Columbia, SC, USA. A war among giant retailers that animated South Carolina politics the past few months has tipped in the direction of one of the most aggressive competitors: Amazon.com.

Despite determined opposition from big retail chains and most of the state’s business establishment, a huge tax exemption for the on-line company is moving forward.

Lansing, MI, VA, USA. Republican governors are trying to make good on their promises to cut corporate taxes, but some are finding a bit more resistance than they may have expected.

Tom Little, who owns the Kalamazoo branch of the ServiceMaster cleaning business, says a sweeping corporate tax cut the state of Michigan just enacted will be a big help for his company.