VA heal thyself By Shelia Watson Every day, thousands of Veterans Affairs hospital patients enter into what many civilians assume is an understaffed, underfunded, unkempt health care hell.
They couldn’t be more wrong.
MUSC’s endowed chairs advance bioscience cluster By Dan McCue They are, in a sense, the vanguard of regional economic developers’ efforts to establish a lasting biosciences cluster in the Lowcountry.
Loss prevention By Kathleen Dayton Sitting behind closed doors at the Dillard’s department store in Northwoods Mall, Michael Aiken has his eyes on a secret world that pocketed $37.4 billion from the retail industry in 2005.
New office building starts Bessemer Road build out By Dennis Quick A 15,000-square-foot, two-story class “A” office building is the first structure to be erected on Bessemer Road, a mile-long Mount Pleasant thoroughfare connecting the Park West neighborhood to State Road 41 and slated for office-space development.
Million Air breaks ground at Charleston International By Dan McCue An upscale provider of private aviation services is coming to Charleston International Airport, and according to Sam Hoerter, the airport’s director, it couldn’t come soon enough for well-heeled business travelers.
Sea Island Health Care: A Chapter 11 success story By J. Ronald Jones Jr. For nearly a decade, the local media has covered the financial woes and near-collapse of Sea Island Comprehensive Health Care Corp. The stories about the organization left the public questioning its very existence; many thought it was hanging on by a thread.
CC&T to develop 24-acre river tract By Dan McCue Walking amid the tall pines and oaks on 24 acres adjacent to the Ashley River, CC&T Real Estate Services broker Robert DeMoura was making a point about the importance of balance in development.
Berkeley County mulls impact fee to improve roads By Jessica Johnson Berkeley County Council moved forward this month with a transportation impact fee that developers would pay when building in the unincorporated areas surrounding Ladson, Moncks Corner, Goose Creek and Hanahan.
Large-block office space growing in Mount Pleasant By Kathleen Dayton Until recently, there wasn’t much room for big business in Mount Pleasant. But soon, companies needing large spaces will be part of the mix.
Endowed Chairs: New endowed chair has experience with startups By Dan McCue About 16 years ago, Kenneth D. Tew received a telephone call from a friend of a friend whom he had met briefly while the caller was doing his post-doctoral work in biology.
MUSC launches cutting-edge CT heart scanner By Shelia Watson Diagnosing heart trouble can be time-consuming and expensive. But new CT scanning technology at the Medical University of South Carolina promises relief for both patients and medical staff.
VA heal thyself: VA technology applies balm to patient safety issues By Shelia Watson Judging by several recent patient safety studies, the physician’s credo “First, do no harm” may be lost under the staggering number of medical and prescription errors reported over the last decade.
Local firm involved in replacing RFID technology By Shelia Watson There’s good news for those wary of the ability of radio frequency identification to provide adequate security for shipping containers: New technology, developed in part by a Charleston-based container manufacturer, is making the containers “smarter.”
Navigational Sciences receives FCC approval for remote meter reader By Shelia Watson The Federal Communications Commission has granted approval of a data transfer system developed by Navigational Sciences Inc., a Charleston-based wireless tracking and data communications company.
SCRA, S.C. State to partner on research, funding projects By Shelia Watson South Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees has voted to form a committee of trustees and staff members to work with a team from the South Carolina Research Authority.
Spirit of South Carolina blends old, new technology By Dennis Quick To understand the building of the Spirit of South Carolina, the 140-foot, two-mast pilot schooner under construction in downtown Charleston, you have to go back in time to 1879.
Selling in two directions By John Carroll It’s unanticipated among those new to professional selling, and it’s rarely listed on the job description of a sales position. It’s often welcomed with less than enthusiastic feedback.
When form meets function, creative takes direction By Elizabeth Boineau In the best marketing endeavors, an array of various talents and skills are required to find just the right tonality and strike all the right notes for a show-stopping campaign.
Entertain, create the value, and they will buy! By Jeffrey Gitomer I’m a salesman. I sell online training. I write about sales, because I make sales. I had two sales calls today. Both at the same time. One with an existing customer and one with a prospective customer.
Calendar OCT. 18: Charleston Young Professionals’ Engage Democracy session. 6 p.m. at Footlight Players Theater. Speakers: Gov. Mark Sanford and Democratic challenger Tommy Moore. Topic: Major public policy issues and how they affect you.
People in the News Andrew Cook joined South Carolina seafood distributor Lowcountry Lobsters Ltd. as sales manager. Cook is the former owner and operator of the East Bay Trading Co. restaurant.
Accolades & More William Bobo Jr., a partner in the Charleston office of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP, has been re-elected to a two-year term on the University of South Carolina’s board of visitors.
Photo Finish MORE THAN 300 ATTEND YOUNG PROFESSIONALS KICKOFF More than 300 people braved the weather to attend the kickoff event for Charleston Young Professionals at the Gibbes Museum in September.
