Nicholas Mangee: Stock market outlook for 2014 is mixed
As we look back at 2013, we will remember an economy and labor market extending lackluster trends of the previous four years: the gross domestic product continued to lurch forward, inflation rates...
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Economists: 2014 looking stronger
The prediction of above average growth for both the state and area economies in 2014 was music to the ears of the 600-plus businesspeople gathered Wednesday at the Marriott Riverfront Savannah for the...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Architects honor SCAD Museum of Art
Architects honor SCAD Museum of ArtThe SCAD Museum of Art has received the 2014 American Institute of Architects National Honor Award for Architecture, an award for new buildings given annually by the...
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Local celebs model second-hand couture at opening of Pooler Goodwill
With ease and swagger, local construction magnate Joe Marchese strutted through the sliding doors of Goodwill, took a turn on the red carpet, smiled while adjusting the collar of his secondhand suit...
View ArticleChinese company's deal to build plant in Effingham County dies
A Chinese company is no longer moving forward with plans to open its U.S. headquarters and a manufacturing plant in Effingham County.Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group in August announced a “substantial”...
View ArticleOmnibus bill could be ticket to digging
Language included in the omnibus appropriations bill passed Wednesday by the U.S. House could set the stage for movement on dredging the Savannah harbor as early as the second quarter of this year,...
View ArticleLegislators urge Congress to reverse flood-insurance hike
ATLANTA — Tales of 400 percent premium increases for flood insurance by Georgians in newly designated flood zones have prompted such outrage that legislators introduced a resolution Thursday seeking...
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Georgia Ports recognized for environmental efforts
The Georgia Ports Authority has won recognition by the Environmental Protection Agency as a leader in reducing carbon emissions.The Southeast Diesel Collaborative, a public-private partnership formed...
View ArticleGPA, Corps on fast track to deepening
The federal spending bill approved by Congress this week and signed into law by the president Friday contains language that could make work to deepen the Savannah harbor a reality in the near...
View ArticleUPS: Last-minute online shopping hurt 4Q profit
DALLAS — UPS may be forced to change the way it plans for the holiday season after December shipping problems took a bite out of fourth-quarter earnings.The company said Friday that it took...
View ArticleU.S. homebuilding dips, but year best since '07
WASHINGTON — U.S. home construction slowed in December but ended 2013 with the best showing since the housing bubble burst.The Commerce Department said Friday that builders broke ground last month at a...
View ArticleBusiness in Savannah in brief
Sam’s club to host cookout for food bankSam’s Club at 1975 E. Montgomery Crossroads will hosting a cookout Sunday to benefit Second Harvest of Coastal Georgia’s “Raise the Roof” campaign.The cookout...
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Deadline looms for Panama Canal expansion dispute
PANAMA CITY, Panama — On a hot September morning, a powerful explosion demolished a rocky slope on the banks of the Panama Canal, announcing to the world a massive expansion that the canal’s managers...
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Historic Preservation Foundation donates to Savannah Habitat
The Historic Savannah Foundation has donated $5,000 to Coastal Empire Habitat for Humanity to help supplement funding needed to complete Habitat’s first LEED certified home on West 42nd Street.The new...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Which downtown Savannah expansion areas are most likely to attract...
Tuesday’s City Talk looked at the new Embassy Suites on West Oglethorpe Avenue and the relatively quick pace of development in the general neighborhood.The blocks around the Embassy Suites are clearly...
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Report: Georgia's infrastructure still lacking
Georgia is one of the top states in the country for logistics, but you’d never know it based on its infrastructure, according to the state’s civil engineers, whose recently released report gives...
View ArticleMILITARY UPDATE: COLA fix creates have, have-not military retirees
Congress has rushed to protect medically retired and survivor benefit recipients from the cap on annual cost-of-living adjustments it approved only a few weeks ago for all “working age” military...
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A prime strip: Along Pooler Parkway, speculation and development abounds
Driving down Pooler Parkway, from the I-95 interchange near Sam’s Club down to the I-16 exit around Savannah Quarters, one gets a vague idea of what Bugsy Siegel saw flying over the Nevada desert on...
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Newmakers
CYNTHIA WRIGHTNew job title: InternCompany: Carriage Trade Public Relations, Inc.Duties: Wright’s responsibilities will include media relations, writing press releases and awards, photography,...
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Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) coursesDate: Jan. 20-24 Time: 7:30 a.m.Location: Georgia Tech Professional Education’s Savannah campus, 210 Technology CircleThose interested in...
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