Child of Carolina First liquidates
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      About the time of its initial public offering in July 1997, technologybased NetBank of Atlanta noted South Carolina's Mack I. Whittle Jr., as a member of its board of directors. Whittle was president and CEO at Carolina First, beginning in 1986.
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      Wachovia In mid- December Charlotte- based Wachovia Corp. cut 20 positions in the fixed- income division of its corporate and investment bank. One week earlier, Wachovia eliminated 40 positions in its Vertice mortgage unit, also a part of its investment- banking division.
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Billy Ward of AABC House Moving
Star Profile
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      AABC House Moving, based in Camden, bids competitively for jobs statewide. It's run by Billy Ward and his brotherin- law and partner Haney Hancock. AABC is scheduled for televised full disclosure this January on the Home & Garden Network.
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Folks about town
      John D. Hudson Jr. has been named shareholder of Ellis Lawhorne & Sims, P.A., attorneys at law. Members of the Richland County Sheriff's Department were given promotions at the annual Richland County Sheriff's Department Christmas Awards Banquet.
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Scott Strauss to speak at Friends of Scouting Kick-Off Banquet
Contributed by Indian Waters Council
      Scott Strauss, featured in Alvin Townley's Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts and the Oliver Stone film World Trade Center, will deliver the keynote address at the Indian Waters Council's 2008 Friends of Scouting Kick- off event.
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