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Thursday, June 13, 2013  State Commerce officials will be in Paris next week without Gov. Nikki Haley to tout South Carolina's growing aerospace industry.

Thursday, November 29, 2012  An automotive parts maker is expanding its South Carolina operations and creating 190 new jobs.

Tuesday, November 22, 2011  An aerospace company plans to invest $38 million into a manufacturing plant in Orangeburg County. The plan will create 250 jobs over the next six years.

Friday, September 23, 2011  South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, economic development officials and state agencies spent more than $231,000 on a trip in June to the Paris Air Show and to Germany. The Haley administration says it will all pay off pointing to the fact that the governor is constantly recruiting jobs for the state.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, economic develepment officials and state agencies spent more than $231,000 on a trip in June to the Paris Air Show and to Germany.

Friday, September 09, 2011  In a radio interview Thursday, Haley said "God bless that little girl at The Post and Courier," referring to a reporter at the Charleston newspaper who wrote about the trip.  On Friday, the governor released a statement calling the comment inappropriate.

Tuesday, September 06, 2011  The bills from Gov. Nikki Haley's weeklong trip to Europe in June total more than $127,000 and are still coming in. But the governor returned home with two agreements with foreign employers that are in the works, not done deals as Haley has said.  Critics fire back at the trip calling it a waste of taxpayer money.

Monday, June 20, 2011  Leaders from around the Palmetto State, including Governor Nikki Haley, are in France this week attending the Paris Air Show.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011  Columbia City Council voted Tuesday night to spend $6,000 to send Mayor Steve Benjamin to the Paris Air Show.  Mayor Benjamin was invited to join Governor Nikki Haley and Secretary of Commerce Bobby Hitt on the trip from June 18-23.