Whole Foods' profit climbs but growth slows
NEW YORK — Whole Foods Market Inc. says its profit rose by 21 percent in the latest quarter, as the organic grocery store chain saw sales climb and costs ease. The company, based in Austin, Texas, says...
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Southern Co. quarterly earnings drop to $297M ATLANTA — Southern Co. earnings slumped 52 percent to $297 million in the second quarter due mainly to cost overruns at a coal-fired power plant under...
View ArticleU.S. economy grew at sluggish 1.7 pct. pace in Q2
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy grew from April through June at an annual rate of 1.7 percent — a sluggish pace but stronger than in the previous quarter. Businesses spent more, and the federal...
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High-tech equipment protects marshes during power-line construction
Some of this area’s salt marshes are being well protected despite the construction of a high-voltage power line that will run from the Tradepoint Industrial Park in Liberty County to the Burnt Church...
View ArticleTwo insurers pull out of Georgia health exchange
ATLANTA — Two insurance companies told the state today they decided not to offer plans in Georgia’s health exchange next year as part of Obamacare. That still leaves five plans participating, but the...
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Nominations open for business awards The Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce is accepting nominations for its annual business awards.The awards recognize standout business leaders — individuals and...
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Structural flaws may have caused ship to split
The breaking apart and subsequent sinking of the bow and stern sections of the container ship MOL Comfort in the Indian Ocean earlier this summer may have been caused by the same structural flaws that...
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Savannah business leaders offer tips at mayor's annual conference
A popular feature of the annual Mayor’s Small Business Conference is the roundtable discussion and Q&A with successful local business leaders.Thursday’s conference was no exception, as Gary Brand,...
View ArticleHudgens approves Obamacare premiums
ATLANTA — Georgia Insurance Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced Thursday that he approved the premiums submitted by five health insurers for inclusion in the state’s federally run insurance exchange,...
View ArticleAuto sales rise as small cars enjoy summer surge
DETROIT — Pickups may have led the charge, but strong sales of small cars in July showed demand for new vehicles is broad — and not slowing down.Car sales grew in the first six months of this year, but...
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Savannah clothing company to make 'fine art' of T-shirts
It starts with a cool T-shirt.A boxing panda bear. A city-ravishing squid. And a woman half mummified by the message “loose lips sink ships.”But it grows with a charge to spark community awareness and...
View ArticleAmerican economy adds modest 162,000 jobs in July
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is steadily adding jobs — just not at a consistently strong pace.July’s modest gain of 162,000 jobs was the smallest since March. And most of the job growth came in...
View ArticleThings nonprofits should consider in deciding whether to audit
Smaller nonprofits often wonder when it’s necessary for them to seek an independent audit. With the cost of these being typically at least $5,000, for a small organization it’s often cost...
View ArticleToyota profit up on cheap yen, forecasts raised
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said its profit for the first quarter of the fiscal year nearly doubled from a year ago, and set an ambitious, worldwide production goal that would break industry records if...
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Renovation begins on historical society propertyThe Georgia Historical Society announced Tuesday that anticipated renovations to the Jepson House Education Center have begun. The property, bought in...
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Museum operators wary of potential ordinance change
Once a week, on average, the Davenport House hosts a soiree. Some days, it’s a wedding. Others, a wedding reception for a ceremony held across the street in Columbia Square. Retirement parties,...
View ArticleBluffton Gateway expected to open by 2016
A new regional shopping center will bring nearly a quarter-million square feet of retail space to Bluffton and sit atop a site exposed for years to toxic materials by a commercial printing shop.But the...
View ArticleA wonky look at Savannah's draft map of new aldermanic districts
Take a map of Savannah and draw a rectangle bounded by River Street, East Broad Street, Victory Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (the old West Broad Street).The neighborhoods inside our box...
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Savannah gets high ‘friendly’ rating Readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine have chosen Savannah as the third friendliest city in America and the 16th friendliest city in the world in its 2013 survey...
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Hires/Promotions
HIRES/PROMOTIONSKRISTI DAVIS New job title: Branch managerCompany: The Coastal BankDuties: Davis manages the execution of all daily retail and business operations at the Godley Station office and...
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