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SCBT relocates Customer Care Center into Orangeburg headquarters
By GENE ZALESKI, T&D Staff Writer | Leave a CommentCOLUMBIA -- The phones ring and the voices of South Carolina Bank and Trust Customer Care Center employees are ready to serve. Read More »
Federal-Mogul offers new diesel piston design
SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — To reduce CO2 emissions and improve fuel economy, vehicle manufacturers are demanding higher and higher power output from smaller and smaller engines. Federal-Mogul Corp. has developed an innovative aluminum piston design that can reliably withstand the mechanical and thermal loads produced by heavily boosted engines, thereby enhancing diesel engine performance.
Obama signs bill assisting homebuyers, jobless
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers and additional jobless benefits to those idled by the business slump.
Forbes publisher is chamber speaker
COLUMBIA — Richard Karlgaard, publisher of Forbes magazine, read by 4.5 million each issue, will join more than 250 business leaders at the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce’s 30th Annual Summit, “South Carolina Business: Leading the Economic Evolution.” The summit is Nov. 12 at Wild Dunes on the Isle of Palms.
Bi-Lo brings relief at the gas pump
Bi-Lo has begun a new program called “fuelperks!” that will enable residents in Orangeburg to save money on gas by doing something they normally do – buy groceries. Every time Bi-Lo customers make a purchase with the new My BI-LO BONUSCARD, they earn discounts to be used at the pump.
Zeus obtains certification in aerospace applications
Zeus Inc., a leader in material science and polymer extrusions, has announced the acquisition of AS9100 certification for aerospace applications.
SCBT offering mobile banking
COLUMBIA — South Carolina Bank and Trust introduced mobile banking for its online banking customers Nov. 5.
A company is seeking state permission to construct a 35-megawatt, wood biomass-fired electrical power generator in the John Matthews Industrial Park.
The wood biomass-fired electrical power generation facility proposed for the John Matthews Industrial Park at U.S. 301 and Highway 176 would use a “bubbling fluidized boiler” process.
South Carolina’s sawmills have been burning wood residue for years because it provides a cheaper form of energy for internal use, Orangeburg County Clemson Extension Service agent Beth Richardson says.
What weighs 2,110 pounds, consumed 2,450 gallons of milk and required the daily output of 281 dairy cows?