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Keeping warm - for less

Natural gas customers of South Carolina Electric and Gas probably won't get so steamed up when their home heating bills arrive next month. Rates are going down. Residential natural gas users who use 31 therms of the fuel, the average for November, will see a reduction in their bills of 14.8 percent, for a savings of $8.48 from the same month last year, SCE&G spokeswoman Trish Freshwater said.

Dreams lead back to classroom

Vicky Tilman is following her heart â€" and the promise of a higher paycheck â€" into the nursing field. Her previous work as a paralegal in Moncks Corner was pleasant and steady, but 40-year-old Tilman knew her boss was nearing retirement, and she ultimately wanted more job security than what her small business employer could provide.

S.C., Ga. hire firm to oversee port project

An unprecedented effort between South Carolina and Georgia to build a bi-state container port in Jasper County advanced Wednesday with the hiring of a project management firm.

Wall St. speed bump

NEW YORK â€" Wall Street tumbled again Wednesday as investors worried that the global economy is poised to weaken even as parts of the credit market slowly show signs of recovery. The major indexes fell more than 4 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which finished with a loss of 514 points.

When a loss is good

NEW YORK â€" How could a $24 billion loss possibly be good news? When it comes from Wachovia as an effort to primp itself for its acquisition by Wells Fargo. Wachovia Corp.'s staggering loss for the third quarter resulted primarily because it wrote down the value of intangible assets by almost $19 billion and built up its loan loss reserves by $4.8 billion, moves that seemed to please its suitor.










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