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Georgia Tech Professional Education Offers coursesGeorgia Tech Professional Education will provide an Occupational Safety and Health Standards for the Construction Industry (OTI 510) course at the...
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Gas prices jump in metro SavannahAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 12.6 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.38 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas...
View ArticleNew Save-A-Lot open on Bull Street
Save-A-Lot is now open at the corner of Bull and 40th streets in the space formerly occupied by David’s Supermarket.The building had been sitting empty for a number of years, so it’s good to see...
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A surprisingly good vintage as market logs gains
NEW YORK — If you’d told investors what was going to happen in 2012 — U.S. economic growth at stall speed, an intensifying European debt crisis, a slowdown in China, fiscal deadlock in Washington,...
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Allgood Pest Solutions buys firmsDUBLIN — Allgood Pest Solutions has announced it has bought three pest control firms — Pied Piper of Charleston, S.C.; South Georgia Termite & Pest Control of...
View ArticleI'm a believer
This column is my second to last. As announced in this paper on Dec. 20, I was recently recruited and offered a position in Cincinnati. Although the decision was difficult to make, I accepted the...
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Ordinary folks losing faith in stocks
NEW YORK — Andrew Neitlich is the last person you’d expect to be rattled by the stock market.He once worked as a financial analyst picking stocks for a mutual fund. He has huddled with dozens of CEOs...
View ArticleSavannah's Mulberry Inn sold
Savannah’s Mulberry Inn has been sold, said managing partner and former co-owner Mark Smith on Tuesday. The 145-room property at 601 E. Bay St. was purchased Monday by San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotel...
View ArticleRiver Street power plant sold to local hotelier
Georgia Power has sold the Plant Riverside site on River Street’s west end to hotel developer Richard Kessler.The Savannah native’s plans for the 3.79-acre site remain unknown, although a boutique...
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Avis buying Zipcar in deal worth nearly $500M
NEW YORK — Avis is leaping into the car-sharing service business by buying Zipcar for $491.2 million, aiming to capture a new type of customer and technology that will vastly expand its car rental...
View ArticleU.S. construction spending dips 0.3 percent
WASHINGTON — Spending on U.S. construction projects fell in November from October because a steep drop in volatile federal projects offset another gain in home building.Construction spending dipped 0.3...
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'Cliff' deal sends stocks up, but problems lurk
NEW YORK — The “fiscal cliff” compromise, even with all its chaos, controversy and unresolved questions, was enough to send the stock market shooting higher Wednesday, the first trading day of the new...
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Preservation group commits to 2014 conference Savannah will host one of the country’s premier preservation organizations once again when the National Trust for Historic Preservation comes to Savannah...
View ArticleU.S. manufacturing expanded slightly last month
WASHINGTON — U.S. manufacturing grew slightly last month and factory hiring increased. The modest gain suggests the economy entered the new year with some momentum.The Institute for Supply Management...
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Portside: Port begins New Year with lots on its plate
The Port of Savannah — and other major ports along the East and Gulf coasts — started the New Year with a collective sigh of relief that ship traffic was still moving and containers continued to be...
View ArticleNew agency tapped to handle S.C.'s tourism promotion
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Bluffton advertising agency was tapped by the state Thursday to promote South Carolina’s $15 billion tourism industry with a contract worth an estimated $57 million.The contract...
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Step Up Savannah adds new board membersEleven new members will join the Step Up Savannah, Inc. board of directors in January. The new members’ terms began Tuesday and they will serve for three years....
View ArticleU.S. auto sales end 2012 on strong note
DETROIT — Strong U.S. sales in December capped a remarkable year for the auto industry — especially Japanese brands — and 2013 should be even better.Sales of new cars and trucks are expected to total...
View ArticleU.S. job market resilient despite budget fight
WASHINGTON — The U.S. job market showed resilience in three reports Thursday, suggesting it may able to withstand a federal budget battle that threatens more economic uncertainty in coming months.A...
View ArticleLooking at benefits of greater residential density
At the end of my City Talk column on Sunday, I noted that some key concerns about the quality of life for residents of the downtown area would be ameliorated if more folks were simply living...
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