We hope everyone had a very nice 4th of July! We are excited that last week our Columbia, South Carolina office relocated to the NBSC building in downtown Columbia. This location puts us in the center of downtown Columbia, and steps away from the South Carolina Department of Commerce, the General Assembly and others. Stephanie will be working out of this office often, and please come visit us in our new location downtown!

GEORGIA

  • 'Spider-Man: Homecoming' spends $66.1 million in Georgia, Atlanta Business Chronicle (June 30, 2017)
    The film, which shot in Georgia from June 20, 2016 to September 21, 2016, dropped $66.1 million in the state, according to the Georgia Department of Economic Development's Office of Film, Music and Digital Entertainment.

    Read the full Atlanta Business Chronicle article here.

NATIONAL

  • Volvo, betting on electric, moves to phase out conventional engines, The New York Times (July 5, 2017)
    Volvo Cars on Wednesday became the first mainstream automaker to announce that all the models it introduces starting in 2019 will be either hybrids or powered solely by batteries.

    Read the full New York Times article here.

NORTH CAROLINA

  • The latest: Infosys could get $22M in North Carolina incentives, StarTribune (July 6, 2017)
    An India-based information technology consulting company could receive more than $22 million taxpayer-funded incentives from North Carolina if it follows through on building a technology hub and hiring workers in the state as announced.

    Read the full StarTribune article here.
  • Red Ventures announces another acquisition - its biggest yet, wbtv.com (July 5, 2017)
    Red Ventures announced Monday it is buying personal finance website Bankrate for $1.4 billion.

    Read the full wbtv.com article here.
  • Home Deport buying Fort Mill-based equipment rental company for $265M, Charlotte Business Journal (July 6, 2017)
    The Home Depot said Thursday it will buy Fort Mill-based Compact Power Equipment Inc., which provides short and long-term rentals of construction and landscape equipment that's in demand by Home Depot's professional contractor customers.

    Read the full Charlotte Business Journal article here.

SOUTH CAROLINA

TENNESSEE

  • The PILOT payoff: How the jobs saved or created compare to the area's average salary, Memphis Business Journal (July 5, 2017)
    Debates over tax abatements and the loss of tax revenue can overshadow one of the goals of cities' that provide such incentives: Jobs.

    Read the full Memphis Business Journal article here.

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