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CW62 to Broadcast 15 Hub City Spartanburgers Games in 2026
Hub City Spartanburgers fans who cannot make it to Fifth Third Park will have 15 chances to watch their team on television this season. CW62 announced it will\u2026
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A. Preston Acker writes about money, jobs, and the companies that drive Spartanburg. They have more than 18 years on the beat and follow Milliken & Company, Foundever, and the pipeline of new investment moving into the Upstate. Focuses on what each story means in practice — not in theory.
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NorthMark Spartanburg Site Seeks 400 Megawatts Before Opening
NorthMark Strategies' high-performance computing campus at 4000 South Pine Street in Spartanburg — the former Kohler manufacturing site — has not yet opened for operations, but the company\u2026
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Spartanburg Weighs Barnet Park as New Home for Iconic 1881 Bell Tower
City of Spartanburg staff and the architecture firm McMillan Pazdan Smith have proposed rebuilding the city's iconic clock tower at the entrance to Barnet Park — a move\u2026
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Steve White Auto Group Returns Spartanburg VW Dealership to Local Hands
Volkswagen of Spartanburg has a new name and a familiar philosophy. Steve White Auto Group completed the acquisition of the 2671 Reidville Road dealership this spring, rebranding it\u2026
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Sun Pharma’s $11.75B Organon Deal to Reshape Biosimilar Access
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Organon for $11.75 billion, creating a top-25 global pharma company with major biosimilar reach.
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Warsh Fed Nomination Advances: Spartanburg and BMW in the Balance
Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina spent months as the lone Republican on the Senate Banking Committee willing to vote with Democrats against Kevin Warsh’s Federal Reserve nomination\u2026
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Nasdaq, S&P 500 Hit Records as Intel Surges; Oil Eases on Iran Diplomacy
The S&P 500 closed at a record 7,165.08 and the Nasdaq hit 24,836.60 on April 24 as Intel posted its best day since 1987; oil eased near $99\u2026
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Musk Drops Fraud Claims Against OpenAI as Trial Opens in Oakland
Elon Musk narrowed his lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman to two claims — unjust enrichment and breach of charitable trust — as jury selection opened Monday in\u2026
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DOJ Drops Powell Probe, Clearing Path for Warsh — and Giving SC Sen. Tim Scott a Pivotal Role
The Justice Department has closed its criminal probe of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, removing the key obstacle to confirming Kevin Warsh — and handing Senate Banking Committee Chairman\u2026
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Apple Names Hardware Chief John Ternus as CEO, Signaling a Device-First Era
John Ternus, Apple's incoming CEO and a career hardware engineer, is expected to push the company toward AI-powered devices — a shift that intersects with Spartanburg County's growing\u2026
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BMW Charity Pro-Am Adds Country Club of Spartanburg as 2026 Host Course
The BMW Charity Pro-Am presented by TD SYNNEX has selected the Country Club of Spartanburg as one of its two official host courses for the 2026 tournament, marking\u2026
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Northmark Strategies Wants 400 Megawatts More Power at Spartanburg Site It Has Not Yet Opened
A Spartanburg County data center that secured one of the most generous tax packages in local history is now seeking a dramatic expansion of its power capacity —\u2026