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‘Bidenomics’ Jobs Report: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Will FolksApril 5, 2024May 29, 2024

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Guest Column: ‘Bidenomics’ Is A Nightmare For Consumer Costs

FITSForumApril 5, 2024May 29, 2024

by FITSForumApril 5, 2024May 29, 2024

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Spring Surge: Gas Prices On The Move

FITSNewsMarch 28, 2024May 29, 2024

by FITSNewsMarch 28, 2024May 29, 2024

This Time Money Printing Is Gonna Be Different!

FITSNewsAugust 28, 2014August 28, 2014

by FITSNewsAugust 28, 2014August 28, 2014

CENTRAL BANKS TOLD TO “MAKE IT RAIN” Last November we took editorial notice of a column appearing in The Wall Street Journal written by one Andrew...

BK Lounge And “Inversion”

FITSNewsAugust 27, 2014August 27, 2014

by FITSNewsAugust 27, 2014August 27, 2014

THE LEFT NEEDS TO PICK A BETTER VILLAIN … We’ve heard a lot of bitching and moaning lately about “inversion,” which is the term for...

“I Majored In …”

Will FolksAugust 27, 2014August 27, 2014

by Will FolksAugust 27, 2014August 27, 2014

… SOMETHING By Will Folks || I got an undergraduate degree in 1997 from The University of South Carolina – double-majoring in history and philosophy....

Repo Man: Back In Action!

FITSNewsAugust 20, 2014August 20, 2014

by FITSNewsAugust 20, 2014August 20, 2014

SECOND QUARTER REPOSSESSIONS SURGE 70 PERCENT … Repossessions of automobiles are on the rise in America as more people struggle to make their car payments....

Spot The “Recovery”

FITSNewsAugust 19, 2014August 25, 2014

by FITSNewsAugust 19, 2014August 25, 2014

IF YOU CAN … Remember that article our founding editor wrote awhile back about people starting to “get it?” In case you missed it, CLICK...

Gas Prices Ease

FITSNewsAugust 19, 2014

by FITSNewsAugust 19, 2014

BUT THE SPECTER OF TAX HIKES REMAINS … The average price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline in South Carolina is currently $3.15 –...

Boeing “Nightmare” Liner Horror Stories

FITSNewsAugust 15, 2014August 15, 2014

by FITSNewsAugust 15, 2014August 15, 2014

“WE WILL NOT BE FLYING ON THAT PLANE AGAIN” A Boeing Dreamliner traveling over the Atlantic Ocean lost power to one of its engines –...

Ruh-Roh, Walmart

FITSNewsAugust 14, 2014

by FITSNewsAugust 14, 2014

RETAIL GIANT STRUGGLES THROUGH “RECOVERY” Walmart released its latest financial data this week and the results were not encouraging – for the company or the...

New IPhones Are Coming

FITSNewsAugust 6, 2014August 6, 2014

by FITSNewsAugust 6, 2014August 6, 2014

GET READY … Apple will unveil its newest iPhone at an event on September 9, the website Re/code reports. The “iPhone 6” – as it is...

Union “Red Shirts” On The Rise At Boeing’s SC Facility

FITSNewsAugust 4, 2014August 4, 2014

by FITSNewsAugust 4, 2014August 4, 2014

IAM “PRESENCE ON THE GROUND” REPORTEDLY EXPANDING Every Friday, aircraft manufacturer Boeing’s North Charleston, S.C. facility permits its employees to dress casually – in clothes...

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‘Bidenomics’ Jobs Report: Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be

Guest Column: ‘Bidenomics’ Is A Nightmare For Consumer Costs

Spring Surge: Gas Prices On The Move

This Time Money Printing Is Gonna Be Different!

BK Lounge And “Inversion”

“I Majored In …”

Repo Man: Back In Action!

Spot The “Recovery”

Gas Prices Ease

Boeing “Nightmare” Liner Horror Stories

Ruh-Roh, Walmart

New IPhones Are Coming

Union “Red Shirts” On The Rise At Boeing’s SC Facility

Woman is elected president of the world

Man eats a hamburger from 1937

North Charleston Councilman Accuses Cop Of Falsifying Police Report

‘You Got a Vendetta’: Bowen Turner Arrest Video Released

Murder Rap: South Carolina Police Officer Charged In Chick-fil-A Shooting

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