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July 21, 2026
Awards/Celebrations

Hurricane Helene and 40 years of serving the CSRA

Hi-Tech Power Systems, Inc has been catching its collective breath since the Fall of 2024 through their 40th Anniversary in the Summer of 2026. “The hurricane was quite the experience. We thought the ice storm of 2014 was bad, but it was nothing compared to Helene, “ said President Beverly Whiteside.  Our office had damage as well as some of our employees’ homes, so our access was limited, but our employees stepped up and did what they could for our customers.” This photo indicates what Hi-Tech techs encountered at various homes

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Neil Gordon July 21, 2026 No Comments
Consumer Stories

Simon Says: Minimum Wage

I was at an economic conference in Denver two weeks ago and went to a session on the minimum wage (so you don’t have to!). Economic theory is clear on the effects of hiking the minimum wage: employers demand less workers and so employment falls. Unfortunately, the empirical observations are not as clear-cut. Some of the trouble lies in isolating the effect of minimum wage laws from other factors that affect employment, such as the general economy or competition from other firms. There are also differences in the data economists

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Hull College of Business Economics Professor July 21, 2026 No Comments
B2B Stories

Working to reach Augusta’s military community

Publisher’s Note: Venture Labs of Aiken is a collaboration among the Aiken Chamber of Commerce, Make Startups, based in theClubhou.se at the Georgia Cyber Innovation and Training Center, and the South Carolina Research Authority. This is part of the Aiken Innovation Corridor, which the Chamber announced in August 2025. Here is Part 2 of our series on entrepreneurs competing. Health and productivity are at the core of what Anthony Carlie wants to provide. His product is called Dominion Wellness Solutions. He describes it as a human performance organization. It is

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Dana Lynn McIntyre July 21, 2026 No Comments