Business Review

Louis Vuitton bags space at Charleston Place

Thursday, July 3, 2008
Unlike, say, Saks Fifth Avenue, luxury retailer Louis Vuitton isn't going out of its way to trumpet its debut in downtown Charleston. But the signs of the French chain's forthcoming arrival are there nonetheless — literally. A stretch of ground-floor windows along the King Street side of Read story.

Options can ease college-aid panic

Monday, June 30, 2008
Crunching the numbers on college costs has been a particularly grim task for parents of freshmen this year. Read story.

RECALLS

Monday, June 30, 2008
Product recalls announced last week. Details available at www.cpsc.gov and Web sites as listed. Read story.

Blowin’ in the wind

Monday, June 30, 2008
Even in the parching heat of South Carolina's summer sun, the ground at one local industrial site stays saturated.

Ankle-deep puddles and muddy gullies dot the landscape at Kinder Morgan Energy Partners' terminal on the Cooper River in Charleston. Workers and computerized spraying systems constantly are wetting the ground, trying to keep particles of coal from escaping into the wind and dusting the surrounding area. Read story.

Not too late for seniors to seek stimulus check

Monday, June 30, 2008
It's not too late: That's the word from the IRS, which recently announced a push to get millions of eligible retirees and disabled veterans to apply for a federal stimulus payment. Read story.

Merged firms settle into new downtown site

Monday, June 30, 2008
Prominent and longstanding firms that have offices on Broad Street in downtown Charleston have a fresh-faced neighbor. Read story.

Week in Review

Monday, June 30, 2008
Al Parish, the self-titled "Economan" known for his clownish suits and hollow financial wizardry, was sentenced last week to 24 years and four months in prison for an investment scheme that pilfered at least $66 million from roughly 600 investors. Parish received the minimum sentence under federal guidelines. Read story.

Add-ons raise car-rental revenue

Monday, June 30, 2008
While a lot of attention has been paid in recent weeks to the fees that struggling airlines are adding to ticket prices, car rental companies have been quietly doing the same thing. Industry analysts say the cost of various optional but heavily promoted services such as navigation units and fuel refilling are adding as much as 20 percent to the overall rental cost. Read story.

It's time for a midyear checkup

Monday, June 30, 2008
The end of June and beginning of July is an important time for savvy small-business owners, who will be assessing their companies' finances and thinking about strategies for the second half of 2008. A midyear checkup is even more important than usual this year, given the uncertainty of the business climate. Read story.

Dreamliner makes upward progress

Monday, June 30, 2008
The Dreamliner has scratched off some key checklist items on its delay-riddled path to its inaugural test flight. Read story.

In-house labels jump off shelves

Thursday, June 26, 2008
Penny-pinching in the grocery aisles is pushing up demand for some store-brand products. Bi-Lo, which has about a dozen stores in the Charleston region, says it is. The Upstate-based grocer said sales of its four lines of in-house food and consumer goods are up a healthy 5 percent chainwide. Read story.

BUSINESS CALENDAR

Monday, June 23, 2008

Business, commercial aviation fight for fares

Monday, June 23, 2008
We are developing in this country an upstairs-downstairs air transportation system. Read story.

EXECUTIVE ITEMS

Monday, June 23, 2008

Choppy video frustrates wireless user

Monday, June 23, 2008
Before going wireless, I was enjoying watching television shows on my computer. Now that I'm not plugged in and am wireless, video streaming is so choppy and slow, it's impossible to watch. Is it because I bought the cheapest router in the store? If so, what kind of router should I get? Is there a fix for this? Read story.

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