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MLET: 2013 Business Education Partner
It started less than three years ago as a once-a-month field trip designed to familiarize area high school students with the kinds of careers available in the growing logistics industry.“Follow the...
View ArticleSavannah unemployment rate drops to 6.8 percent in November
Metro Savannah’s unemployment rate decreased to 6.8 percent in November, its lowest point since December 2008, the state labor department announced Thursday. The non-seasonally adjusted rate was...
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Seminar teaches how to do business with government Small Business Development Center will offer its ‘We want you!’ procurement boot camp 2014 on Feb. 7 to help companies learn how to sell to federal,...
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Entrepreneurial Business of the Year: Parker's Convenience Stores
Greg Parker, CEO of Parker’s convenience stores, was recently posed a question by his son: Would you rather do what you love and not make a lot of money or do something you hate and make a fortune?The...
View Article1.3 million losing unemployment benefits Saturday
WASHINGTON — More than 1 million Americans are bracing for a harrowing, post-Christmas jolt as extended federal unemployment benefits come to a sudden halt this weekend, with potentially significant...
View ArticleFree enterprise: The forecast for 2014
Sometimes, I hate to be right.As I do annually, I use the last column of the year to evaluate my predictions 12 months ago.In 2010 and 2011, I was — in hindsight — overly optimistic, expecting the...
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Midcoast Regional Airport gets new managementHINESVILLE — MidCoast Regional Airport has hired a new company, Volo Aviation LLC, to oversee all facets of the airport’s general aviation...
View ArticleShips scheduled to arrive this week at the Port of Savannah
SHIPPING SCHEDULE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWSThe following ships are expected to call on Georgia Ports’ Garden City and Ocean terminals in the next week. The schedule is provided by GPA and is subject to...
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Gas prices jump in metro SavannahAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 5.1 cents per gallon in the past week to $3.32 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas...
View ArticleInvest three minutes to change your life, business
What can you accomplish in three minutes? You can sit at a traffic light, check out your groceries or blow dry your hair. But can you change your life, propel your business and impact your community?On...
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United Community Bank to repay TARP loansUnited Community Banks, Inc., which has an office on Johnson Square, announced Monday it’s in the process of repaying its federal bailout loans and gettting out...
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US home price gains slow in October from September
WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices rose in October from the previous year at the fastest pace in almost eight years. But price gains slowed in most U.S. cities from September to October, suggesting the...
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Newcomer of the Year: La Bastille
Of all the accomplishments luxury metalworks and furnishings company La Bastille could boast about in 2013 — 90-plus installations, doubling of staff, the opening of a Manhattan showroom — one job in...
View ArticleNew nonprofit helps Second Harvest go green with energy-efficient lighting
A new nonprofit is giving local food bank Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia the opportunity to save some green while going green. Called Sustainativity, the newly launched nonprofit plans to install...
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The world braces itself for a retirement crisis
A global retirement crisis is bearing down on workers of all ages.Spawned years before the Great Recession and the 2008 financial meltdown, the crisis was significantly worsened by those twin traumas....
View ArticleStock market resolutions for 2014
NEW YORK — 2013 was a great year for the average investor, but few market strategists believe that 2014 will be anywhere near as good. The simple strategy of buying U.S. stocks, selling bonds and...
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University sues over patent for cholesterol drug Crestor CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Medical University of South Carolina is accusing a drug manufacturing giant of ripping off an MUSC scientist’s...
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Heavy duty crane adds another dimension to GPA
The Port of Savannah is now home to the “Savannah Giant,” one of the most powerful barge-based cranes on the Eastern Seaboard. If you have occasion to cross the Talmadge Bridge, you may have seen the...
View ArticleSavannah business organizations give us their 2014 wishlists
For many people, the start of a new year kindles a fair bit of introspection and prioritizing. Businesses too, while unlikely to make trite dietary resolutions, will look ahead and set new objectives...
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Local accounting firm among ‘best to work for’Hancock Askew & Co., LLP has been named one of the Top 100 Best Accounting Firms to Work for in 2013.Hancock Askew ranked number 28 in the medium-sized...
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