S.C. Chamber sponsors Global Business Forum
By John Temple Ligon temple@thecolumbiastar.com
      The S.C. Global Business Forum was held Tuesday, April 15, in the convention center on Lincoln Street. Well attended, the affair's morning program included addresses by Joe Taylor, secretary of commerce, and Columbia Mayor Bob Coble. Another opening speaker was Peter Beattie, former Australian pre...
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Briefs
by John Temple Ligon
      Black admissions down at USC According to the USC Gamecock, in 2000, 18.7 percent of undergraduates were black students. In 2007, black students were 12.5 percent of the total undergraduate population, down by 32 percent.
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Jeff Helsley of Goatfeathers and Art Bar
Star Profile
Story and Photo by John Temple Ligon
      When Goatfeathers in Five Points was conceived in 1980, there was not much like it in Columbia. There was something similar in Washington, New York, and New Orleans, where Goatfeathers' owner Jeff Helsley found his favorite bars.
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Folks about town
      Janie Williamson and Karen Williford have been welcomed by The AD Company as new team members. Barbara Ayers, Edward McDowell, Steve Robinson, and Doris Tucker have been honored with leadership awards from Verizon Wireless.
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Asking questions never hurts when someone asks for medical and financial information
Contributed by the Lt. Governor's Office on Aging
      Question: My mother called me the other day wanting to know what I thought about a great program that an insurance agent called her about. The agent told her that they would give her either a motorized scooter or $1000 if she completed a survey on health related questions and provided some persona...
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