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Bank of America donates $32,500 to Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia
Bank of America officials presented the Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia with a check for $32,500 Monday to support the nonprofit’s Kids Cafe and summer feeding.Chad Cunningham, a Bank of America...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Savannah's neighborhoods: What's in a name?
So what do you call your neighborhood?Reporters Dash Coleman and Julia Ritchey teamed for a fascinating feature in Sunday’s paper that looked at identity, conflicting maps and ongoing demographic...
View ArticleThe Creative Coast: Lessons from a soccer ball
Sales is arguably the most important part of any budding business.For years, I met with software companies and it would amaze me how they would work through every detail of the user experience but...
View ArticleBiS in brief: South State Bank new name for local institution
South State Bank new name for local institutionThe Savannah Bank officially changed identities Monday when corporate parent SCBT unveiled new signs and began operating as South State Bank, bringing...
View Article'Be the search,' says local web designer
With Google, there is the need to be relevant and then the need to be authoritative in order to achieve optimal search results.As Adam Singer, owner of AJ Singer Studios, says, “Be the search.”Singer,...
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Kayak Kafe opens second location in midtown Savannah
Over the last nine years, Broughton Street’s Kayak Kafé has been a hub for hungry tourists and office workers seeking a casual and fresh Tex-Mex-style lunch. As of Monday evening, the owners are trying...
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Savannah magazine launches redesign, new size
As Savannah magazine approaches its 25th anniversary, the magazine has undergone a comprehensive redesign and expanded its page size.Starting with the July/August issue, which is on newsstands now, the...
View ArticleFrom big to giant: Behemoth TVs start to take off
NEW YORK — Supersized isn’t just for french fries.Americans increasingly are replacing their once-enviable 50-inch TVs with even bigger screens. Think: 65-inches and up.People are snagging big screens...
View ArticleIn dry California, water fetching record prices
SAN FRANCISCO — Throughout California’s desperately dry Central Valley, those with water to spare are cashing in.As a third parched summer forces farmers to fallow fields and lay off workers, two water...
View ArticleSavannah ranked No. 3 city in U.S. and Canada according to Travel + Leisure
NEW YORK – Savannah is rated the No. 3 city in the U.S. and Canada, according to the Travel + Leisure World’s Best Awards 2014 readers’ survey announced today and available now on...
View ArticleVisiting Portland author makes economic case for biking
The health and environmental benefits of biking are known to many, but one of its lesser publicized virtues is the economic impact it can have on cities that embrace the two-wheeled philosophy.Author...
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Foreclose, delinquency rates down in SavannahForeclosure rates in Savannah decreased for April over the same period last year, according to newly released data from CoreLogic, a real estate information...
View ArticleI'm ready to retire, but ........
You have worked hard your whole life, built a successful enterprise and are finally ready to let someone take over the family business. But how do you do that? Especially when you need the funds from...
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Low Country RC opens in Thunderbolt
Call it a newer version of Chuck E. Cheese.That’s what Shannon Marino, co-owner of Low Country RC, said about Savannah’s newest radio/remote control racetrack.“These raceways are few and far between,”...
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US hiring surges as unemployment dips to 6.1 pct.
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers accelerated their hiring last month, adding a robust 288,000 jobs and helping drive the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, the lowest since September 2008.It was the fifth...
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Seminar scheduled on reading income statementsHancock Askew & Co. and the University of Georgia Small Business Development Center are co-sponsoring a Savvy Small Business Seminar Series. The next...
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Sailing family sends three daughters to Coast Guard Academy
Dan and Carrie Rohde have a lot to celebrate this July 4th.They’re just back from New London, Conn., where youngest daughter Dana reported to the United States Coast Guard Academy, following in the...
View ArticleGeorgia shrimpers await word on disaster aid
Shrimpers in both Georgia and South Carolina started this season struggling to haul in a catch big enough to make a living.In the end, only South Carolina’s industry turned out all right.Frank Blum,...
View ArticleRuling impact on birth control coverage mixed
NEW YORK — Business owners who don’t want to pay for their employees’ birth control are ending that coverage after the Supreme Court said they could choose on grounds of religious belief not to comply...
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Apprentice program recruiting for job training programStep Up Savannah’s Chatham Apprentice Program (CAP) is recruiting for the next “E3: Educate, Empower, Employ” job skills training program from Aug....
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