Management

Labor and employment law firm Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. recently announced that it is expanding its international presence by opening an office in London.

The annual awards dinner is the perfect opportunity to celebrate our state’s innovators and highlight their accomplishments. Doug Kim, chairman of the InnoVision Awards Program, is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2013 InnoVision Awards.

UBJ will name its first group of Who’s Who award recipients in February 2014, and we want your help to find them. We’re looking for the Upstate’s community leaders – those who have the vision of the area’s successes and potential, and are working hard every day to make it happen. Nominees can come from many fields or professional backgrounds, such as finance, government, real estate, nonprofits, healthcare, legal, technology or design.

While summer is traditionally a relatively slow period for angel investors due to vacation schedules, UCAN managed to stay plenty busy this summer, completing four investments during an eight-week span.

Hundreds of thousands – more than 300,000 globally – are in need of prosthetic hands. Most victims are not able to afford the cost, which can be as much as $10,000 in developing countries.

Obesity is a problem that affects American individuals, families and communities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, it is affecting one of every three adults in the U.S.

On Aug. 5, 2013, approximately 60 business and education leaders gathered at the College of Charleston to hear addresses from Charleston business leader Phil Noble and College of Charleston president Dr. George Benson.

Although the newest addition to the JOBS Act aims to help startups, they may actually hinder them and make existing methods for raising capital more difficult.

The Upstate is poised to become a global leader in a specific aspect of the Internet of Everything – sustainable connected, multimodal transportation – if we have the will.

The Center for Corporate Learning is about to conduct the fourth annual Leadership Summit in August.