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Design unveiled for new $26M USC alumni building
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Fox show brings messy workplaces to television
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Home buyers appeal to sellers through notes
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SC business notebook, May 25
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Automaker Tesla takes fight to North Carolina
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Protesters march against Monsanto in 250 cities
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Vintage Apple computer auctioned off for $668,000
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Wine aged in Charleston Harbor recovered
A California winery this week recovered four cases of Cabernet Sauvignon that were submerged in Charleston Harbor three months ago in the first phase of an experiment to determine the effect of ocean aging on wine.
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Homeowners to lose flood insurance subsidies
Congress has decided it wants the federal flood insurance program to pay for itself, and it has set in motion a multi-year process to make it happen.
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TECHNOLOGY
LA stoplights synchronized but road war endures
It seems that the impossible has occurred: The nation's most congested city has become a model for traffic control.
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TECHNOLOGY
Girl's suicide after alleged attack troubles town
One evening last Labor Day weekend, 15-year-old Audrie Pott walked up the driveway of a classmate's home alongside other teenagers. She'd told her parents she was spending the night with a friend. The friend claimed she was sleeping at Audrie's. Instead, the girls were having a party. A classic ...
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TECHNOLOGY
News Corp. OKs poison pill, buyback before split
News Corp. said its board of directors has approved plans to split its entertainment and publishing businesses into two separate companies. The company also adopted a shareholder-rights plan designed to prevent a hostile takeover in the volatile trading period after the split is complete.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Trustee opposes $20M payout to American Air CEO
The Justice Department is objecting to a proposed $20 million severance payment for American Airlines CEO Tom Horton, saying it's bigger than allowed by bankruptcy law.
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TECHNOLOGY
Report: Yahoo, pay-TV operators among Hulu bidders
Online video site Hulu is again up for sale, with Yahoo and pay TV operators DirecTV and Time Warner Cable among the seven bidders, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Metals and agricultural futures prices slip
Metals prices ended slightly lower Friday, as did agricultural futures.
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TECHNOLOGY
Schumer urges look at security in Sprint deal
Sen. Charles Schumer urged regulators to "use extreme caution" when reviewing the proposed acquisition of No. 3 cell carrier Sprint Nextel by Japan's Softbank, saying the Japanese company's use of Chinese networking equipment could open up U.S. networks to snooping and hacking.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
How the Dow Jones industrial average fared Friday
Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Stocks barely budge; market ends week with loss
Major stock indexes closed out their first weekly loss in a month in quiet trading Friday.
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TECHNOLOGY
Netflix looks to hook subscribers with 'Arrested'
Netflix is hoping this weekend's release of the resurrected TV series "Arrested Development" will draw more subscribers to its Internet video service.








