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2022 has been one of those years where it has been very hard for investors to make money. Stocks are down, bonds are down, and there have been lots of big ups and downs. Our next guest says that times like these can spring a few traps on investors. Mike Switzer interviews Bryan Ballentine, a certified financial planner in Greenville, SC.

“W” is for Westos. Carolina colonists learned of this powerful Native American Savannah River nation soon after arrival.

“S” is for Saluda (Saluda County; 2020 population 3,603).

"A” is for Allston, Washington (1779-1843). Painter, writer.

“T” is for Timothy, Lewis (d.1757). Newspaper publisher.

October 1, 2022 — Updates from the 2022 South Carolina gubernatorial race; details on the abortion vote the state House took this week and what could happen next with the legislation in the Senate; a look at the state's economic health; and more.

An update of the news, events and issues that are trending right now across South Carolina's business community. Mike Switzer interviews Jason Thomas, executive editor of SCBizNews, the company that publishes the Columbia Regional Business Report, Charleston Regional Business Journal, GSA Business and SCBizNews magazine.

Earlier this year, the state agency managing our ports changed its leadership and we thought you might like to meet her. Mike Switzer interviews Barbara Melvin, the new president and CEO of the South Carolina Ports Authority in Charleston, SC. She is the first woman to hold this position and the first woman to lead one of the top 10 operating container ports in the country.

I don’t suppose you have a pair of four-hundred-year-old pliers in your kitchen tool drawer, or a screwdriver made in the 1700s? No, probably not. Tools don’t tend to last that long. The tools of string players, though, are an entirely different story.

Many ways of doing business changed during the pandemic. One of the most challenging was for real estate agents to find a way to let prospects physically tour a home without the agent being present. Our next guest says that that was actually an emerging trend before COVID and why his company actually launched that service in January of 2020. Mike Switzer interviews Anthony Kent, president of Cothran Homes in Greenville, SC.