Business in Savannah in brief
Hospice gets donation from Junk 2 Funk proceedsStudents from the Savannah Arts Academy have donated part of the proceeds from their 2015 Junk 2 Funk fashion shows to Hospice Savannah. The seventh...
View ArticleGulfstream announces aircraft order from Qatar
Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., a subsidiary of General Dynamics, announced that Qatar Executive has agreed to buy as many as 30 Gulfstream aircraft as part of a memorandum of understanding...
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Speros cuts ribbon on new Hinesville office
Speros, a full-service technology company with headquarters in Savannah, had the grand opening Wednesday for its new satellite office in Hinesville.An open house took place from 3 to 6 p.m. with a...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Reasons for Volvo decision might be obvious
Since Volvo announced it would build a new manufacturing plant in the Charleston metro area, Savannah area residents have been debating the reasons. We don’t have precise answers from the automaker...
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LAUREN CLELANDNew job title: Social media managerCompany: Visit SavannahDuties: Cleland will manage the organization’s social media pages, focusing on strategy and implementation to support Savannah’s...
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TripAdvisor gives nod to the Salt TableThe Salt Table, a food specialty store with shops in downtown Savannah and Pooler, has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award for the third year...
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RCC Associates selected to build Buffalo Wild WingsRestaurant contractor RCC Associates has started construction on its third project for Buffalo Wild Wings, this time a 6,176-square-foot, 252-seat...
View ArticleCITY TALK: How much would it have cost to keep the Sand Gnats?
Just about everyone in Savannah would have liked to see the Sand Gnats stay in town.But how big of a burden should taxpayers shoulder to support a private company like Hardball Capital, the Gnats’...
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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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Chatham sheriff’s office recruiting officersThe Chatham County Sheriff’s Office plans to hire about 20 corrections officers and will have a job fair from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at the state...
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Ground broken for new welcome center
Second-busiest stop in state to offer a modern, tech-savvy experience Lawmakers and tourism leaders joined Georgia Department of Transportation officials Tuesday to break ground for a new Georgia...
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Navigating the waters of federal flood insurance hikes in Chatham County
About one million of the more than five million federal flood insurance policyholders in the United States are being hit with increased costs when they go to renew their policies. The premium increases...
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Charter buying Time Warner
And executives say they’re confident regulators will allow the creation of another U.S. TV and Internet giant.The deal comes a month after Comcast, the country’s largest cable provider and owner of...
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Walmart turns dirt for neighborhood market
There’s a new Walmart coming to Savannah — but if you’re thinking big box, think again.At 42,000 square feet, Savannah’s first Walmart Neighborhood Market will be about a quarter the size of its...
View ArticleGeorgia banks see higher earnings
Atlanta — Georgia’s 205 state-based FDIC insured banks earned $661.1 million in the first quarter of 2015, a 12 percent increase over last year’s first-quarter results.Total loans of $203.5 billion...
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Exxon shareholders to vote on climate change, fracking
DALLAS — Exxon Mobil shareholders overwhelmingly rejected several environmental resolutions including proposals to put a climate-change expert on the board and set goals for greenhouse-gas emissions.At...
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Traveling with your dog will cost you - sometimes hundreds
LOS ANGELES — Having an 80-pound Labradoodle as a travel buddy means B.L. Ochman can quickly separate the hotels that love dogs from those that just put up with them.A bed-and-breakfast she visited...
View ArticleMetro Savannah jobless rate drops to 5.5 percent
Metro Savannah’s unemployment rate for April was 5.5 percent, down three-tenths of a percentage point from 5.8 percent in March, the Georgia Department of Labor announced today. This is the lowest the...
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Moon River seeks foreign investors
Moon River Studios — which intends to build sound stages, offices and film support services on 1,600 acres at Old River Road and Interstate 16 — has hired Lexden Capital LLC to raise as much as $49...
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