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Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
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WASHINGTON — Gasoline-powered lawn mowers that are a big cause of summertime air pollution will have to be dramatically cleaner under rules issued Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency. The long-awaited regulations require a 35 percent reduction in emissions from new lawn and garden equipment beginning in 2011.
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Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
Just weeks ago, Berkeley County didn't have a full-service hospital, or even plans for one on the books. Now it could have two hospitals competing for patients within a matter of years. Roper St. Francis Healthcare unveiled plans Thursday to build a 50-bed hospital on land the company purchased this year in the yet-to- be-built Carnes Crossroads sub- division in Goose Creek.
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Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
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NEW YORK — Conventional wisdom had long held that some industries would collapse if oil topped $100 a barrel. As oil neared $150, sending costs higher for everything from jet fuel to plastic jars, the question was how many companies would succumb.
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Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
NEW YORK — Dejected investors sent stocks plunging Thursday, hurtling the Dow Jones industrials down more than 340 points after retailers and the government added to a mountain of bad economic news and devastated hopes for a late-year recovery.
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Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
GAFFNEY — Two nuclear reactors Duke Energy Corp. is planning to build in Cherokee County could further deplete the drought-tightened water supply, an environmental group said Wednesday.
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Friday, Sept. 5, 2008
Boeing Co. aircraft assembly workers voted overwhelmingly late Wednesday night to strike for the second time in three years, but union leaders agreed to hold off on the walkout for 48 hours at the request of Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire and a federal mediator.
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Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
NEW YORK — By 6:30 p.m. every stool at the bar is taken. It's a Thursday night at the White Horse Tavern, a well-worn watering hole in the shadows of lower Manhattan's financial district, and the regulars have found a refuge.
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Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
DETROIT — Nearly every major automaker saw its U.S. sales drop in August, but many are seeing signs that the worst slump in recent history may have bottomed out. Most upbeat were executives from General Motors Corp., which posted a 20.3 percent sales decline from a year ago but a 31 ...
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Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
Wall Street finished mixed in fickle trading Wednesday, with investors still unsettled about the economy ahead of Friday's jobs report and only slightly relieved about sliding commodities prices.
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Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
Most of the major airlines that serve Charleston International Airport have relaxed their ticketing policies in anticipation of weather-related disruptions this week from Tropical Storm Hanna.
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Thursday, Sept. 4, 2008
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Roper St. Francis Healthcare today announced plans to seek state approval to build a 50-bed full-service hospital in the fast-growing Carnes Crossroads area in lower Berkeley County.
Construction on the two-and-a-half-year project is expected to begin in 2010.
Roper said it plans to apply for its primary approval — known as a “certificate of need” —in October.
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Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
The State Ports Authority's Union Pier Terminal and all port access gates operated by SPA workers will be open until noon tomorrow for the pickup of imported cargo only. Vessel work will continue until 5 p.m., and Charleston Harbor will be open to work ships until that time if authorized by the Coast Guard.
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Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
Most of the major airlines that serve Charleston International Airport have relaxed their ticketing policies in anticipation of weather-related disruptions later this week from tropical storm Hanna.
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Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
SUMMERVILLE — Dorchester County's proposed growth plan stirred up some contention in its first appearance before council Tuesday.
Council gave the comprehensive plan unanimous initial approval, but not before a heated debate indicated some more fights are ahead before the final compromise is worked out.
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Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2008
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One of South Carolina's most influential bankers is retiring at the end of 2008, punctuating what has been a tumultuous year for the company he built over the past two decades. Mack I. Whittle Jr., chairman, president and chief executive officer of The South Financial Group Inc., said he plans to remain a director of the Upstate-based bank owner until 2011, when his term expires.
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