Home Depot hiring more than 80,000 workers for spring
NEW YORK — Home Depot Inc., the nation’s largest home-improvement retailer, says it has started to hire more than 80,000 seasonal workers for the spring selling season, the company’s busiest...
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Whole Foods beats 1Q profit forecasts, stock rises
AUSTIN, Texas — Whole Foods Market Inc. reported a nearly 6 percent increase in fiscal first-quarter profits, beating Wall Street estimates and showing growth in a key sales measure.The company’s...
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Testimony from truckers, stage hands spurs senators to support study
ATLANTA — A truck driver’s tearful plea and other personal stories from Savannah truckers and Atlanta stagehands prompted a Senate committee to vote unanimously Wednesday to study whether some...
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Trade Center study expected next month
The Savannah International Trade and Convention Center has received a draft copy of the $100,000 feasibility study it commissioned to examine the best way to add more convention hotel rooms on...
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Retailers fret as products languish on ships, docks at West Coast ports
LOS ANGELES — It’s early for many Americans still sloshing through winter to plan their gardens, home improvements and spring sports leagues, but stores gearing up for warmer weather are fretting that...
View ArticleSavannah area firms among finalists for flavor of Georgia contest
ATHENS — Judges have selected 30 products — including seven from metro Savannah — to compete in the final round of the University of Georgia’s 2015 Flavor of Georgia Food Product Contest on March 9-10...
View ArticleGeorgia power adding up costs of nuclear reactors' delay
ATLANTA — Georgia Power Co. said Thursday it is tallying up the costs of newly announced delays in the construction of two nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle and will submit the estimate to regulators at...
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JCB is importing -- as well as exporting -- machinery
If you recently noticed a sea of bright yellow and green construction equipment crowding the dock at Ocean Terminal, you probably thought it was just one of many regular shipments that British heavy...
View ArticleShips expected to call on Georgia Ports Authority's Garden City and Ocean...
The following are the ships expected to call on Georgia Ports Authority’s Garden City and Ocean terminals this week. Schedules are supplied by GPA and are subject to change.TERMINAL VESSEL ETAGCT...
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Savannah Food & Wine Festival donates more than $50,000 to nonprofits
The Savannah Food & Wine Festival, which took place from Nov. 10-16, reports that it raised more than $50,000 in donations for its 2014 partner organizations. Festival organizers recently presented...
View ArticleMonitors: Southern Co. might spend $8B on nuclear plant
ATLANTA — Southern Co. might spend more than $8 billion to finish building a nuclear power plant in Georgia, or roughly 30 percent more than it originally budgeted, according to a recent analysis...
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Carver State Bank joinces forces with HabitatCoastal Habitat for Humanity has announced that Carver State Bank will begin servicing Habitat’s partner families and their loans in early 2015.“This...
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Understanding the dangers of distracted driving
Distracted driving stands apart as one of the biggest threats on the road today. Every year, more than 3,000 Americans are killed and more than 420,000 people are injured in crashes caused by...
View ArticleSea turtles may suffer if S.C. grants erosion-control permit
Threatened and endangered sea turtles may take the brunt of new erosion-control structures that property owners hope to build on Daufuskie Island’s shoreline.But South Carolina’s natural resources...
View ArticleState closes Capital City bank; Savannah branch should notice little difference
ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance announced Friday evening that it has taken possession of what was once one of the biggest minority-owned banks in the country, Capitol City Bank...
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Oliver Maner attorneys named to Georgia's Best Lawyers list
Oliver Maner, LLP has announced that 15 of its partners have been named to the 2015 edition of Georgia’s Best Lawyers, part of Best Lawyers magazine.Lawyers on the list are divided by geographic region...
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Growing back to basics
The iconic Savannah engineering, consulting, design and development firm of Hussey, Gay, Bell & DeYoung is changing its name to simplify and to reflect where it is and where it’s going.Last week,...
View ArticleNow someone can manage your Facebook account after you die
NEW YORK — Facebook is making it easier to plan for your online afterlife.The world’s biggest online social network said Thursday that it will now let users pick someone who can manage their account...
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Chipotle to interview potential employeesChipotle Mexican Grill will host an open interview day in each of its Georgia restaurants from 8 and 10 a.m. and 3 to 5 p.m, Tuesday at its outlet at 1801 E....
View ArticleA Savannah St. Patrick's Day tradition: Last-minute decisions
In 2014, Georgia lawmakers passed a bill allowing bars in Savannah to be open on the Sunday before St. Patrick’s Day.The law won’t apply this year, however, because of the narrow way it was written....
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