Charleston County School District CFO Mike Bobby says the school district is handing out about 3,000 contracts to teachers Friday for next year.  That leaves about 370 wondering if they will have a job.

The Patriots Point Naval Museum announced job cuts and furloughs Thursday due to the bad economy.

Just last month, Americans lost 598,000 jobs.  Men account for eight out of every ten jobs lost.

A South Carolina company that makes drapery fabrics and window coverings says it will lay off nearly two dozen employees.

The slowdown in the construction industry has prompted a South Carolina company to eliminate 45 jobs at a cement plant.

A Bennettsville plant is laying off about a quarter of its employees.

The director of the South Carolina Department of Revenue says he can handle up to 15 percent in budget cuts without layoffs.

South Carolina Treasurer Converse Chellis wants the state to hold off paying a $176,500 bonus to the man chiefly responsible for making the state’s retirement investment decisions.

Communities and auto support industries beyond Detroit, bracing for the worst if the big three automakers can’t survive.

Wall Street hit levels not seen since 2003, with the Dow Jones industrial average falling below the 8,000 mark.,

That strike forced layoffs at the Vought plant in North Charleston which produces the fuselage of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner.

A fiberboard manufacturing facility in South Carolina is closing, taking about 100 jobs from the Holly Hill area.

This move is also a result of the overall slowdown in the automotive industry because of the struggling economy.

The company laid off 26 workers last Friday at its corporate offices and two warehouses.

U.S. stocks fell for a seventh straight session, one year to the day that the DOW peaked above 14,000.