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Retailers: It could have been worse
Despite all the bad news out there about the economy, several Columbia retailers say the season turned out relatively well.
Nexsen Pruet opens Raleigh office with former N.C. governor
Columbia-based law firm Nexsen Pruet has announced a merger with Raleigh firm Sanford Holshouser LLP. Joining the firm are Ernie Pearson, former assistant secretary of economic development for the N.C. Department of Commerce, and former North Carolina Gov. Jim Holshouser.
NRC to hold environmental impact meetings on nuclear reactors
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission published a notice today in the Federal Register to announce its intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement on the two new nuclear reactors proposed by S.C. Electric & Gas. The commission intends to hold public meetings on Jan. 27 and 28 in Fairfield County, near the V.C. Summer reactor site to gauge public sentiment on the reactors.
Lexington Medical Center puts the freeze on heart attacks
Lexington Medical Center is having success with a new technology for heart attack patients called therapeutic hypothermia. The procedure lowers body temperatures to help people who have suffered cardiac arrest make a full recovery.
