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States experimenting to lower health care costs
SALEM, Ore. — Oregon health officials are concentrating on coordinating services and preventing hospital stays. New Jersey medical centers are rewarding doctors who can save money without jeopardizing...
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LUCERO ARADILLAS New job title: Latino Partnership program manager for CAMINO Company: Armstrong Atlantic State University Duties: As the CAMINO program manager, Aradillas is responsible for the...
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Point and Shoot Digital Photography This course will introduce students to basic camera functions, settings and the principles of light and composition. Detailed printing and storage options will also...
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The Greenery recognized for excellenceThe Greenery Inc, an employee-owned landscaping company based in the Lowcountry and Coastal Empire, was recently recognized for its landscape maintenance at the...
View ArticleCity Talk: What happens next for area home prices?
The Zillow Home Value Index for the Savannah metro area (Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties) rose to $136,700 in July, up 2.1 percent from a year ago.That index has risen about 8 percent since the...
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Americans driving less as car culture wanes
WASHINGTON — Driving in America has stalled, leading researchers to ask: Is the national love affair with the automobile over?After rising for decades, total vehicle use in the U.S. — the collective...
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SSU star brings family recipe to Whole Foods
Michael Lloyd graduated from Savannah State University in 2002 with a bachelor of science degree in biology. Though he relocated to North Carolina’s Research Triangle not long thereafter, he vividly...
View ArticleToday's shunned stocks may be long-term winners
Buying stocks that are lagging the market may seem like a questionable strategy, but investors willing to hold on for a couple of years can profit, says Ron Sloan a mutual fund manager at...
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VIDEO: Ground broken for Outlet Mall of Georgia
Shopping mall kingpin Ben Carter’s peers rarely consider him clueless about a project.However, Carter’s first foray into developing an outlet mall — the Outlet Mall of Georgia planning for Pooler —...
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Hackers find weaknesses in car computer systems
DETROIT — As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what’s to stop a hacker from taking over yours?In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car’s brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the...
View ArticleOur economic times: A success for the Fed
Even a cursory observer of financial markets and the broader economy can attest to the prominent and influential role served by Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United...
View ArticleMicrosoft makes bet with $7.2B Nokia phone deal
HELSINKI — Microsoft is wagering $7.2 billion on the idea that owning Nokia’s phone business will help the software giant grab a bigger slice of the mobile computing market from Apple and Google.The...
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This week in BiS:• Sera Bishop offers support to entrepreneurs for what she sees as the many demands of being a “social business” in this day and age. The idea is to streamline efficiency and...
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Soap store to hold ribbon cuttingSavannah city officials will help mark the grand opening of Morgin’s Soapworks & More today at 106 E. Broughton St. with a ribbon-cutting celebration.The 5:30 p.m....
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Parker's coming to Old Town Bluffton
Residents of Old Town Bluffton are getting their way when it comes to the design of a new convenience store in their midst.Issues arose after Parker Companies indicated they wanted to build a new store...
View ArticleFirm seeks dock permit for Hardeeville's Red Bluff Plantation
A developer wants to stretch a dock out onto the New River in Hardeeville but must win the approval of South Carolina regulators first. American Timberlands Company has applied to the S.C. Department...
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Samsung unveils new smartwatch that makes calls
BERLIN — Nearly 70 years after Dick Tracy began wearing a two-way wrist radio in the funny pages, the technology that once seemed impossibly futuristic will be widely available by Christmas.Samsung on...
View ArticleWTC program to promote global trade
Area companies looking for business opportunities abroad will have the chance to talk with trade experts from eight countries next week when the World Trade Center Savannah presents “8 Experts, 8...
View ArticleAuto sales rebound to pre-recession levels
DETROIT — For the U.S. auto industry, the recession is now clearly in the rear-view mirror.New car sales jumped 17 percent to 1.5 million in August, their highest level in more than six years. Toyota,...
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VIDEO: Under secretary of Army tours Savannah port
Calling the Port of Savannah critical to the region’s economy as well as essential to national security, Under Secretary of the Army Joseph Westphal concluded an aerial tour of Georgia Ports Authority...
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