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McLeod, MUSC make ‘Forbes’ best SC employers list

New Jersey-based business news outlet ‘Forbes‘ published its list of America’s Best Employers by State for 2026, the eighth year it has done so.

Workforce

QVC emerges from financial, leadership restructuring; stock resumes trading

QVC Group Inc., owner of cable television shopping channels QVC and HSN, said it has completed its financial restructuring and emerged from the Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection process it had begun in April. Additionally, President and CEO David Rawlinson has stepped down, to be replaced by Mike George, who fills in as interim CEO and chairman of the company’s board of directors.

Transportation and logistics

$1.5M RIA grant to fund Lamar wastewater plant upgrades

Darlington County has allocated $1.5 million in SC Rural Infrastructure Authority funding toward the town of Lamar’s wastewater treatment plant project.

Darlington County

Sonoco further consolidates consumer packaging arm

Hartsville-based consumer and industrial packaging firm Sonoco Products Co. will integrate its global consumer packaging businesses under a single leadership structure.

Manufacturing

Darlington County investigates cybersecurity incident

Darlington County is conducting an active and ongoing investigation into a cybersecurity incident that is affecting some computer systems and limiting County services.

Darlington County

RIA grant to fund Chesterfield County Rural Water line replacement and pump station refurb

Chesterfield County Rural Water Co. will use $1,473,691 in grant money from the SC Rural Infrastructure Authority to replace more than a mile of water line and refurbish a water booster pump station in unincorporated Chesterfield County.

Partnerships

Latta official: Grants ‘helping keep a small town from losing its water and sewer system’

The town of Latta has received a $1,491,600 grant from the SC Rural Infrastructure Authority, which it will use to replace water and sewer lines. The grant comes on top of more than $12 million in funding the town has received from other state and federal agencies.

Local government

‘I’m a purpose-driven leader.’ — An interview with Rick Saunders

“I never wanted to be an entrepreneur,” says Rick Saunders, 66. “It was not part of my life's ambition to be a bank CEO. I was perfectly fine being a banker to the community.”

Finance

SteelFab to invest $38.9M, add 108 jobs in Florence expansion

Charlotte-based steel fabrication company SteelFab Inc. will invest $38.92 million and add 108 jobs in an expansion of its Florence County operations, according to a statement issued today by the SC Commerce Department.