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City of Beaufort budget plan includes property tax, trash fee increases
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Hilton Head real estate market gaining strength; home sales up
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Celebration planned for re-opening of Bluffton's Berkeley Place
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Dotcom 'in tears' after Megaupload files deleted
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Hilton Head residents question checkered past of new Metropolitan Hotel partner
Forest Beach property owners say they are leery of a convicted felon who announced plans last week to spruce up the Metropolitan Hotel on Hilton Head Island and its vacant annex building.
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Hilton Head ferry launch wants permission to start boat tours, rentals
A Hilton Head boat launch used in transporting passengers bound for Daufuskie Island is seeking permission to begin chartering boat tours and renting kayaks and motorized personal watercraft.
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BUSINESS
Sawyer joins McNair Law Firm
Jennifer D. Sawyer has joined McNair Law Firm P.A.'s Bluffton office as a shareholder.
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TECHNOLOGY
Leading 3-D printer firms to merge in $403M deal
Stratasys, a leading maker of 3-D printers, is buying another 3-D printer manufacturer, MakerBot, for $403 million in stock.
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BUSINESS
Fed suggests it's closer to slowing bond purchases
In a move that could send interest rates higher, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke ended weeks of speculation Wednesday by saying the Federal Reserve will likely slow its bond-buying program this year and end it next year because the economy is strengthening.
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BUSINESS
As Chairman Ben Bernanke clarifies Fed’s moves, markets freak
The Federal Reserve is likely to begin tapering off its economic life support late this year and finish a controversial program of bond purchases by the middle of the next year, Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday in remarks that triggered fear and loathing in financial markets.
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BUSINESS
Stocks slide as Fed says bond purchases could slow
Financial markets shuddered Wednesday after the Federal Reserve said it could start scaling back its huge economic stimulus program later this year and end it by the middle of next.
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BUSINESS
Men's Wearhouse ousts founder, pitchman Zimmer
Men's Wearhouse doesn't like the way its founder looks anymore.
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BUSINESS
How Fed policymakers affect the economy
The Federal Reserve's chief policymaking group, the Federal Open Market Committee, has vast power over the economy through its ability to set monetary policy.
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BUSINESS
Fed's moves to aid economy since financial crisis
The Federal Reserve has taken many unprecedented steps in the past four years to try to boost the U.S. economy and counter the effects of a financial crisis that triggered a painful recession. It has kept the short-term interest rate it controls at a record low near zero since December 2008.
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BUSINESS
Bluebird Bio shares rocket higher in trading debut
Shares of gene therapy developer Bluebird Bio Inc. surged in their trading debut.
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BUSINESS
FedEx 4Q profit drops as priority services lag
FedEx Corp.'s fourth-quarter profit fell 45 percent as international customers traded down to less-expensive delivery options and the company spent heavily on restructuring.
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