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Lowcountry SCORE earns national ranking
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Best Buy reports 1Q loss on restructuring costs
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Apple's Cook to face Senate questions on taxes
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Microsoft expected to reveal next-generation Xbox
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Berliner steps down as director of incubator
Jordan Berliner, director of The Don Ryan Center for Innovation, has resigned to pursue other opportunities, according to a news release from the center.
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Beaufort County unemployment rate dips to 6.1 percent
As the tourist season gets in full swing, a recent workforce study shows Beaufort County's unemployment rate dropped to 6.1 percent in April, one of the lowest rates in the state.
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Indexes edge higher on Wall Street in early trade
Stock indexes are edging higher in early trading on Wall Street as investors look ahead to the Federal Reserve's next moves.
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TECHNOLOGY
Sprint boosts buyout offer for Clearwire
Sprint says it has raised its buyout offer for the stake in Clearwire it does not already own by 14 percent.
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BUSINESS
German central bank: Economy to improve 'markedly'
Germany's central bank expects the country's economy to improve "markedly" in the second quarter - a development that could boost the wider eurozone as it struggles to get out of recession.
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TECHNOLOGY
Spotify's Top 10 most viral tracks
The following list represents the most viral tracks on Spotify, based on the number of people who shared it divided by the number who listened to it, from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19, via Facebook, Tumblr, Twitter and Spotify.
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Spotify's Top 10 most streamed tracks
The following list represents the top streamed tracks on Spotify from Monday, May 13, to Sunday, May 19:
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Futures fall as markets await hints from Fed
U.S. stock futures are down in light trading ahead of an appearance this week by Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke before Congress.
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BUSINESS
Vodafone annual profits up 1.9 percent
U.K.-based mobile telecoms company Vodafone has reported a 1.9 increase in annual profits despite a slowdown in much of its European operations.
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Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
Even though the weather was poor, Home Depot posted an 18 percent increase in its net income for the first quarter thanks to the ongoing housing recovery.
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Burberry's profit hit by perfume deal's demise
British luxury brand Burberry says that the end of a perfume licensing deal depressed its bottom line, dragging net profit down 3 percent for the year ending on March 31.
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TECHNOLOGY
Sprint to listen to Dish offer
Wireless company Sprint Nextel Corp. says it can now let Dish Network Corp. see its books and talk with Dish to see whether its competing offer to buy Sprint is better than its current deal with Japan's SoftBank.




