International Business News - Carolina http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif At Fourth of July parades and barbecues around the Tar Heel state, Jesse Helms' supporters recalled this father of the conservative movement as the man who stood up for traditional values and the defeat of communism--but still had time to help his constituents. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080704/epic-nc-politicians-life-ends-on-fourth-of-july.htm Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:38:49 EDT The South Carolina Electric & Gas Co., a subsidiary of SCANA Corp., said Friday is applying with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina for an increase to its retail natural gas base rates of less than 1 percent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080613/south-carolina-utility-files-for-rate-increase.htm Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:23:23 EDT A South Carolina man convicted of killing three social workers more than a decade ago has been executed after he asked to drop his appeals. David Mark Hill was pronounced dead at 6:17 p.m. Friday in the state's death chamber in Columbia. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080606/sc-man-who-killed-3-social-workers-executed.htm Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:41:25 EDT Peoples Bancorp of North Carolina Inc. said Monday its board declared a regular quarterly dividend of 12 cents. The holding company for Peoples Bank said the dividend is payable June 13 to shareholders of record June 2. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080520/peoples-bancorp-of-n-c-sets-dividend-of-12-cents.htm Tue, 20 May 2008 13:43:49 EDT Rep. Brad Miller is endorsing Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. The three-term lawmaker from Raleigh is the third North Carolina superdelegate to pledge support to Obama since the Illinois senator's convincing victory in the state's primary. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080508/apnewsbreak-nc-superdelegate-rep-brad-miller-now-for-obama.htm Thu, 08 May 2008 16:20:03 EDT Several witnesses previously barred from testifying against a former HomeGold Financial Inc. executive may take the stand at his trial, the South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080505/sc-justices-witnesses-may-testify-against-ex-homegold-exec.htm Mon, 05 May 2008 13:10:29 EDT THE RACE: The presidential race for Democrats in North Carolina ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080501/poll-clinton-closes-in-on-obama-in-north-carolina.htm Thu, 01 May 2008 11:17:56 EDT A group whose automated phone calls to North Carolina residents provided misleading information about voting in Tuesday's primary election apologized and said it will stop making the calls. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080430/nc-group-sorry-for-misleading-calls-on-voting-in-primary.htm Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:12:11 EDT Carolina Group's profit slipped 10 percent in the first quarter on weaker investment returns and higher advertising costs, the cigarette maker said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080428/carolina-groups-profit-slips-10-percent-in-1q.htm Mon, 28 Apr 2008 10:37:15 EDT Emergency workers responding to a 911 call Saturday discovered the bodies of four people in and around a suburban home. They had been shot to death. Authorities were looking for a "person of interest," an 18-year-old man, said Anderson County sheriff's spokeswoman Susann Griffin. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080426/911-responders-find-4-bodies-at-suburban-home-in-s-carolina.htm Sat, 26 Apr 2008 20:20:44 EDT Not since 1988 has North Carolina had much of a voice in choosing a presidential nominee. Back then, it joined several Southern states to help pick Al Gore, a neighbor from Tennessee. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080424/north-carolina-excited-to-choose-between-clinton-and-obama.htm Thu, 24 Apr 2008 03:04:10 EDT Police say they have found the bodies of three men and a woman with gunshot wounds inside a Charlotte, N.C., apartment and have begun a homicide investigation. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080324/4-bodies-found-in-charlotte-apartment.htm Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:58:08 EDT THE RACE: The presidential race in North Carolina. The primary is May 6. ___ http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080222/poll-obama-mccain-ahead-in-nc.htm Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:40:22 EST Diversified holding company Loews Corp. announced a regular quarterly dividend of 45.5 cents. The company said the dividend is payable March 14 to shareholders of record as of March 3. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080213/carolina-group-sets-quarterly-dividend.htm Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:02:26 EST Carolina Group's profit shrank 6 percent in the fourth quarter because of costs stemming from lawsuits over tobacco, the cigarette maker said Monday. Carolina Group earned $206 million, or $1.18 per share, in the fourth quarter, compared with profit of $220 million, or $1.26 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2006. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080211/carolina-group-4q-profit-shrinks.htm Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:05:34 EST Sen. Barack Obama won 25 delegates in South Carolina's Democratic primary, narrowing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead in the race for the nomination. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080127/obama-captures-most-delegates-in-s-c.htm Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:52:05 EST The South Carolina Democratic Party broke its own turnout record in Saturday's presidential primary and eclipsed the number of ballots cast by residents in the Republican primary the week before. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080127/democrats-come-out-in-south-carolina.htm Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:49:13 EST The questions surrounding Barack Obama's victory in South Carolina: Was the split between white and black voters an anomaly in a state were the Confederate flag still flies on the statehouse grounds? Or has the Clinton campaign successfully marginalized him as the "black candidate?" http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080127/analysis-racial-divide-could-hurt-obama.htm Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:33:46 EST Barack Obama routed Hillary Rodham Clinton in the racially charged South Carolina primary Saturday night, regaining campaign momentum in the prelude to a Feb. 5 coast-to-coast competition for more than 1,600 Democratic National Convention delegates. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/13928-obama-2008.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080127/obama-routs-clinton-in-south-carolina.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080127/obama-routs-clinton-in-south-carolina.htm Sun, 27 Jan 2008 00:22:10 EST Sen. Barack Obama won 25 delegates in South Carolina's Democratic primary, narrowing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's lead in the race for the nomination. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080126/obama-wins-most-sc-delegates.htm Sat, 26 Jan 2008 22:14:55 EST