Retired executive calls for sale of Carolina First
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      TampAas B raeyp Bourstiende sisn J otuhrenal Friday, January 11, John McMullen, the retired president and CEO of the Tampa market of Florida Banks Inc., called for the sale of Greenville- based South Financial Group, parent company of Carolina First Bank.
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      Groundbreaking Allen University broke ground Monday, January 14 for its new 480- bed residence hall, all $16 million of it. Allen's room charges remain less expensive than rates charged by Benedict College and Claflin University.
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$1 million added to county revenue
      Richland County Treasurer David Adams announced a new collection program added more than $1 million in revenue for the County in 2007. The Richland County Treasurer's Office made it a priority to enforce mobile home taxes in 2007. The initiative spurred an 80.2 percent increase in mobile home tax...
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Bill Kunze of Jungle Taming
By John Temple Ligon Temple@TheColumbiaStar.com
      Bill Kunze was born in Norfolk in the first wave of Boomers. His father went back to school at Virginia Polytechnic Institute, now Virginia Tech, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering. The family settled in Newport News, a ship- building town close to Norfolk.
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Folks about town
      The 2008 officers of Midlands Technical College's Foundation Board are John S.Goettee, chair; Charles D. Beaman Jr., vice chair; Luz R. Arpan, secretary; andMary H.Wilkins, treasurer.New board members include Henri Etta Baskins,George Bullwinkel, Lex Knox, Joe McClintock, Ike McLeese, and Jim Reyn...
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Toucan Talk
Conservative Equity Investing for the Long Run
Provided by Michael Oana mjo@teamoana.com
      If history has taught us anything, it's that conservative equity investing has paid off for those investors who have had the patience to invest for the long term. Quality stocks, such as blue chips and utilities, may be especially suitable for the investor with conservative, market-wise objectives...
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