Cost pressure intensifies for Southern Co. nuclear plant
ATLANTA — The delays and cost overruns are piling up for a new plant in Georgia that was supposed to prove nuclear energy can be built affordably.Instead, the companies building first-of-their-kind...
View ArticleConsumers fuel steady U.S. economy as rest of world struggles
WASHINGTON — There’s a good reason the U.S. economy is impressing the world right now despite a slowdown in the final three months of 2014: In a word, steadiness.Companies have been hiring at healthy...
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Shareconomy gets foothold in Savannah
In the not-so-distant past, traveling on the cheap meant staying at a seedy roadside motel and deciphering cryptic bus schedules in whatever metropolis you happened to be visiting. Not anymore.Welcome...
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Greater Bluffton Chamber of Commerce’s Morning Coffee NetworkingDate: Feb. 3Time: 8:30 p.m. Location: Chamber Headquarters, 217 Goethe RoadSpeaker: Jim Moore with Blue Water Development and Michelle...
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Newsmakers
ROB EDWARDSNew job title: Executive vice president and chief credit officerCompany: United Community Banks Inc.Related Work Experience: Edwards has been in the banking industry for more than 25 years...
View ArticleSeminars for growing business offered by Small Business Development Center
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC), an outreach unit of the University of Georgia, will offer a three-part series titled “Grow. Manage. Fund” at 6-8:30 p.m. beginning Wednesday, Feb. 25, at...
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Advisory committee formed for South University programSouth University has created a program advisory committee comprised of local communications professionals who will guide the institution’s growing...
View ArticleStrong employment numbers for metro Savannah to finish 2014
About a month ago, various analysts around town, including me, were trumpeting a strong 2014 for the regional economy and predicting solid growth in 2015, too.We were making those judgments and...
View ArticleAverage Savannah gas price barely more than $2
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 0.8 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.02 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national...
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Soldiers get preview of civilian life at Georgia Tech-Savannah and Gulfstream
Three soldiers stationed at Hunter Army Airfield are getting the opportunity to experience work in the civilian world before they transition out of the service, thanks to a unique partnership between...
View ArticleCity Talk: Georgia transportation proposal tough deal for taxpayers, local...
When the proposed transportation funding bill was released last week in Atlanta, elected officials touting the measure used various phrases that included three words: “no,” “new” and “taxes.”But let’s...
View ArticleAirport to look into Customs inspection site
The Savannah Airport Commission on Monday instructed staff to begin looking into the possibility of building a U.S. Customs Federal Inspection Services — or FIS — site at the airport for international...
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Average local gas price barely more than $2Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 0.8 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.02 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of...
View ArticleExxon, Chevron set to boost production as prices fall
NEW YORK — Exxon Mobil has been working for years on a fleet of enormous new oil and gas projects in places such as Abu Dhabi, Russia, Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Mexico designed to turn around...
View ArticleOA Logistics chooses Savannah
California-based OA Logistics/JLA Home, a subsidiary of E&E Co. Ltd., will expand its East Coast operations in the Savannah area, starting with a 1.1 million-square-foot e-commerce fulfillment...
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Is S&P's $1.38B deal enough to keep credit raters in check?
WASHINGTON — More than six years after the financial crisis struck, credit rating giant Standard & Poor’s will be paying a hefty $1.38 billion penalty for its role in fueling the subprime mortgage...
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Home prices in Savannah increaseDecember 2014 saw a 1.7 percent uptick in home prices in Savannah, including distressed sales, compared to December 2013, according to property information firm...
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Ga. Power donates $20,000 to Armstrong State to support STEM program
Armstrong State University has received a $20,000 grant from the Georgia Power Foundation to benefit the university’s College of Science and Technology and ongoing science, technology, engineering and...
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City streamlining business approvals
Introduced at the Savannah Chamber’s SMART Luncheon Tuesday, the city of Savannah’s new business approval coordinator had one important request of the business owners and would-be business owners in...
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Kingston joins D.C. lobbying firm
He may have narrowly lost his bid for the U.S. Senate to David Perdue, but former U.S. Rep Jack Kingston of Savannah isn’t finished with Washington.The powerful D.C. lobbying/law firm of Squire Patton...
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