Business in Savannah in brief
THA Group Island Hospice seeks volunteersIsland Hospice, a nonprofit THA Group company, is looking for volunteers in Savannah and Beaufort, S.C.Opportunities are available through a variety of direct...
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SUSAN DAILEYNew job title: Sales teamCompany: Coldwell Banker Platinum PartnersDuties: In addition to listing and selling real estate, Dailey will assist with development of a new website.Related...
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NAWIC Chapter MeetingDate: Oct. 27Time: 5:30 p.m.Location: The Exchange Tavern on Waters Ave.Subject: “How I Learned to Stop Time”Speaker: Eva Bowman, founder of BOLD Growth, Inc.Cost: $20 members; $30...
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Out-of-patience investors sell off Amazon
NEW YORK — Amazon has long acted like an ideal customer on its own website: a freewheeling big spender with no worries about balancing a checkbook. Investors confident in founder and CEO Jeff Bezos’...
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What you need to know about massive air bag recall
DETROIT — U.S. investigators, automakers and a parts supply company are trying to figure out why some automobile air bags inflate with too much force, blowing apart metal canisters and sending shards...
View ArticleU.S. new-home sales close to flat in September
U.S. new-home sales close to flat in September WASHINGTON — U.S. sales of new homes were nearly flat in September, after the government sharply revised downward what was initially an August surge in...
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Market jolt is reality check for investors
NEW YORK — Sometimes a little fear is healthy for stock investors.Nine days ago, after a series of sharp sell-offs, the Standard & Poor’s 500 index was down 7.4 percent from its September record as...
View ArticleMetro Savannah gas prices continue to fall
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 5.7 cents per gallon in the past week to $2.90 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The...
View ArticleCITY TALK: Local job market outperforming most of Georgia
Georgia has had the worst unemployment rate in the nation for the last two months.The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in September was 7.9 percent, down slightly from 8.1 percent in...
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SCAD Film Festival panel gives insights into distribution and finance
For all its glitz, moviemaking is still a business. A small panel held Monday as part of the Savannah Film Festival tackled perhaps one of the trickiest issues in showbiz: how to recoup production...
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The SUV goes from All-American to global star
DETROIT — Once a hulking symbol of American excess, sport utility vehicles are quickly becoming the world’s favorite way to get around.It’s a surprising rebirth for a vehicle that was the subject of...
View ArticleFed will likely signal no rate hike anytime soon
WASHINGTON — The global economy has slumped. Turmoil has gripped financial markets. And the U.S. job market, despite steady gains, still isn’t fully healthy.Yet when the Federal Reserve meets this...
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The Salt Table hires Advertising Specialty Services The Salt Table, a flavor design and retail firm specializing in salts and seasoning blends, has selected Advertising Specialty Services to handle...
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Painting the town burgundy - with green
It’s been said that success breeds success.Such appears to be the case with the Savannah Food & Wine Festival, which drew more than 5,000 people and generated an estimated $1.8 million in spending...
View ArticleSandfly rezoning request ruffles neighbors' feathers
Sandfly resident Norman Luten Jr. moved back to Savannah around 17 years ago, taking up residence on land that’s been in his family for more than a century — some of it now being eyed for commercial...
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Software as a service: Transforming logistics and everything else
In our increasingly interconnected world, technology is constantly providing new tools and new opportunities, creating business models that were almost unthinkable only a few years earlier.Many of...
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Facebook's advertising revenue soars in 3Q
NEW YORK — Facebook grew its advertising revenue by 64 percent in the third quarter, helped by a boost in mobile ads that are becoming an increasingly large chunk of the social networking giant’s...
View ArticleSEDA names film industry expert to market Savannah to movie makers
The Savannah Economic Development Authority announced today it has retained veteran moviemaker Ralph Singleton to market and sell the Savannah region as a location for film, television and other...
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Savannah startup sets sights on DIY filmmaking market
Ian Nott is standing in the middle of Forsyth Park holding a small handheld 3D printed prototype mounted with a GoPro camera when a man runs by on his way to an ultimate Frisbee pick-up game.“Oh,...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Adult counseling practice opens in Savannah
South State Corp. reports 3Q earningsSouth State Corp. (NASDAQ: SSB) released its unaudited results of operations and other financial information for the three months ending Sept. 30.Highlights include...
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