International Business News - SC 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 South Carolina agency leaders are letting the governor know where they think cuts can be made in their budgets as lawmakers prepare to trim hundreds of millions from the state's $7 billion spending plan for this year. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/sc-agencies-suggest-where-budgets-can-be-cut.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:08:12 EDT Electric utilities have to persuade the general public that nuclear power is a safe and reliable alternative to coal-fired plants if they want to build more reactors, former New Jersey governor and federal environmental chief Christine Todd Whitman told about 100 South Carolina business leaders. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081010/former-epa-chief-whitman-discusses-nuclear-energy.htm Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:08:12 EDT Cutting high school sports, conservation efforts and crimes investigated by state law enforcement are all possibilities in the looming South Carolina budget crisis. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081009/sc-legislative-leaders-discuss-cuts-from-budget.htm Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:51:58 EDT South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday legislators shouldn't be paid to return to Columbia to fix a state budget shortfalls because they created the problem. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081008/sc-gov-no-pay-for-legislators-to-fix-budget.htm Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:42:36 EDT Barack Obama's campaign is citing the University of South Carolina's speaking invitations to William Ayers and Republican Gov. Mark Sanford's role as school trustee to counter GOP efforts to link the presidential candidate to the 1960s radical. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/obama-camp-cites-sc-school-invites-to-ayers.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 17:41:05 EDT South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford asked the leaders of state agencies Tuesday to suggest ways to shave spending from their budgets, saying that if lawmakers make the cuts for them it could be more painful. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081007/south-carolina-governor-holds-budget-fix-summit.htm Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:51:25 EDT South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Tuesday he will likely force legislators back to Columbia to deal with the sputtering economy if they don't return on their own before the November election. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/sc-governor-to-again-call-on-legislators-to-return.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:09:40 EDT Google Inc. is having a party to mark the completion of its new data center near Moncks Corner. The ribbon cutting is set for Oct. 7 with state and local leaders scheduled to attend. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080930/google-to-celebrate-sc-data-center-opening.htm Tue, 30 Sep 2008 17:17:52 EDT South Carolina's Board of Economic Advisors says a spate of bad news from gas prices to job losses has throttled the state's economy. The result is a likely second round of government spending cuts next month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/sc-economic-board-expects-deep-spending-cuts.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:27:19 EDT South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster is renewing the state's prohibition on price gouging as he continues to investigate soaring gas prices. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080926/sc-attorney-general-renews-gouging-investigation.htm Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:10:31 EDT State regulators have approved South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.'s request to begin work near Columbia on the site where it wants to build two nuclear reactors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080925/sc-regulators-say-work-can-start-at-reactor-site.htm Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:13:50 EDT State regulators are scheduled to take up the request by South Carolina Electric & Gas to begin work at the site near Columbia where it wants to build two nuclear reactors. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080924/reactor-site-work-request-on-sc-regulators-agenda.htm Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:00:58 EDT South Carolina NAACP leaders say they've courted dozens of people in the film industry and many have expressed interest in joining the group's boycott of the state. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/naacp-film-industry-shows-interest-in-sc-boycott.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:57:22 EDT Gas stations throughout North and South Carolina continue to register some supply shortages, but gas prices in both states are slowly coming down, a spokeswoman for AAA Carolinas said Monday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/carolinas-still-having-problems-with-gas-supplies.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:29:47 EDT South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Monday the state needs to tackle carbon dioxide and global warming issues before the federal government reacts. On Monday, the Republican governor formally received a 653-page report from his Climate, Energy, and Commerce Advisory Committee that says South Carolina can release less carbon dioxide than it did in 1990 by promoting voluntary efforts driven substantially by incentives and laws already on the books. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080922/south-carolina-gov-gets-climate-energy-report.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 15:17:19 EDT Layoffs in manufacturing and construction added 14,000 South Carolina residents to unemployment rolls last month and pushed the jobless rate to a 15-year high, state employment officials said Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/sc-unemployment-rate-jumps-to-15-year-high.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:22:31 EDT An aging-issues group created by the South Carolina Legislature says its top priorities are a new public alert systems for seniors with dementia, limits on predatory lending and loan repayment incentives for geriatric care providers. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080919/sc-senior-advocacy-group-sets-legislative-agenda.htm Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:12:08 EDT Authorities say automotive seating supplier Lear Corp. plans to expand its Spartanburg County plant in South Carolina and add 140 jobs. Southfield, Mich.-based Lear makes seats and electric parts. It announced Wednesday that it plans to spend $10.8 million on the expansion. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/bmw-supplier-to-expand-create-jobs-in-sc.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:10:06 EDT Members of a South Carolina gay rights organization said Tuesday they hope a recent controversy about ads proclaiming the state "so gay" will stir up interest in this year's gay pride celebration. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080917/gay-group-wants-people-to-know-sc-is-so-gay.htm Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:18:51 EDT Two former Union city officials pleaded guilty Tuesday to their roles in a public corruption scheme in which they sought bribes and plotted to take kickbacks in exchange for awarding government contracts, the state's top federal prosecutor said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/ex-s-c-city-officials-plead-guilty-to-corruption.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 17:49:20 EDT