World Affairs Council holds annual gala
Photos and story by John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      The Columbia World Affairs Council held its annual Global Vision Award Gala October 11, 2007, in the main ballroom of the Marriott Hotel. The Global Vision Award went to Columbia's Ed Sellers, chairman and CEO of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina and the Companion Group of companies.
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      Top two banks Based on deposits as of June 30, according to the FDIC, Wachovia is South Carolina's largest bank with $11.6 billion in state deposits. Second is Bank of America with $7.2 billion.
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Dean Hildy Teegan of the Moore School of Business
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      USC's Moore School of Business is in the midst of a transition, an improvement program that includes a new building, some new staff and faculty, and a new dean, Dr. Hildy Teegan. Teegan came to the Moore School from George Washington University in Washington, D.C., where she was director of the C...
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Folks about town
      L. Garner Corley Jr. has John S. Hill has been been named the banking officer and branch manager at Carolina National Bank's Trenholm Plaza branch. Wendi Spratt has been named the major gifts support coordinator for the Palmetto Health Foundation.
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