CITY TALK: Zia Boutique celebrates 10 years with Telfair runway show
With all the talk of national retailers coming to Broughton Street, it’s easy to forget about the thriving, locally owned, entirely independent businesses in the historic shopping corridor.Well, on...
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Larry Flynn to retire from Gulfstream
General Dynamics, parent company of Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., has announced that Gulfstream President Larry R. Flynn has informed the company that he will retire June 30 for health...
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Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society honors 2015 Champions
The Lowcountry Down Syndrome Society honored its 2015 champions at the sixth annual Night of Champions on May 14.“Dignity and self-respect are borne out of feeling that what we have to offer makes a...
View ArticleBusiness in Savannah in brief
New storage center opens in Port Wentworth Stop N Stor Self Storage Centers opened its newest self-storage center last week at 8901 Highway 21 in Port Wentworth.The facility offers nearly 400...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship, apple pie and Savannah
As summer approaches, I get excited thinking about flags waving and patriotic bunting decorating Savannah’s porches. However, I don’t have to wait for summer to get that patriotic feeling because I...
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Gulfstream G500 completes first flight
Gulfstream Aerospace announced this week that the all new Gulfstream G500 has successfully completed its first flight. The G500 is part of Savannah-based Gulfstream’s new family of aircraft — the G500...
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Trustee, creditors question J.T. Turner
Fewer than a dozen of J.T. Turner’s more than 100 creditors turned out for the first creditors’ meeting for the Chapter 7 personal bankruptcy petition the longtime Savannah builder filed last...
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Home Depot nails it in 1Q as housing rebound emerges
NEW YORK — A busy spring pushed Home Depot’s first-quarter profit and revenue above Wall Street expectations and the home improvement retailer raised its projections for both in 2015.Sales at U.S....
View ArticleUPS settles complaint it shortchanged government customers
ATLANTA — United Parcel Service Co. agreed to pay more than $25 million to settle complaints that it kept false records to hide late deliveries and collect more for overnight packages to government...
View ArticleSavannah economy expected to grow 3.8 percent in '15
ATLANTA — Savannah’s employment will grow by 3.8 percent this year, ahead of the state overall at 2.9 percent, according to a forecast released Wednesday by Georgia State University.Savannah added...
View ArticleSavannah Bee part of national Triscuit marketing campaign
The 90-second video on the Savannah Bee Company website features its founder and president, Ted Dennard, talking about his new honey.“We created the Winter White with Passion Fruit with the Original...
View ArticleGulfstream signs renewable fuel contract
Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. and its fuel supplier, World Fuel Services Inc., have finalized a three-year agreement that provides Gulfstream with a consistent supply of renewable fuels for its daily...
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Historic Savannah Foundation announces gala sponsors
Historic Savannah Foundation on Wednesday unveiled this year’s major presenting sponsors and special event details for the 24th annual HSF Gala at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 17, in Forsyth Park.Katherine...
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Banks fined more than $5B, to plead guilty to market rigging
WASHINGTON — Four of the world’s biggest banks agreed Wednesday to pay more than $5 billion in penalties and plead guilty to rigging the currency markets — a rare instance in which federal prosecutors...
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Why many experts missed this: Cheap oil can hurt U.S. economy
WASHINGTON — If there was one thing most economists agreed on at the start of the year, it was this: Plunging oil prices would boost the U.S. economy.It hasn’t worked out that way.The economy is...
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Ameris gives $10,000 to Memorial Children's Hospital
Ameris Bank on Friday presented a $10,000 check to the Memorial Health Foundation for The Next Generation’s Summer Soiree event. Money raised from the event will benefit The Children’s Hospital at...
View ArticleSmall Business Chamber honors local businesses
Regan Drake of Grand Garages, Scott West of Savannah Master Calendar and Patrick Delarosa of Burster’s Ice Cream were honored Thursday evening at the Small Business Chamber of Savannah’s 2015 awards...
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Equipment investments paying off for port
With the start of a new fiscal year coming up in little more than a month, the Georgia Ports Authority board this week OK’d the allocation of $33 million for 30 new rubber-tired gantry cranes and...
View ArticleConsultants sway support for Daufuskie beach project
COLUMBIA, S.C. — The last regulatory hurdles have fallen away for the construction of new erosion-control structure on the beach of Daufuskie Island, despite concerns for sea turtles and...
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Federal data: As oil production soars, so do pipeline leaks
The oil pipeline leak that fouled a stretch of California coastline this week reflects a troubling trend in the nation’s infrastructure: As U.S. oil production has soared, so has the number of pipeline...
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