BMW Manufacturing Remains Largest US Vehicle Exporter
BMW Manufacturing Co. announced today that the National Association of Foreign Trade Zones (NAFTZ) recognized the company as its Exporter of the Year. In addition, the NAFTZ recognized BMW as the recipient of its Export Achievement Award for being the member that showed the most improvement in value. BMW’s plant in South Carolina has […]
YOUR TURN: “The Upstate is Powering Growth” By: Hal Johnson
The Upstate of South Carolina will never be a leader when it comes to the production of oil, but that does not mean our region is falling behind in the energy creation department. In fact, the Upstate has been one of the leaders in nuclear, solar and wind energy for years and green energy […]
CRESCENT Places: Grits & Groceries (Part 3)
CHARLESTON LOSING JOHNSON & WALES UNIVERSITY HEIDI: Shame on them for losing that. When I was in school in Charleston, I think the restaurants were great because they had a great source of qualified, cheap labor with all the students at Johnson and Wales. Because we worked for $25 per day shift pay. You’d work […]
CRESCENT People: Tucker Eskew (Part 2)
THE CAMPBELL YEARS My longest term boss in South Carolina, a great leader in Carroll Campbell, could certainly be measured in intensity. He was an intense campaigner and an intense govern-er – believing in the power of governing conservatism. He was a partisan, and I learned so much from him. I was thinking about Hurricane […]
