S.C. ports nominee noncommittal on Jasper Ocean Terminal
COLUMBIA, S.C. — A nominee to the South Carolina Ports Authority board said he needs more information about the proposed Jasper Ocean Terminal before he will know whether it’s good for South...
View ArticleUS gains 157K jobs; jobless rate rises to 7.9 pct.
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers added 157,000 jobs in January, and hiring was much stronger at the end of 2012 than previously thought, providing reassurance that the job market held steady even as...
View ArticleIndustrial real estate market continues slow improvement
Another local warehouse building boom is coming, just not any time soon.Vacancy rates for industrial real estate dropped below 12 percent at 2012’s end, down from 21 percent in mid-2010, according to...
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Gulfstream G280 sets multiple city-pair speed records
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.’s new super mid-cabin G280 aircraft recently set 15 new city-pair speed records, including one from Honolulu to Savannah, as part of the company’s reliability demonstration...
View ArticleNonprofits may have to realign to survive
In the last few years nonprofits have become increasingly open to examining their relationships with other community nonprofits as a strategic tool for either growth or enhanced sustainability. As...
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Bethesda Academy museum, visitor center dedicated
Bethesda Academy, an award-winning school for boys in grades six through 12, hosted an invitational ribbon-cutting event at the new William H. Ford, Sr. Museum and Visitor Center Friday.The...
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Maritime After Hours set for WednesdayMaritime after Hours, which is held the first Wednesday of each month for business people to come together in support of the maritime industry to network in a...
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Drayton Tower revival: Refurbished iconic apartment building leasing units again
The Drayton Tower memoir reads as part comedy, part tragedy.The next chapter in the iconic downtown building’s history promises to take on a different tenor.Tenants moved into the first of 99 luxury...
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Your 2013 QuickBooks questions answered.
If you own a small business, chances are good you’ve used, or at least heard of, QuickBooks, the bookkeeping software from Intuit designed specifically for small business.To help our small-business...
View ArticleUnrealized potential on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard
The newish Family Dollar on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard opened a few months ago, but I just shopped there for the first time recently.The building seems an excellent example of the ways in which...
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Savannah newsmakers
HIRES/PROMOTIONSTABETER MOORENew job title: Chatham apprentice program manager Company: Step Up Savannah Inc. Duties: Moore will assist individuals with barriers to employment, prepare for on-the-job...
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Savannah-Hilton Head CSCMP Roundtable ‘Lunch & Learn’Larry Ferrere, executive vice president at LogFire, will share perspectives and advice from more than 30 years of supply chain and...
View ArticleFebruary conventions in Savannah
FEBRUARY CONVENTIONS IN SAVANNAHHere’s a list of conventions scheduled to be held in Savannah during February.Meeting Dates Group Name Meeting Name Total attend Location Expenditure02/01-02/03 Southern...
View ArticleILA strike averted
After nine months of often-contentious negotiations and two contract extensions, the International Longshoremen’s Association and United States Maritime Alliance struck a deal late Friday night,...
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Savannah's Brighter Day started when 'tofu was just a weird word'
For decades, Brighter Day Natural Foods has been the go-to health food store in Savannah, but it has taken the green grocer a long time to gain that status.“When we opened in 1978, natural foods and...
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SLIDESHOW: Georgia Trend: Savannah among Georgia's 'renaissance cities'
Georgia Trend magazine, in its February edition, has named Savannah as one of eight communities it describes as “Georgia’s renaissance cities.”Hinesville and Statesboro also are on the list along with...
View ArticleMaritime group puts focus on port upgrades
SEA ISLAND — The 45th annual Georgia Foreign Trade Conference kicked off its first day Monday with speaker after speaker stressing the same theme: The need to upgrade America’s ports is becoming...
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Forsyth Farmer's Market returns after short break
The Forsyth Farmers’ Market roared back to life on Saturday.The market had gone on break just before Christmas, but there seems to be a broad consensus that it will be a year-round affair from now...
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Savannah gas prices up sharplyAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 9.5 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.47 a gallon Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets...
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Retail shopping center planned for Pooler Parkway
Everything may be cooler in Pooler, but most West Chatham residents still venture into Savannah to shop for clothing and other specialty goods.A new retail complex could soon alter that pattern.A...
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