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Lowcountry SCORE earns national ranking
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Stock indexes close higher on hopes for Fed
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Oil slips as traders wait for Fed, supply data
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Corn falls after farmers catch up on planting
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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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JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum
Shareholders of JPMorgan Chase voted Tuesday to let Jamie Dimon keep both the chairman and CEO roles, but they signaled that the bank needed better oversight, giving only narrow approval to three of the bank's board members.
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NJ's Revel casino exits bankruptcy court
Revel, a brand new but struggling Atlantic City casino, has formally emerged from bankruptcy.
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TECHNOLOGY
Apple's Cook faces Senate questions on taxes
The Senate dragged massively profitable Apple Inc. into the debate over the U.S. tax code Tuesday, grilling CEO Tim Cook over allegations that its Irish subsidiaries help the company avoid billions in U.S. taxes.
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JPMorgan Directors Glance: How shareholders voted
Shareholders at JPMorgan Chase voted to let Jamie Dimon, the chairman and CEO of the nation's largest bank, keep both his jobs Tuesday. Dimon also received strong support to be re-elected to the bank's board of directors.
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BUSINESS
Does France have right plan to revive its economy?
The man charged with reviving France's shrinking economy and attracting businesses to invest here is gaining a reputation for doing the opposite.
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TECHNOLOGY
Sprint boosts buyout offer for Clearwire
Sprint Nextel Corp. is offering 14 percent more than before for the stake in wireless data network operator Clearwire Corp. it does not already own, but a large shareholder said the offer was still inadequate.
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TECHNOLOGY
With high-tech guns, users could disable remotely
A high-tech startup is wading into the gun control debate with a wireless controller that would allow gun owners to know when their weapon is being moved - and disable it remotely.
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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.
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TECHNOLOGY
US envoy in Cuba engages critics on and offline
The meeting on a sunny Havana square was a little bit revolutionary for Cuba's revolution. And for U.S. diplomacy as well.




