It happens all the time: You swipe a credit card to buy a new pair of jeans, pay for a fancy dinner or withdraw some cash. Each time a transaction occurs, a flurry of digits and codes moves from one location to another. And each time, you’re putting your financial data in jeopardy.
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Consumers can’t yet count on companies to protect their data from identity theft (The State)
It’s time for that new pencil smell, corduroy jeans, button-down shirts, and the crack of new binders. Back-to-school shopping can get you geared up for the classroom. But this year, with an economy in shambles, it will prove to be more of a challenge for many families.
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Shop Around: How to make the most of tax-free weekend (The State)
Now that the cool-guy uniform — skinny jeans, layered Ts, tailored vest and stylish scarf, all in shades of gray and black — has reached every mall in the country, the trendsetters who started it have moved on.
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Geek chic: Timberlake can wear it; you probably can’t (The State)
A Fort Mill man accused of selling counterfeit DVDs was arrested Monday in Rock Hill with nearly 300 counterfeit movies, 30 pairs of fake Air Jordans and designer jeans in his car, police said.
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Fort Mill man charged with pirating DVDs (The State)
Take a look at the latest from Isaac Mizrahi at a newly revamped Liz Claiborne e-commerce site — www.lizclaiborne.com — that features Mizrahi’s top picks from his Liz Claiborne New York line. Long known for its khakis, jeans and easy-wearing dresses, Liz Claiborne hired Mizrahi last year as creative director of its Liz Claiborne New York line. His job? To add excitement and a bit of an edge …
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Liz looking for excitement with Isaac (The State)
COLUMBIA Bush River Road, 400 block: A man was arrested at 2 p.m. Friday after he tried to change price tags on merchandise in a department store. Witnesses said the 45-year-old man took tags from sale merchandise and put them on regularly priced items. Surveillance video showed the man take a $16.99 sale tag and place it on a pair of $58 jeans. He also put a $10.99 tag on a $50 shirt. He …
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Police blotters (The State)
A man robbed the Big Thursday clothing store at 150 Harbison Boulevard on Tuesday afternoon, Columbia police spokesman Brick Lewis said. No one was injured. The man walked in about 2:45 p.m. and demanded money, showing a gun in his waistband. He made off with an undisclosed amount, Lewis said. The man, who is black, wore a white shirt, blue jeans, a gray hat and thick black sunglasses and left …
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Man robs Harbison clothing store (The State)
A man robbed an Express Cash Advance on Columbia Avenue on Wednesday, forcing a temporary lockdown at two area schools, a Lexington police news release said. No one was injured in the 10:20 a.m. incident, the release said. The man is described as black, between 5 feet 7 inches and 5 feet 10 inches tall, 130 and 150 pounds, wearing a long-sleeve white shirt, jeans and white tennis shoes, the …
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Robbery forces two schools into lockdown (The State)
