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Efacec builds 400-ton transformer
The Efacec Power Transformer facility in Rincon has announced it has completed, and is shipping, the largest electrical transformer made in the United States in the last 20 years. The transformer...
View ArticleCity Talk: VegHeads open on Whitaker Street
It’s only been about a month since word came that the Asheville restaurant VegHeads was planning a Savannah location.And the casual vegetarian restaurant is now open at 35 Whitaker St. in a narrow...
View ArticleForbes: Slim world's richest for 4th year in a row
NEW YORK — Mexico’s Carlos Slim remains the world’s richest man for the fourth year in a row, according to Forbes, while Warren Buffett dropped out of the top three for the first time since 2000.And...
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Local gas prices dropped last weekAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 7.1 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.69 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas...
View ArticleChatham Steel changes leadership
Bert Tenenbaun, longtime president of the Savannah-based company his family founded nearly a century ago, has been promoted by Chatham Steel’s parent company to corporate director of wellness for...
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Dow hits record, erasing Great Recession losses
The stock market is back.Five and a half years after the start of a frightening drop that erased $11 trillion from stock portfolios and made investors despair of ever getting their money back, the Dow...
View Article'Have a strategy, measure your results'
In speaking to small business owners and managers on advertising effectiveness, Melissa Yao, chief marketing officer for the Savannah Area Chamber and Visit Savannah, first wanted to debunk a few...
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Ideas worth talking about
Well, you’ve just read all of the books on the “New York Times’ Best Seller” list. You have invested hours watching the most fascinating documentaries on TV and listened to hours of public radio. Plus...
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Today in BiS:• The 2013 winners of Generation Next: Savannah’s Rising Stars of Business are featured in today’s edition of BiS. They include 21 individuals from a variety of professions who have made...
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2013 Generation Next: Savannah's Rising Stars of Business
Twenty-one up-and-coming businesspeople and civic leaders were recognized Wednesday night as winners in the 2013 competition for Generation Next: Rising Stars of Savannah Business.The winners, all...
View ArticleHutchinson Island convention hotel up for Chatham County vote Friday
Chatham County commissioners are scheduled Friday to consider a potential development agreement for construction of a proposed convention hotel on Hutchinson Island.A presentation of a recently...
View ArticleWigh: Obama administration jousting at windmills
A lead article in several media outlets on Feb. 5 reported that the U.S. Justice Department is gearing up to sue Standard and Poor’s rating agency for civil fraud. The alleged infractions are the bond...
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Arizona Chemical breaks ground on new center
Government and business officials, along with officers from Arizona Chemical, broke ground Wednesday for a new $10 million, 27,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Science & Technology Center on its...
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Local United Way gets high ratingUnited Way of the Coastal Empire has earned Charity Navigator’s four-star rating for sound fiscal management and commitment to accountability for the fifth consecutive...
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Hotel developer outlines plans for former power plant
Hotel developer Richard Kessler debuted his plans for the Plant Riverside site during Thursday’s Savannah City Council workshop.The Savannah native, who purchased the property for $9 million on New...
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Hotel developer Richard Kessler unveils plans for Plant Riverside site
Richard Kessler has a grand vision for remaking River Street’s west end.The hotel developer and Savannah native unveiled his preliminary plans for the Plant Riverside site Thursday during a Savannah...
View ArticleDukal Corp. chooses Port of Savannah
Yet another company has chosen Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City Terminal as its major port of entry, establishing new distribution center space in Savannah’s Foreign Trade Zone.Dukal Corp., a...
View ArticleU.S. household wealth regains pre-recession peak
WASHINGTON — It took 5½ years.Surging stock prices and steady home-price increases have finally allowed Americans to regain the $16 trillion in wealth they lost to the Great Recession. The gains are...
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New Wet Willie’s to open in City MarketWet Willie’s chain of daiquiri bars and full-service restaurants will open its newest location in Savannah’s City Market today.The restaurant and bar will be the...
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New laundry opens on Skidaway
Suds Laundromat hosted a ribbon cutting and grand opening on Thursday in their new facility at 4601 Skidaway Rd.To celebrate the opening, Suds will offer free washes from Saturday until March 14 at the...
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