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Beverly Youmans named St. Joseph's/Candler McAuley Award winner
A cancer nurse at the St. Joseph’s/Candler Nancy N. and J.C. Lewis Cancer & Research Pavilion Thursday afternoon was named the 21st recipient of the system’s Catherine McAuley Award.Beverly...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Charleston benefits firm opens Savannah office
Charleston benefits firm opens Savannah officeMcLaughlin Smoak & Clarke, a Charleston-based employee benefits consulting firm, is partnering with property casualty insurance broker Palmer & Cay...
View ArticleSavannah area unemployment drops to 6.6 percent
Metro Savannah’s unemployment rate dropped three-tenths of a percentage point in February to 6.6 percent, the state labor department announced Thursday.Savannah’s non-seasonally adjusted rate was down...
View ArticleKingston: 'There's got to be somebody not for SHEP'
If you were a fly on the wall at Wednesday’s Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill, you would know why there was no money in the president’s 2015 budget for construction...
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Officials break ground at RiverPort Business Park
HARDEEVILLE, S.C. — Hardeeville Mayor Bronco Bostick says RiverPort Business Park will soon “have buildings popping up everywhere.”Developer Stratford Land took an important step toward that end...
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Columbus sailing ships arrive, open for tours
The Niña and the Pinta, replicas of two of the three ships Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World, arrived Thursday on Savannah’s riverfront and open for tours today through April 6.The ships,...
View ArticleSavannah Tech salutes 'community stars'
The Savannah Technical College Foundation Community Council recognized 20 of Savannah’s business and civic leaders during its 2014 Tribute to Community STARS held today in the Eckburg Auditorium on the...
View ArticleU.S. consumer spending up modest 0.3 percent
WASHINGTON — Americans barely increased their spending in February following a weak January performance, strong evidence that the severe winter will hold back the economy in the first quarter.Consumer...
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Homeowners opting for short-term mortgage loans
With mortgage rates still near record lows, it’s no surprise that 2013 proved to be a strong year for refinance mortgage loan originations, with more and more homeowners opting for a short term...
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Man/woman of the year candidates announcedThe Savannah Office of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) Georgia Chapter has announced its 2014 Man & Woman of the Year candidates who compete to...
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Savannah's Golden Broom award goes to SCAD
The Savannah Downtown Redevelopment Authority awarded its Golden Broom award for the first quarter of 2014 to the Savannah College of Art and Design during a ceremony Thursday at 3116 Montgomery St.The...
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Professional development seminarDate: April 1Time: 6-7:30 p.m. Location: Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St.Sponsor: Georgia Southern University’s Division of Continuing EducationSpeaker: Wade Herring...
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Newsmakers
LAUREN MEADOWSNew job title: Associate in the Litigation DepartmentCompany: Oliver Maner, LLP.Duties: Meadows concentrates in the areas of local government law, government liability litigation,...
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Local banker teaches kids the virtues of saving money
There are several instances in the Bible in which the accruement of debt is, if not strictly prohibited, highly discouraged, particularly that bit in the book of Proverbs about the borrower being the...
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Regions Financial Corp. OK to issue dividendsBIRMINGHAM, Ala. — In the wake of its stress test for the nation’s banks, the Federal Reserve has notified Regions Financial Corporation (NYSE:RF) it does...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Savannah's Truman extension impacting commuters, businesses
The full length of the Truman Parkway has been open for about two weeks now, and a few things are obvious.For starters, the quicker trip through town has transformed the commuting experience for a...
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Savannah furnishings company La Bastille opens NYC showroom
A Savannah-based luxury furnishings and countertop manufacturer, La Bastille, has opened its first showroom in New York City.The new showroom is located in the New York Design Center in Manhattan and...
View ArticleEconomist: 'We're back'
After slogging along with marginal growth for more quarters than anyone wants to count, the Savannah-area economy took off in the fourth quarter of 2013, according to economist Michael Toma, author of...
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$1 trillion student loan debt widens U.S. wealth gap
Every month that Gregory Zbylut pays $1,300 toward his law school loans is another month of not qualifying for a decent mortgage.Every payment toward their student loans is $900 Dr. Nida Degesys and...
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Cuban lawmakers OK key foreign investment law
HAVANA — Cuban lawmakers on Saturday approved a law aimed at making Cuba more attractive to foreign investors, a measure seen as vital for the island’s struggling economy.Meeting in an extraordinary...
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