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Blackbaud Confirms It Is Being Targeted For Acquisition

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‘Bidenomics’ Jobs Report: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Will FolksApril 5, 2024April 6, 2024

by Will FolksApril 5, 2024April 6, 2024

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Guest Column: ‘Bidenomics’ Is A Nightmare For Consumer Costs

FITSForumApril 5, 2024April 5, 2024

by FITSForumApril 5, 2024April 5, 2024

Card Collection Underway For Union Election In SC

FITSNewsFebruary 4, 2015February 4, 2015

by FITSNewsFebruary 4, 2015February 4, 2015

ORGANIZED LABOR SEEKS MAJOR FOOTHOLD IN PALMETTO STATE || By FITSNEWS || The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers – better known as the...

Earning Suck … Unless You’re Apple

FITSNewsJanuary 28, 2015January 28, 2015

by FITSNewsJanuary 28, 2015January 28, 2015

|| By FITSNEWS || It’s “earnings season,” a.k.a. the time of year when companies reveal how much money they made in the previous year. How...

Rite Aid To Build Distribution Center In SC

FITSNewsJanuary 28, 2015January 28, 2015

by FITSNewsJanuary 28, 2015January 28, 2015

HOW MUCH ARE THESE BOX-STACKING JOBS GOING TO COST TAXPAYERS? || By FITSNEWS || From the “South Carolinians are good at stacking boxes” file (which...

SC Realtors Release 2014 Data

FITSNewsJanuary 27, 2015January 27, 2015

by FITSNewsJanuary 27, 2015January 27, 2015

PALMETTO STATE HOUSING MARKET IMPROVES … BUT CONCERNS REMAIN || By FITSNEWS || Want to know everything there is to know about South Carolina’s housing market?...

Bose Unplugs From SC

FITSNewsJanuary 26, 2015January 27, 2015

by FITSNewsJanuary 26, 2015January 27, 2015

THE SOUND YOU HEAR? VANISHING JOBS … || By FITSNEWS || Less than twenty years after locating in the Palmetto State, Massachusetts-based Bose Corporation is...

America’s “Gas Price Crash” Is Almost Over

FITSNewsJanuary 25, 2015January 25, 2015

by FITSNewsJanuary 25, 2015January 25, 2015

JUST IN TIME FOR THE TAX HIKES … || By FITSNEWS || Politicians banking on low gas prices as a hook for raising taxes on...

“The Donald” Doesn’t Want A Dreamliner

FITSNewsJanuary 19, 2015January 19, 2015

by FITSNewsJanuary 19, 2015January 19, 2015

MOGUL DOESN’T LIKE THE 787’S BATTERIES … || By FITSNEWS || So what do you talk about when you find yourself standing shoulder-to-shoulder with a...

Consumers Aren’t Spending But …

FITSNewsJanuary 16, 2015

by FITSNewsJanuary 16, 2015

… THEY’RE BUYING THE HYPE || By FITSNEWS || Never mind that shrinking workforce … or those stagnant income levels … or that sluggish retail economy....

Gas Prices Still Falling …

FITSNewsJanuary 14, 2015January 14, 2015

by FITSNewsJanuary 14, 2015January 14, 2015

NATIONAL AVERAGE HEADED BELOW $2.00 … || By FITSNEWS || Gas prices continue to plummet and could soon drop below the $2.00 per gallon average...

Retail Gets Hammered

FITSNewsJanuary 14, 2015

by FITSNewsJanuary 14, 2015

STILL WAITING ON THE CONSUMER RENAISSANCE … || By FITSNEWS || This website has consistently eschewed what we call the “rainbows and unicorns” view of...

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Blackbaud Confirms It Is Being Targeted For Acquisition

‘Bidenomics’ Jobs Report: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Guest Column: ‘Bidenomics’ Is A Nightmare For Consumer Costs

Card Collection Underway For Union Election In SC

Earning Suck … Unless You’re Apple

Rite Aid To Build Distribution Center In SC

SC Realtors Release 2014 Data

Bose Unplugs From SC

America’s “Gas Price Crash” Is Almost Over

“The Donald” Doesn’t Want A Dreamliner

Consumers Aren’t Spending But …

Gas Prices Still Falling …

Retail Gets Hammered

Unsolved Carolinas: The Unexplained Death Of Geoff Hammond

Prioleau Alexander: A Hitchhiker’s Guide To Surviving The Apocalypse

SC Senate Race: Russell Ott ‘Bought And Paid For,’ Ad Alleges

North Charleston Police Chief Resigns

Catherine Templeton: ‘Violent Son’ Saga Escalates

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