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SC vs. NC: Whose Economy is Winning the Battle

By Mike Switzer
Published February 5, 2016 at 5:32 AM EST
Mike Switzer
Mike Switzer

  South Carolina and North Carolina are often referred to as "the Carolinas", sort of indicating a cameraderie between the two states.  But when it comes to business (and football) both are very competitive.  South Carolina's governor, Nikki Haley, refers to her state as the Beast of the Southeast when it comes to economic development.  Does that mean we're winning?

Chris William is an investment advisor with Wells Fargo in Charlotte, NC and host of Carolina Business Review, seen weekly on both states public television networks.

Resource mentioned during show: Nurse Family Partnership.

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After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.
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