Columbia Opportunity Resource is seeking business exhibitors for its second annual Impact Columbia Summit 2008. The event will be held from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. April 29 at 320 Senate St.
DUNCAN — Master Precision Global LLC will locate its new Southeastern manufacturing and distribution facility here. MP Global is a Michigan-based company that makes plastic/electronic assemblies, injection-mold tooling and lighting innovations.- 6:58 AM
Workshops, awards and a reception for small businesses will be the focus of Columbia’s fifth annual Salute to Small Business.- 6:55 AM
About 50 workers in a Fairfield County plant will lose their jobs by mid-year as the fiberglass fabrics plant’s third owner in five years moves the work to other U.S. plants.- 6:49 AM
GREENVILLE — Michelin North America will invest $6.8 million in a three-year research partnership with Clemson University to make tires more fuel efficient. Michelin wants to reduce rolling resistance by 50 percent in the next 15 years. Rolling resistance takes energy from the engine every time a tire turns. The company said it chose Clemson and its International Center for Automotive Research after a competitive process.- 7:16 AM
They are the kinds of people that Creative Class guru Richard Florida says a city needs if it is going to be successful. With the Class of 2008, The State newspaper’s annual “20 Under 40,” a list of rising business stars in the Midlands, now has 100 alumni.- 11:19 AM
The Columbia Young Professionals Alliance hosts its second annual holiday party on Wednesday. The party begins at 6 p.m. at the Columbia Museum of Art. Admission is one unwrapped gift or a $10 donation to the Toys for Tots program. The public is invited and reservations are not required.- 1:49 AM
If South Carolina is going to compete in the global economy it needs a right-sized tax system, said William Fox, director of the center for business and economic research at the University of Tennessee.- 7:54 AM
South Carolina’s business climate has grabbed some attention of late. Take a look at a series of reports released over the last couple of months:- 7:37 AM
Tronco’s Special Events Catering will leave the State Fairgrounds to operate a new conference center on Garners Ferry Road near I-77.- 9:29 AM
Immigration reform, tourism and tax reform top the agenda as the state’s business community gathers in Myrtle Beach through Friday for the annual meeting of the S.C. Chamber of Commerce.- 7:51 AM
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