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What it means to S.C. businesses: Small buiness groups split on ruling

By Frank Knapp / Press / June 29, 2012

The State June 29, 2012 By JOEY HOLLEMAN Small business groups have extremely varied viewpoints on the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision backing the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act. The National Federation of Independent Business actually joined South Carolina and 25 other states in the court challenge of the law. Thursday’s decision frustrated Ben Homeyer, […]

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Local reaction to health-care law falls along party line

By Frank Knapp / Press / June 29, 2012

Published June 29, 2012 Greenville Online By Liv Osby, Staff Writer Reaction in South Carolina to the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold most of the federal health-care reform law Thursday came down largely along party lines, with opponents calling it a new tax that needs to be repealed while supporters said it’s a step

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Investigate China’s local economic threat

By Frank Knapp / Press / June 4, 2012

June 4, 2012 By Frank Knapp Jr. This weekend U.S. and Asian defense officials met in Singapore to discuss Asian-Pacific military security strategy with China dominating much of the conversation. China has been increasing its military presence in the region and the U.S. has been adding Marines in Australia and Philippines while planning to send

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Big business heal thyself (before it’s too late)

By Frank Knapp / Economy / August 16, 2011

It’s time for business to start creating jobs says Joe Nocera in his opinion editorial in the New York Times today. He’s not talking about small business. We’d love to start hiring again to meet incremental consumer demand but there is no access to capital for us. Nocera is talking about BIG BUSINESS. The companies

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Close the Trillion Dollar Tax Loophole to Reduce the Deficit

By SCSBCC Interns / Press / July 21, 2011

Published July 19, 2011 By Joel Wendland, Political Affairs With all of the talk about the debt ceiling and deficit reduction, small business owners may just have a good idea to close the budget gap by $1 trillion over the next decade without cutting essential services or carving out benefits for retirees and the disabled.

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A local success + Happy Hardware Day Nov. 20!

By Frank Knapp / Economy / October 22, 2010

Who’s got the cheapest lumber in town? The cheapest mortar? Think the best prices are way out at Lowe’s? Think again. Shuman-Owens Supply Co., located just 5 minutes from downtown Columbia, SC, is a brick’s throw from the S.C. State Fair Grounds and Gamecock Stadium. And it’s one of the last independent, locally-owned hardware stores

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Wake up call for business owners — big and small

By Frank Knapp / Small Business / October 13, 2010

Very interesting piece by financial columnist James Surowiecki, excerpted from The New Yorker: ILLUSTRATION: CHRISTOPH NIEMANN (reposted with respect from The New Yorker) “In the nineteen-eighties, a new kind of chain store came to dominate American shopping: the “category killer.” These stores killed off all competition in a category by stocking a near-endless variety of

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