Greenville company pays SEC for alleged Mexican bribes The Greenville-based World Acceptance Corp. agreed last week to pay $21.7 million to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, neither admitting nor denying that the company's former subsidiary violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act by paying more than $4 million in bribes to Mexican government and union officials. New port terminal on schedule for March opening Charleston's Hugh K. Leatherman terminal's first phase is expected to add 700,000 TEUs of annual throughput capacity to the port system. After all phases are complete, the port system's current capcity will double. |