Georgia Ports report 6 percent container growth
The Georgia Ports Authority has moved more than two million twenty-foot equivalent container units (TEUs) so far this fiscal year (July-February), for an increase of 6.2 percent or an additional...
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Paula Deen a hometown hit in Albany
ALBANY — The line snaked through Turner’s Fine Furniture Store on U.S. 82 north of Albany early Saturday afternoon. The people clutched cookbooks, photographs and magazines, and they were there for one...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Savannah gas prices slip slightly
Savannah gas prices slip slightlyAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 0.4 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.36 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas...
View ArticleBuilding permits rebound in Savannah area
The number of building permits in the Savannah area has been creeping up and is approaching more sustainable, pre-housing bubble levels, according to new data compiled by Armstrong Atlantic State...
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Savannah Stopover, music festival take over the city
In the article “SXSW’s Little Sister: Savannah Stopover Music Festival” published last week by the online culture magazine “PopMatters,” critic Raymond E. Lee waxed poetic about our upstart indie music...
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Port fire price tag close to $20 million
The Georgia Ports Authority board, meeting Monday on Jekyll Island, voted to authorize ports executive director Curtis Foltz to issue purchase orders and contracts totaling up to $20 million for the...
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Gulfstream delivers 300th G450 business jet
Savannah-based Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently delivered its 300th Gulfstream G450. The milestone comes nine years after the aircraft entered service in May 2005.“The delivery of the 300th G450 is...
View ArticleMedient to film horror movie in Savannah
Medient Studios (OTCQB:MDNT), which has plans to build a production complex in Effingham County, announced today the first movie to be filmed for its 2014 schedule will be “The Damned,” a possession...
View ArticleAmeris announces redemption of remaining TARP stock
MOULTRIE — Ameris Bancorp (NASDAQ-GS: ABCB), today announced it has redeemed the last of its preferred stock – totaling $28 million – issued originally under the U.S. Treasury’s Troubled Asset Relief...
View ArticleBea Wray: Let's make more and play less
Have you ever tried one of the “addict-o games” like Flappy Bird, Angry Birds, Candy Crush, etc.? Come on, you can admit it. Most of us have spent hours playing these fun, but mindless, games.Mobile...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Rotary Club awards Century of Service grants
Rotary Club awards Century of Service grantsThe Rotary Club of Savannah has announced that ten recipients have been selected for the Century Service Award, given in honor of the club’s 100th...
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Girl Scouts CEO addresses challenges and goals at Savannah luncheon
For today’s Girl Scouts to remain relevant and meet today’s challenges, they must remember their history as an avant-garde movement born before women had the right to vote, says Anna Maria Chávez, CEO...
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Trade Center board OKs new management contract
The Georgia World Congress Center Authority will take over management of the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center on April 1.In a unanimous decision, the trade center board on Tuesday...
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Rich Electronics announces a KickStarter projectJason Rich, founder of Rich Electronics, has introduced a KickStarter project called “XplorerBoard,” a modern day electronics kit that features Arduino,...
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Developer gives Broughton Street pitch to Downtown Neighborhood Association
Developer Ben Carter spoke to the Downtown Neighborhood Association Tuesday evening, as the Atlanta-born businessman seeks to make his face and name more familiar to Savannah’s downtown...
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Colonial Group unveils new subsidiary
Savannah’s Colonial Group Inc. has announced the launch of its new, wholly owned subsidiary, MaschioPack North America LLC, which will manufacture and sell what it calls Composite Intermediate Bulk...
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Small businesses should be aware of potential fraud
Many people think small-to-medium sized, private businesses are less susceptible to fraud than large corporations. That might seem like a logical conclusion because these operations are usually run by...
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Disasters led to $45B in insurance losses in 2013
GENEVA — Disasters such as floods in Europe, winter storms in the U.S. and typhoons in Asia cost insurance companies $45 billion in 2013, a leading Swiss firm said Wednesday.The sum represents only...
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Young workers change jobs frequently, study shows
WASHINGTON — Young adults born in the early 1980s held an average of just over six jobs each from ages 18 through 26, a Labor Department survey showed Wednesday.Since 1997, the department’s Bureau of...
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United Way of Coastal Empire celebrates superpowers at 76th annual awards...
United Way of the Coastal Empire celebrated its philanthropic superpowers Wednesday at the 76th annual awards banquet at the Desoto Hilton.The organization’s board chair Jeff Kole told the crowd of 350...
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