U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gutierrez speaks at USC
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez and U.S. Senator Lindsay Graham (R- S.C.) spoke to students and the media at USC's Moore School of Business Monday, October 1, in Lumpkin Auditorium. Dr. Hildy Teegan, dean at the Moore School, welcomed the audience, as did Dr. Harris Pastides, USC's vi...
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      Housing slump and local gains Compared with August 2006, the numbers from the S.C. Realtors multiple listing service show August home sales dropped 31.18% in Beaufort and and 15.21% in the Charleston tri- county area. Greenville suffered a 3.81% decline for the same period, while Columbia actually...
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Star Profile
Jimmy Sauls of Allstate Insurance
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      A long- time resident of Shandon, race director for the upcoming 26th annual Shandon Turkey Trot, insurance man Jimmy Sauls runs his Allstate office on Devine Street near the corner with Holly Street. Sauls was born in Columbia, where his father was a lifetime employee in state government.
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Folks about town
      Central Carolina Community Foundation has moved to a new location, 2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 213. McGregor and Co. has promoted Lesley H. Kelly, James McGuire, and Dawn K. Strickland. Stephen D. Kirkland, CPA, CMC for Kirkland, Thomas, Watson, and Dyches, LLC has become a certified forensic c...
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