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Three out of 68 players who participated in the second College All Star Bowl at Furman University in February were signed to the NFL.

McNair Law Firm P.A. was recently involved with Hunton and Williams and other law firms around the country in reaching a $297 million settlement on behalf of plaintiffs in a multidistrict class action against U.S. Foodservice Inc. and its former parent company, Koninklijke Ahold N.V.

Fluor Corporation recently announced that Carol Johnson has joined Fluor and will be assigned to Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS) LLC as president and chief executive officer.

SCBT announced last week that L. Andrew Westbrook III, who has served as regional president for the bank’s Foothills Region since 2012, has been named director of risk management.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics forecasts that the information communications technology (ICT) sector will add more than a million jobs in the next 10 years. President Obama announced $107 million in grants to create educational programs in technology skills. Science, technology, engineering and math teachers need these new programs now because what they teach, like broadband services, will carry our work life, educational systems, entertainment and health care industries into the future.

The Buckley School of Public Speaking recently opened its Greenville office on Manly Street. The school, which specializes in teaching professionals everything from dinner manners to public speaking to dressing the part, will also hold its first Greenville seminar in Clemson University’s MBA School in the ONE Building downtown during the summer.

The Upstate Carolina Angel Network (UCAN) announced the launch of the Palmetto Angel Fund, a committed capital fund that will co-invest with current UCAN angel investors and other new angel groups being launched in other parts of the state. The fund is designed to allow passive investors to benefit from the expertise of the local angels while gaining access to a diversified portfolio of promising early-stage companies.

As a cloud and data center services provider, the three most common questions we are asked from business owners and executives are: What is it? How do I use it? Is it safe?

In April, LiveWell Greenville celebrated its second Healthy Workplace Awards and honored a dozen companies that were “making the healthy choice the easy choice.” Experts estimate that every $1 spent on employee wellness equals $3 return on investment, and employers are paying attention in the face of chronic disease and rising health care costs.

Which group of people is more entrepreneurial: business owners or capital providers? Easy answer, of course: People rarely accuse financiers of being innovative – and when they do it is usually for “innovations” that can contribute to bubbles and crises.