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Low gas prices fueling Memorial Day travel, beaches expected to be busy
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Bank plans to expand into Georgetown
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Ply Gem raises about $331.8M from IPO
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IMF head Lagarde in court in fraud probe
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Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
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Lenovo says quarterly profit up 90 percent
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Iron Man, other Avengers find home along Ocean Boulevard in Myrtle Beach
Believe it or not, Iron Man and some of his superhero buddies have found a new home along Ocean Boulevard.
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Horry County to reduce EDC funding by $500,000
The Horry County Council agreed Tuesday night to end its $500,000 annual allocations for the product development fund of the Myrtle Beach Regional Economic Development Corp. and to call for a 2014 referendum to let the public decide on future funding...
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Myrtle Beach area railroad sued in federal court
Norfolk Southern Railway has sued Conway-based Carolina Southern Railroad for $179,924.51 in unpaid car hire charges.
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TECHNOLOGY
Review: Google music plan solid, serendipitous
Google Inc.'s new music service offers a lot of eye candy to go with the tunes. The song selection of around 18 million tracks is comparable to popular services such as Spotify and Rhapsody, and a myriad of playlists curated along different genres provides a big playground for music lovers.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Survey shows China manufacturing contracting
A survey shows China's manufacturing contracted this month, adding to signs a fragile recovery in the world's No. 2 economy is slowing.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Ford to end auto production in Australia in 2016
Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it will close its two Australian auto plants, ending production in the country in 2016, amid soaring manufacturing costs and plummeting sales.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
On top of big salaries, companies pile on perks
Wynn Resorts pays for founder and CEO Steve Wynn's residence at its tony Las Vegas hotel and casino at a cost of nearly $452,000.
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PERSONAL FINANCE
Millennials say debt stalls retirement savings
More than half of millennials - 54 percent-surveyed by a Wells Fargo & Co. retirement unit said their "biggest financial concern currently" was longer-term debt, mainly student and credit card debt.
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TECHNOLOGY
HP's 2Q offers hope even as revenue slump deepens
Hewlett-Packard is still scrambling to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices as a slump in its personal computer sales deepens, but the company's cost-cutting measures and focus on more profitable areas of technology appear to be easing the pain.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
GM recalling Cadillac SUVs to tighten wheels
General Motors Co. is recalling more than 27,000 Cadillac SUVs worldwide because the wheels can fall off.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Tesla uses stock, note sale to repay government
Tesla Motors, which makes a highly acclaimed $70,000 electric car, has paid off a startup loan from the U.S. government nine years early.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012
CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.
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NATIONAL BUSINESS NEWS
Stocks fall on news Fed weighed cutting stimulus
The Federal Reserve took financial markets for a ride Wednesday, pushing stock prices up in the morning then sending them down in the afternoon.





