The tenuous state of California's municipal bond market will be the topic of a talk this week at the College of Charleston's School of Business. Keith Sauls, managing partner of AppleGold and a 1990 graduate of the college, will argue that the Golden State is not "going under" as many financial analysts have predicted. His

Mike Lee, a political science and communications professor at the College of Charleston, said Haley does risk undermining her anti-establishment pitch. "Her 'sweep out the bums' message is potentially contradicted," Lee said. But, he added, whether voters care depends on their view of Haley and who is accusing her of hypocrisy, and whether they are

Erin McAdams, assistant political science professor at the College of Charleston, said Republicans in the GOP-controlled Legislature will fight to retain power but laws exist to protect minorities, specifically black lawmakers who are most often Democrats in South Carolina. http://www.thestate.com/2010/09/27/1484610/redistricting-sure-to-protect.html#ixzz10jyVJzLq

"We have to grow an awful lot to make up for what we lost," College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner said. http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/09/22/1709140/sc-joblessness-rate-jumps-to-11.html#ixzz10GkjFt77

College of Charleston economist Frank Hefner said that "structural unemployment" doesn't go away after the recession ends. "That's the mismatch between the jobs and the candidates and that unfortunately is always a long-term problem," he said. "The jobs that have been lost, will those exact jobs be replaced? That's the question or are other jobs

Frank Hefner, an economist at the College of Charleston, described the announcement as "a recovery that only a statistician could love." He said the official end of the recession will not resonate with many people because of anemic job growth and the prolonged mortgage crisis. He said it's hard to predict when the economy will