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Midlands area gas prices, May 23
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Fired for refusing flu shot, SC hospital employee eligible for unemployment
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Bernanke: Stimulus still needed
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Midlands People & Achievements: Lorie Gardner
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SC business notebook, May 23
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VIDEO: Microsoft announces 'Halo' TV series
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Survey shows China manufacturing contracting
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Low gas prices fueling Memorial Day travel along SC coast
Prepare for busy roads and beaches this weekend along the Grand Strand as bikers, those celebrating Memorial Day and others just looking to get away...
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Grant program offers low-income Columbia residents $3,000 for job training
The city’s Work It Up job training program is making the money available to city residents who meet certain criteria. See if you qualify inside.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde is facing questions at a special Paris court Thursday over a controversial financial deal that she oversaw as French finance minister.
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TECHNOLOGY
Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
Computer maker Lenovo Group said Thursday its latest quarterly profit rose 90 percent as sales of smartphones and mobile computing technology expanded.
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TECHNOLOGY
Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous
Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Ford to end auto production in Australia in 2016
Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will close its two Australian auto plants, ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
On top of big salaries, companies pile on perks
Wynn Resorts pays for founder and CEO Steve Wynn's residence at its tony Las Vegas hotel and casino at a cost of nearly $452,000.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Millennials say debt stalls retirement savings
More than half of millennials - 54 percent-surveyed by a Wells Fargo & Co. retirement unit said their "biggest financial concern currently" was longer-term debt, mainly student and credit card debt.
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TECHNOLOGY
HP's 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens
Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal computer sales deepens, but the company's cost-cutting measures and focus on more profitable areas of technology appear to be easing the pain.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
GM recalling Cadillac SUVs to tighten wheels
General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government
Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012
CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.








