Georgia Power to retire Plant Kraft
Georgia Power plans to close Plant Kraft in Port Wentworth in 2016 as part of a statewide strategy to decommission cost-prohibitive coal and oil-fired power generation stations, the utility announced...
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Local gas prices edge upwardAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have risen 1.7 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.39 on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in...
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Small business owners get advice on Affordable Care Act
Small business owners preparing to abide by the Affordable Care Act were advised Tuesday to use the same approach as they would in eating an elephant.View photos and see who was spotted at the...
View ArticleMPC delays action on roadside electronic signage
Savannah business owners with message boards as part of their roadside signage will have to wait a few more weeks before throwing away their long poles and plastic letters.The Chatham County-Savannah...
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Smart TVs get smarter, by just a little bit
LAS VEGAS — In the not-so-distant future, couch potatoes will be waving, pointing, swiping and tapping to make their TVs react, kind of like what Tom Cruise did in the 2002 movie “Minority Report.”...
View ArticleWorld Trade Center Savannah looks to 2013
The World Trade Center Savannah board, meeting Tuesday at the World Trade Center building on Hutchinson Island, discussed its 2013 business plan, brought on several new partners and announced its board...
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This week in BiS:• Vicki Sepielli at Kiwi Fleur says wedding work is her passion and she takes pride in the fact it’s somebody’s wedding day and a special time. She’s honored to be included and tries...
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Gulfstream still growing in Savannah
The highlight of the first Savannah Economic Development Authority meeting of the year was nothing short of what SEDA interim president Trip Tollison referred to as “one hell of a story” for...
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Historic board applauds changes to proposed East River Street hotel/retail...
The proposed East River Street hotel/retail complex on Savannah’s waterfront will be less visually imposing and include more waterfront greenspace than originally presented, according to updated...
View ArticleTybee traffic message board planned for U.S. 80
Tybee Road will be a less maddening stretch of asphalt to the beach bound this summer.Plans call for the installation of an electronic message board near the intersection of Bryan Woods Road and U.S....
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Dean of UGA’s Terry College of Business to go to Va. TechBLACKSBURG, Va. — Robert T. Sumichrast, dean of the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia, has been named dean of the Pamplin...
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Gordon to take on inventory tax
Calling the state’s inventory tax “blatant double taxation and a deterrent to small business,” state Rep. Craig Gordon pledged to introduce legislation that would exempt the downtown retail corridor...
View ArticleRuss Wigh's new year's wish list
I wish to see the federal government concentrate discretionary spending in three vital areas besides defense: education, infrastructure and research and development.They are all job creators. On the...
View ArticlePedestrian corridor to join Westin, Trade Center
A weather-protected pedestrian corridor between Hutchinson Island’s hotel and its trade center neighbor was approved Wednesday by the board of the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center.The...
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Goodwill to open facility in StatesboroSTATESBORO — Goodwill of the Coastal Empire, Inc. will hold a grand opening for its new community Job Connection career center and a retail location in Statesboro...
View ArticleNew federal rules aim to curb risky mortgages
WASHINGTON — Federal regulators for the first time are laying out rules aimed at ensuring that mortgage borrowers can afford to repay the loans they take out.The rules unveiled Thursday by the Consumer...
View ArticleGeneral Motors to open tech center in Roswell
ATLANTA — General Motors says a new information technology center in suburban Atlanta — the third of four planned by the nation’s largest automaker — is expected to open by March and create 1,000...
View ArticleStrong 2012 finish for home sales
The local home sales market continued to breathe fire as the year of the dragon neared a close.Sales finalized on 372 single-family homes, townhouses and condominiums in December in the Savannah area....
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Blueberries now coming through Savannah port
Perhaps taking a cue from Georgia’s sweet onion industry, which has extended its season by growing in South America, a U.S.-based produce company has begun moving fresh blueberries from Chile through...
View ArticleMRI group in Savannah accused of insurance fraud settles with U.S.
Two companies operating Open MRI locations in Savannah, Brunswick and Douglas have settled with the U.S. government after being accused of submitting false claims of more than $1.2 million for...
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