            ]]></description>
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Norbord plans to hire Electrical, Mechanical, and Process Technicians.           ]]></description>
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The company claims a thousand jobs will come with the new plant for South Carolina, Georgia, or Indiana. Carbon Motors builds a futuristic car for law enforcement.
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Parents in the upstate are being forced to give up their children and now local kids are even feeling the blows of a bad economy.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:56:19 EST</pubDate>
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Jobs forum at Spartanburg Community College Saturday July 25.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 11:54:45 EST</pubDate>
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Republican Sen. David Thomas of Fountain Inn will begin looking at how Sanford used state money on travel and any taxpayer money connections to his affair with woman in Argentina.
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With 2009 half over, the IRS reminding taxpayers to take advantage of a number tax breaks made available earlier this year in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, all of these incentives have expiration dates so you should take advantage of them while you can.           ]]></description>
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The Dow Jones industrials average cleared the 9,000 mark Thursday for the first time since January 6.           ]]></description>
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A computer glitch at the South Carolina Employment Security Commission sent 1,250 people two unemployment benefits checks this week.           ]]></description>
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When fully staffed, the new lab is expected to bring up to 185 full-time positions to Greenwood.            ]]></description>
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 Confessing your spending sins, a new website lets you unload all your debts virtually and find out what you could have if you spent wisely.           ]]></description>
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The Salvation Army in Greenville is asking for help Wednesday with supplies at their pantry running low. A record number of families are depending on the emergency food relief.           ]]></description>
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Norbord Industries will be hosting a job fair in Clinton July 28 and 29.           ]]></description>
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Company officials said the new products and services will bring new jobs to the area.           ]]></description>
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Honeywell Safety Products will expand their current facility in Clover and add 80 new jobs over the next five years. Creation of the first 30 jobs are expected in 2010            ]]></description>
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Continental Teves, Inc. announced Monday the facility in Fletcher, NC will expand and add 338 new jobs over the next five years. The brake systems and component manufacturer will invest $30.1 million into the Henderson County plant.

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A Spartanburg company announced a partnership Monday that will lead to hiring 50 to 60 new workers over the next year. Kusters Zima Corporation will partner with Agri-Tech Producers, LLC to produce equipment, which dramatically enhances the utilization of cellulosic biomass as a renewable fuel.            ]]></description>
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Restaurant reopened after closing last year amid turmoil            ]]></description>
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June unemployment was virtually unchanged in South Carolina from May and the jobless rate in North Carolina fell slightly to 11 percent.           ]]></description>
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Trustees at Clemson University have agreed to set up a committee to review salaries at the school.           ]]></description>
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Federal stimulus spending in South Carolina mirrors that of other states; it&#8217;s going to worthwhile programs but is not creating jobs.           ]]></description>
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Investigators said they have over 50 complaints against Thomas Lilly since he cleared the lot and closed the doors last February.            ]]></description>
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Peak plans to keep fitness centers in the Upstate open and called the transition &#8216;seamless&#8217; for current customers.           ]]></description>
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Clemson University is creating its own version of an economic stimulus plan for students           ]]></description>
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South Carolinians are cutting their energy use this summer, despite the heat. Duke Energy&#8217;s Paige Sheehan says the Charlotte utility expects sales to be flat.           ]]></description>
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U.S. Congressman Gresham Barrett&#8217;s campaign says he will tour North American Rescue in Greer.
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Fluor Corp. plans to add more than 100 jobs in South Carolina under a new contract to build and operate military bases in Afghanistan. Fluor already employs about 2,500 people in Greenville.           ]]></description>
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The chairman of the Greenville, Sourh Carolina Shriners&#8217; Hospital board, Rodney Brown said the Shriners voted to keep all 22 Shriners&#8217; Childrens Hospitals open at their convention.           ]]></description>
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Michelin North America&#8217;s president Dick Wilkerson unveiled a plan today to provide one million dollars in initial funding to help minority owned disadvantaged small businesses in the upstate.           ]]></description>
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An economist at North Carolina State University says the state&#8217;s jobless rate will peak early next year.            ]]></description>
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Major metro areas in the Upstate and western North Carolina saw unemployment numbers rise again in May. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Tuesday the jobless figure rose in all of the 372 metropolitan areas they track.           ]]></description>
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The Salvation Army in Spartanburg is trying to meet an overwhelming demand for fans this summer, but they don&#8217;t have any fans to give out.           ]]></description>
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Baldor Electric Company will expand their plant in Weaverville. The plan will add 32 jobs at the facility. Baldor is consolidating its Sleevoil hydrodynamic bearing line in Indiana and moving those operations to North Carolina.           ]]></description>
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Government leaders announced three job creation and investment expansions for BorgWarner, Warm Company and Wilsonart.           ]]></description>
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