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Newer stories | Older stories Kyle Stock
Latest Business HeadlinesLatest Headlines'I'll see ya'll later': Reporter heading to NYCMonday, July 14, 2008"Y'all. Y'all ... y'all ... y'all ... y'all." They just kept coming. It was five years ago this week and I was listening to Gov. Mark Sanford address Charleston's tourism leaders for the first time. To a "swamp Yankee" from Connecticut who had only been to South Carolina for two days of job interviews, the folksy colloquialism seemed a strange choice for such a formal setting. Read story. Full speed ahead at PatrickMonday, July 7, 2008Randall Goldman is not familiar with the phrase "Leave well enough alone." Goldman, managing director of Patrick Properties LLC, is in the midst of quarterbacking three major redevelopments and is about to host a groundbreaking for a new Mount Pleasant office building. Read story. Southern Living chief addresses Travel CouncilMonday, June 23, 2008John Alex Floyd Jr. , the editor in chief of Southern Living magazine, swung into town last week to keynote the annual meeting of Charleston's Travel Council, the throng of tourism professionals who bankroll the local Convention & Visitors Bureau. Read story. All aboard! Gas prices boost AmtrakMonday, June 16, 2008Gas prices. Gas prices. Gas prices. They're awful and the media has gotten a lot of mileage from them, myself included. When I signed on at this paper, a gallon of regular was a scandalizing $1.50. In the five years since, I've written roughly 10 articles about rising fuel prices. Read story. Air fuel prices likely to trim Charleston routesMonday, June 9, 2008When it comes to air travel, these are the good old days. Read story. Intrepid's repair bill has Patriots Point on alertMonday, June 2, 2008Patriots Point tapped a new admiral last week from the Army: Retired Brig. Gen. Hugh Tant III. This is a guy who managed the rollout of a new currency in Iraq five years ago and once oversaw two-thirds of the Army budget. Read story. Lawmakers save $10 million for tourism in S.C. budgetMonday, May 26, 2008State lawmakers, shuffling a shrinking stack of chips, decided to up their bet on tourism last week. Read story. Fuel prices at 'historic high levels' overloading expense for AirTranMonday, May 19, 2008A year ago Saturday, AirTran Airways Inc. landed in Charleston hauling a load of cheap tickets. Read story. Georgia Aquarium staking a lot on flipperMonday, May 12, 2008Atlanta just upped the ante in the arms race that is the contemporary aquarium business. Read story. Spoleto Festival still has that magic mojo — a return on investmentMonday, May 5, 2008They started arriving last week toting boxes full of puppets, swords, cameras, cables and hulking instrument cases: The performers who transform the city for 17 days every spring. The ambassadors of the arts. The tradesmen of culture. The Spoletians. Read story. Airline merger could bring higher faresMonday, April 28, 2008The proposed marriage of No. 3 and No. 5 has been championed far and wide as a way to build a fiscally sound airline. But that result is debatable, and even if the megadeal succeeds as intended, it might not be such a bargain for passengers. Read story. Tourism industry leaders less hospitable in ColumbiaMonday, April 21, 2008Leaders of the state's hospitality industry were markedly less hospitable when they converged on Columbia last week. Read story. State belt-tightening worries tourism folksMonday, April 14, 2008Pick your farm animal. The goose that laid the golden egg. The cash cow. Read story. Trip to aquarium to cost a bit moreMonday, April 7, 2008The South Carolina Aquarium just opened its new Camp Carolina exhibit, but if you want to see it after today, it's going to cost you an extra buck or two. Read story. Airlines faced hectic few daysMonday, March 31, 2008The events of last week raise a question: What the heck is going on with our commercial air fleet? Read story. Newer stories | Older stories |
Kyle Stock, a gradaute of Northwestern University's Medill School of Jounalism, joined The Post and Courier staff in 2003 as a reporter on the tourism, technologies and utilities beats. He has worked in Washington, D.C., and Belgium. Stock is a native of Connecticut with a bachelor's degree in biology and science from Colorado College. After reearching Lou Gehrig's disease at the University of California San Francisco, he volunteered to teach AIDS education in rural Kenya.
