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New Columbia County development director to come from Augusta agency

...director of research and development for the Green wood Partnership Alliance in Greenwood, S.C., and two years as a research analyst for South Carolina's De part ment of Commerce.Bennett, 34, is a graduate of Silver Bluff High School with an...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-02-28/new-columbia-county-develo
MetroMonitor: Augusta lagging in economic recovery

...100 largest metro areas, employment growth remained steady and output growth accelerated, said Alec Friedhoff, a research analyst for the Metropolitan Policy Program and the lead developer of the MetroMonitor. Unemployment rates dropped in about...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-19/metromonitor-augusta-laggi
Stores offer incentives to make holiday shopping cheap and easy

...so-called "showrooming," when customers look at merchandise in stores but buy it cheaper online.Forrester Research analyst Sucharita Mulpuru said that the online price-matching programs are an attempt by brick-and-mortar stores to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-11-21/stores-offer-incentives-ma
Good riddance to bad tax ideas that leave a bitter aftertaste

...agenda against popular will, the only winners will be in bordering cities and states. (The writer is the Senior Research Analyst at the Center for Consumer Freedom, a nonprofit coalition supported by restaurants, food companies and consumers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/opinion-columns/2012-12-09/good-riddance-ba
Delta to buy 49 percent of Virgin Atlantic

...disadvantage.Landing rights at Heathrow Airport are limited, so Delta can't just add more flights.Buckingham Research analyst Daniel McKenzie wrote that Delta needed to fix its shortfall of London flights in order to win more business travelers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-11/delta-buy-49-percent-virgi
Avon will cut 1,500 jobs, leave South Korea and Vietnam

...400 million. The initial steps are expected to be largely completed by the end of next year.Citi Investment Research analyst Wendy Nicholson said the job cuts aren't surprising and she expects there will be more."New Avon management...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-12/avon-will-cut-1500-jobs-le
Shoes are gaining popularity as holiday gifts

...she's an avid runner."It's about practicality and splurging at the same time," said Marshal Cohen, the chief research analyst at NPD Inc., a market research firm. "There's a sense of, 'I know what you need but you haven't gotten...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-12-23/shoes-are-gaining-populari
Many tax credits renewed for 2012

...be taxable. Otherwise, very few people would get to claim a parent," said Jackie Perlman, the principal tax research analyst with H&R Block's Tax Institute.Single taxpayers with qualified children or relatives as dependents also may...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-01-27/many-tax-credits-renewed-2
Microsoft's 'Surface' tablet aims for productivity

...keyboard with depressable keys will also be available.Although the Surface looks like an elegant device, Forrester Research analyst Sarah Rotman Epps criticized Microsoft for not using attention focused on Monday's announcement to highlight some...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-06-19/microsofts-surface-tablet-
Subscription sites for kids' clothes offer help for parents

...flexibility in returns and other financial terms."This saves shoppers time," says Sucharita Mulpuru, a Forrester Research analyst. "It creates a shortcut in their lives. But the challenge is whether the quality of merchandise is good, whether...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/smart-shopper/2012-08-30/subscription