Business in Savannah in brief
Bryan County agency refinances debtBryan County taxpayers will save upward of $500,000 under a financial plan recently approved by the Bryan County Board of Commissioners, County Finance Director John...
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Taste of Pooler coming ThursdayRestaurants in Pooler and the surrounding area will show what they have to offer at Taste of Pooler and the Westside Thursday, April 10, from 5 to 7:30 p.m. at Embassy...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Savannah vs. other Southern 'towns'
For the last couple weeks, Savannah has been locked in head-to-head battles with other southern “towns” in an online contest at Garden & Gun magazine.On the afternoon of April 1, it looked as if...
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Mitsubishi moving full steam ahead
It’s only three months old, but 2014 is shaping up to be a banner year, both for Mitsubishi’s Savannah Machinery Works and its parent company half a world away.After delivering its first 300-ton...
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Newsmakers
YVETTE UPTONNew job title: Associate vice president and dean of students Company: Armstrong Atlantic State UniversityDuties: Upton will be responsible for providing initiatives and support services to...
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SDBA luncheonDate: April 9Time: 11:30 networking, noon lunchLocation: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 East Broad St.Sponsor: Savannah Downtown Business AssociationSpeaker: Senator Lester JacksonCost: $25...
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Review: Fire TV device great, but not fully ready
NEW YORK — Amazon’s new Fire TV streaming device shows a lot of potential in bringing together the best features from competing devices and adding voice search on top of that.But for now, it’s largely...
View ArticleGas prices jump in metro Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah rose 6.9 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.50 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national...
View ArticleAir travel: Late flights up, complaints down
DALLAS — A big drop in customer complaints helped U.S. airlines post their best ratings ever even though more flights were late and more bags were mishandled, according to a report released Monday by...
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Local gasoline prices riseAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah rose 6.9 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.50 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in...
View ArticleBoundless opportunities for new Savannah arts center
Chatham County voters approved funding for Savannah’s new cultural arts center in a special purpose local option sales tax referendum way back in 2006.The project has faced a variety of hurdles since...
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Car rental companies ramp up exotic offerings
LAS VEGAS — There’s a chance now for the middle class to feel like movie stars. Or for a movie star to feel like a movie star away from home.In the past few years, some of the biggest car rental...
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End of Windows XP support spells trouble for some
NEW YORK — Microsoft will end support for the persistently popular Windows XP on Tuesday, and the move could put everything from the operations of heavy industry to the identities of everyday people in...
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Nordic announces expansion
Nordic Cold Storage, which opened the first phase of its state-of-the-art storage and blast facility in Pooler last year, announced Tuesday the beginning of Phase Two, which will double capacity and...
View ArticleMedient to produce espionage thriller
Effingham County-based Medient Studios, Inc. announced today that it will produce an espionage thriller titled “Kickback” later this year.A Medient news release said the film is based on an...
View ArticleAmerican the latest airline to tweak flier program
DALLAS — Airline travelers are adjusting to constant turbulence in frequent-flier programs.American Airlines is the latest to tinker with its program. The Dallas-based carrier on Tuesday announced...
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U.S. bacon prices rise after virus kills baby pigs
MILWAUKEE — A virus never before seen in the U.S. has killed millions of baby pigs in less than a year, and with little known about how it spreads or how to stop it, it’s threatening pork production...
View ArticleTEDx and TED Active: Full steam ahead
While most people in Savannah were celebrating with green beer on St. Patrick’s Day, I found myself in a landscape of snow and mountains with 700 other people from 65 countries. I was attending the...
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Goodwill announces May job fairsGoodwill of the Coastal Empire will provide ten job fairs open to the public May 6-9 throughout the region. Employers will share information about their organizations...
View ArticleState to update rail plan
ATLANTA — The last time the Department of Transportation produced the State Rail Plan in 2009, it acknowledged there were more local efforts going on than it could include.Now the department is...
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