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TODAY'S HEADLINES | OCT. 25, 2011

PwC plans for growth at Richland Mall

PricewaterhouseCoopers’s administrative office, which has grown from a “relative handful” to 400 full-time and contract workers in Columbia, will vacate 60,000 square feet in two downtown office buildings.

Congaree State Bank profits increase in Q3

The Cayce-based bank reported net income of $64,457 for the third quarter, compared with $11,138 in the year-earlier quarter.

First Bank to buy 11 branches from Waccamaw Bank

First Bancorp of Troy, N.C., will buy 11 coastal branches of Whiteville, N.C.-based Waccamaw Bankshares Inc. The sale, expected to close in the first quarter of 2012, includes three branches in South Carolina.

Security Federal increased profit in half

The Aiken-based holding company for Security Federal Bank said its net income for the six months ended Sept. 30 was $660,000, up 24% from $533,000 a year earlier.

EdVenture honored for museum and library service

The National Medal is the nation’s highest honor for museums and libraries for civic, educational, economic, environmental and social contributions.

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