Picking Winners And Losers Is “Trikki”
Two years after they received taxpayer-funded incentives from S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley’s administration, a pair of companies pledging to create jobs in Barnwell County, S.C....
S.C. Department of Commerce
More “Pay To Say” Press For SC
by FITSNews
Stop the presses …. According to a news release from the S.C. Department of Commerce, the Palmetto State has “tied for a second place ranking...
JP Morgan Chase Bails On Pee Dee
by FITSNews
At the beginning of 2013, JP Morgan Chase employed more than 1,300 people at its Florence, S.C. location. By the middle of next year, it...
SC Loses Company
by FITSNews
You won’t hear S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley proclaim it a “great day in South Carolina” – nor will you hear the S.C. Department of Commerce...
South Carolina Awash In Illegal Lobbying
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South Carolina is flooded with illegal lobbying activity, sources at the state and local level tell FITS. In fact we’ve recently launched an investigation into...
Where Are Those 4,000 Walmart Jobs?
by FITSNews
Walmart maintains it is on track to create 4,000 jobs in South Carolina by 2016 – fulfilling a promise made two years ago by S.C....
Commerce Sources Downplay Infiniti Speculation
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Sources at the S.C. Department of Commerce have confirmed to FITS that the Palmetto State is likely to compete for a North American Infiniti plant,...
Santee Cooper’s “Economic Development”
by FITSNews
In a barely noticed Associated Press wire from earlier this week, South Carolina’s government-run power company announced its decision to loan a local economic development authority...
Time Warner Announces Palmetto State Expansion
by FITSNews
CABLE AND INTERNET PROVIDER TO CREATE 650 NEW JOBS IN SOUTH CAROLINA Time Warner Cable is investing $24 million and adding nearly 650 new jobs...