Post and Courier March 14, 2018 By Brian Hicks Century Aluminum’s current trouble is just more fallout from this criminally inept nuclear power plant fiasco. The Post and Courier’s David Wren reports the Goose Creek smelter is going to miss out on any benefits of the president’s controversial aluminum tariffs. Which might have been […]
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Post and Courier March 13, 2018 By David Wren Electricity at the Mount Holly aluminum smelter remains too expensive to bring the plant back to full capacity and restore jobs despite tariffs on foreign imports that have buoyed the U.S. metals industry, the top executive for its owner said Monday. Mike Bless, president and CEO
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The Hill March 12, 2018 By Frank Knapp, Jr., Opinion Contributor The feel-good media coverage of corporate bonuses and raises tied to the new tax law overlooks one important question: what tangible economic impact is the law having on the country’s 30 million small businesses and the people they employ? It could be that the
Charleston Post and Courier March 10, 2018 BY FRANK KNAPP JR. When Santee Cooper was created 84 years ago to generate electricity for rural South Carolina, making good business decisions was a priority. Over the years, the public utility facilitated economic development in the state. Santee Cooper earned a very good reputation with the help
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March 8, 2018 Ms. Kelly Hammerle National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program Manager BOEM (VAM-LD) 45600 Woodland Road Sterling, VA, 20166-9216 Ms. Hammerle, The Business Alliance for Protecting the Atlantic Coast (“BAPAC”) submits these comments regarding the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (“BOEM”) 2019-2024 Draft Proposed Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing
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The Berkeley Independent The Summerville Journal Scene Goose Creek Gazette Lexington County Chronicle March 7, 2018 By Frank Knapp Jr. All South Carolinians should know by now what I and the South Carolina Small Business Chamber learned over 10 years ago about SCE&G and Santee Cooper. You can’t accept anything either tells you as the
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All small businesses should know their responsibility under the workers’ compensation laws of South Carolina. Click here to find out answers to your questions.
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The State February 28, 2018 By Bristow Marchant A majority of South Carolinians oppose drilling for oil off the S.C. coast, a new poll finds. The poll by Winthrop University found that 51 percent of South Carolinians surveyed oppose offshore drilling. Forty-one percent favored drilling. The poll found support for drilling varied radically between self-identified
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Blog by Frank Knapp Jr. All South Carolinians should know by now what I and the South Carolina Small Business Chamber learned over 10 years ago about SCE&G and Santee Cooper. You can’t accept anything either tells you as the truth. Our experience with SCE&G goes back to 2002, the first time either I or
What we know about SCE&G and Santee Cooper: Don’t trust them. Read More »
Dear Business Leader: There has been a lot of talk about the impact the new tax law is having on big corporations and Wall Street. But we wanted to know what it means for you—the small business owners who create half the jobs in this country. So, the Business Alliance for Responsible Tax Reform we
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