Attorneys can help veterans understand potential pension benefits
We celebrate our veterans with parades and discounts to certain stores and restaurants, but many veterans are unaware of the additional ways their country would like to honor their service.Many...
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Mannington Mills to create 200 jobs in Morgan CountyMannington Mills, a manufacturer of luxury vinyl tile, will invest $50 million to expand its operation in Morgan County and create an additional 200...
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Management expert Ken Blanchard talks 'servant leadership' at Armstrong State...
With more than 50 books to his name and dozens of years speaking on management and leadership, Ken Blanchard said the biggest change that’s taken place in the business world is the dissolution of...
View ArticleStrengthening U.S. growth reflects help from Fed
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy powered its way to a solid annual growth rate of 3.5 percent from July through September, outpacing most of the developed world and appearing on track to extend its...
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PORTSIDE: Retired Savannah-Chatham police detective finds joy in making models
In a totally random bit of serendipity, retired Savannah-Chatham police detective Billy Ray was putting the final touches on his model of a Spanish galleon just as the El Galeón Andalucía — the only...
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Wal-Mart tests price matching with rivals
NEW YORK — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is considering matching online prices from competitors such as Amazon.com, raising the stakes for the holiday shopping season.The world’s largest retailer, based in...
View ArticleCourse to teach mobile app creation
Georgia Tech-Savannah kicks off a new series of professional development offerings next month with a four-day course that promises to give techies the know-how to create a mobile app and sell it in app...
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U.S. consumer sentiment index reaches 7-year high
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumers expect better economic growth and rising incomes in the coming months, pushing a measure of confidence to a seven-year high in October.The University of Michigan said Friday...
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Wall Street caps a wild month with a rally
NEW YORK — For stock investors, there was no shortage of drama in October.Stocks started the month modestly below a record high, only to cascade to their worst slump in two years. But after flirting...
View ArticleRemembering a fallen member of Savannah's tourism industry
Sometimes bad things happen.This week, the tourism family said goodbye to one of its own. Armando Castillo passed away Monday following a stroke. He was a young, active 51-year-old who loved people and...
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New supply center opens in PoolerAlside, an Ohio-based manufacturer and wholesale distributor of exterior residential building products, has opened Alside Supply Center at 176 Pine Barren Road in...
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Anne Hagerty Interiors opens on Sav annah's East Broughton Street
Anne Hagerty was born and raised in Boston, but the Savannah College of Art and Design lured her to the South to finish her master’s degree. Before she was done, she had fallen in love with the city...
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TIME and Ally FINANCIAL honor Savannah auto dealerNEW YORK — Walter Lewis, president of J.C. Lewis Ford LLC in Savannah, has been nominated for the 2015 TIME Dealer of the Year award. Lewis is one of...
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Echoes of Manhattan in proposed Broughton Street building
Local architect Christian Sottile speaks personally about his designs, often attributing human traits and forms to them because, as he puts it, buildings should reflect their owners.For his latest...
View ArticleTreylor Park brings inventive menu, reasonable prices to Savannah's Bay Street
Treylor Park, the new restaurant and bar at 115 East Bay St., has only been open a couple of weeks, but I’ve managed to make two trips already.The comfortable main room is right off Bay Street, but on...
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Newsmakers
LEIGH ANN MATHEWSNew job title: Processing managerCompany: Lanier Realty Inc. Duties: Mathews handles the application, processing and collections at Lanier Realty. Related experience: She brings more...
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Foreign-Trade Zone Seminar Date: Nov. 6TIme: 1-5 p.m.Location: World Trade Center Savannah, 131 Hutchinson Island RoadSubject: During the seminar, participants will gain insight on the financial...
View ArticleReport says 60,000 veterans get triple benefits
WASHINGTON — Nearly 60,000 veterans were triple dippers last year, drawing a total of $3.5 billion in military retirement pay plus veterans and Social Security disability benefits at the same time,...
View ArticleGas prices dip again in metro Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 5.7 cents a gallon in the past week to $2.83 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The...
View ArticleBiS in brief: Georgia ranked No. 1 state in U.S. for business
Unisys to create up to 700 jobs in Richmond County Unisys, a $3.5 billion global provider of information technology and services, plans to locate a new service center in Augusta and create up to 700...
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