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Fed: US economy grew at steady pace in October and early November

...for oil drilling workers. In Kansas City, wages were picking up for specialized workers in transportation, high-tech industries and energy. San Francisco saw stronger wage growth for truck drivers and health care workers.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-28/fed-us-economy-grew-steady
Claude Scarborough, longtime member of South Carolina's largest law firm, dies at 82

...Research Authority, an organization created by state lawmakers to foster university-based research and promote high-tech industry in the state.Scarborough is survived by his wife and four children. Services are scheduled for Wednesday at Trinity...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2012-09-17/claude-scarborough-longtime-m
Nuclear Science Week offers insight to nuclear energy, jobs

...University of South Carolina Salkehatchie). Skills developed through these programs will serve both nuclear and other high-tech industry sectors.In the coming decade, almost 10,000 new jobs will emerge in the nuclear field in this region, based...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/latest-news/2012-01-19/nuclear-science-week-offers-
Obama proposes overhaul of corporate tax system

...credit for any taxes they pay overseas.Among critics of his plan were the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the high-tech industry, a group Obama has been eager to court."The framework would punish successful companies and push investments...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-02-22/obama-proposes-overhaul-co
Congress sends bill to help small businesses attract investors to the president

...raise capital without running afoul of federal regulations.The legislation is backed by Silicon Valley and the high-tech industry.The strong 380-41 vote in the House overshadowed misgivings among some Democrats and Democratic allies ? including...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-03-27/congress-sends-bill-help-s
Doctors seek genetic links

...Biosciences is a high-speed genetic processing center, an emerging business that could one day blossom into a high-tech industry. Or so the company founders and the state of Georgia hope.Jinfiniti is named for Dr. Jin-Xiong She, the director...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/health/2011-06-12/doctors-seek-genetic-links
Congress moving to rewrite laws to cut down on needless patents

...be considered in the fall. Disputes between the high-tech industry, drug companies and other interest groups have...have shot up in recent decades with the boom in the high-tech industry, and they have gotten more complex. There's...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2007/07/29/bus_137561.shtml
Business
Ga. governor candidates' views on jobs show contrasts

...incentives to companies that expand broadband Internet in the state.A $25 million biomedical research park would spur high-tech industry, he says.One ad shows him telling workers that he will prohibit the state from doing business with vendors that...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/elections/georgia-elections/georgia
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Chattanooga reborn as the 'Scenic City'

...smoke, ash and dust that was trapped by a perimeter of mountains. But foundries and smokestacks gave way to high-tech industries. Changes in emission standards and the use of unleaded gasoline were also major contributors to the cleanup...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2005/05/22/liv_453920.shtml
Life & style
A stock split might not be in Google's future

...splits are sort of an irrational thing to do," Pincus said. Splits nevertheless are a staple, particularly in the high-tech industry, where per-share prices frequently soar. Software giant Microsoft Corp. has split its stock nine times since...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2004/11/08/fin_433766.shtml
Finance