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Authority board changes proposed

For the second time in as many months, Lowcountry lawmakers are contemplating a measure that would redesign the State Ports Authority's board of directors.

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Group expects drop in members

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
A new year brings a renewed chance for changes, whether they are welcome or not.
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Businessmen believe time is ripe for market

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
With businesses closing or filing for bankruptcy more often during the year-old recession, discounters are expected to ride out the bumpy economic turmoil more steadily.
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Job losses not expected to slow

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
Another million layoffs: More than 1 million jobs were lost in 2008, and the new year isn't expected to be any better.
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Lessons in frugality for 2009

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
RALEIGH — No doubt many consumers were happy to say farewell to 2008 with its record home foreclosures, massive job losses and weak credit market.
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Memos

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
Chris Wiksell of Caldwell Commercial Real Estate Services represented the buyer, Mengel Insurance and Administrative Services LLC, in the purchase of Suite 301, 1459 Stuart Engels Blvd. in Mount Pleasant.
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Kiawah plans overhaul of 3 key restaurants

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
Kiawah Island Golf Resort is getting set to mix up and make over its extensive dining operations.
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Operator buys elder-care centers

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
If at first you don't succeed, try to buy again. That philosophy seems to have paid off for a big operator of senior communities that recently added two Mount Pleasant elder-care properties to its national portfolio.
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Local kayak maker in dispute with former manufacturing partner in China

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
A moving truck rumbled up to the factory's security gate. Greg Barton, who co-owns the locally based Epic Kayaks, had traveled thousands of miles from the Lowcountry to China to collect his equipment.
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Christian-themed hotel planned for Strand

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
MYRTLE BEACH — Guests could stay in rooms themed after the biblical King Solomon's Temple or go to a juice bar named the Garden of Eden if a planned Christian-themed hotel about 20 stories high is built in Socastee. The building, to be on the Intracoastal Waterway behind Socastee Hig...
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Sanford comes through on state jobless benefits

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
More than 70,000 out-of-work South Carolinians caught up in a fight between the governor and the Employment Security Commission were relieved when the state's chief executive agreed to an 11th-hour action that continues their benefit checks.
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Business Calendar

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009

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RECALLS

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
Product recalls announced last week. Details are available in most cases at www.cpsc.gov and other Web sites or at telephone numbers listed.
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Executive Items

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
Kelly West and Chad Vail have joined VR Business Sales, Mergers & Acquisitions as business intermediaries. West has degrees from the University of Virginia and the George Mason University School of Law. She previously was co-owner of a waste hauling business. Vail has a bachelor's degree from the College of Charleston. Previously, he owned several local businesses and developed three locations of The Pretzel Twister franchise in Charleston.
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TIAA-CREF trying to stay ahead of financial storm

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
CHARLOTTE — Bertram "Bert" Scott is in an enviable position, helping run a financial-services firm that's thriving when others are stumbling.
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IPhone nano on the horizon?

Monday, Jan. 5, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Inc. may be gearing up to introduce cheaper iPhone and MacBook models in 2009, possibly including a device dubbed the iPhone nano, according to an analyst who tracks the company.
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