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Monday, April 15, 2013  Dish Network offers to buy Sprint in $25.5B deal, says bid is superior to SoftBank's proposal

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  Bi-Lo is laying off more than 100 workers at its former corporate headquarters in Mauldin.

Wednesday, February 20, 2013  The merger agreement of two South Carolina-based banks in a deal worth more than $300 million was announced Wednesday.

Friday, February 15, 2013  The announcement that American Airlines and US Airways will merge could be beneficial for local airport.

Monday, March 12, 2012  BI-LO announced Monday that it has successfully completed its merger with Winn-Dixie and will eventually relocate its corporate offices from the Upstate to Jacksonville, FL.

Monday, October 03, 2011  Executives of Duke Energy and Progress Energy say they'll need only about two weeks to address federal regulators' concerns that their merger will too heavily concentrate the Carolinas electric power market.

Tuesday, September 06, 2011  South Carolina regulators have approved a merger agreement for Duke Energy Corp. and Progress Energy Inc. as they create the nation's largest utility company.

Monday, December 27, 2010  A leader of Somalia's Islamist insurgency threatened to attack America during a speech broadcast Monday.

Friday, September 17, 2010  Shareholders of United's parent company and Continental Airlines are voting on a deal that would create the world's biggest airline.

Thursday, September 02, 2010  Columbia City Council reconvened Thursday after hearing from hundreds of residents through a series of meetings.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010  Columbia City Council is proposing a dramatic shift in the management of local law enforcement

Thursday, August 19, 2010  Lawmakers are considering merging the agencies that operate South Carolina's prisons and the probation and parole functions.

Thursday, July 15, 2010  Do you like the idea of consolidating the Richland County Sheriff's Department and the Columbia City Police Department?

Wednesday, July 14, 2010  Columbia City Council is discussing the idea of consolidating the Richland County Sheriff's Department and the Columbia City Police Department.

Wednesday, May 19, 2010  According to a sheriff's department spokesperson, Sheriff Leon Lott and City Manager Steve Gantt have talked about a consolidation.