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CAITLYN COURTWAYNew job title: Customer service representative Company: Stevens Hale & AssociatesDuties: Courtway’s responsibilities include assisting producers in finding the best coverage and...
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Thirteen HunterMaclean attorneys honored
Thirteen attorneys at HunterMaclean, a business law firm with offices in Savannah and Brunswick, were recently honored as 2015 Georgia Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.The Georgia Super Lawyer honor is...
View ArticleJustices try to untangle Ga. 'party house' case
ATLANTA — Georgia’s top-court judges heard arguments Monday on whether or not Glynn County can shut down a St. Simons Island beach house that has been the site of wild parties for years. Attorneys for...
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Bill Gates repeats at top of Forbes' list of billionaires
NEW YORK — The world’s richest person got even richer this year. And a basketball superstar-turned-owner made the list for the first time.Forbes said Monday that Bill Gates’ net worth rose to $79.2...
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Visit Tybee redesigns websiteVisit Tybee, the tourism promotion and marketing organization for Tybee Island, launched its redesigned website, VisitTybee.com, in February. The redesign includes an...
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Herty named to national research institute
Savannah’s Herty Advanced Materials Development Center, an applied research center of Georgia Southern University, has been named by the U.S. Department of Energy to be a founding member of the newly...
View ArticleDaimler disappoints again
Once again spurning the state of Georgia’s Pooler megasite, Daimler AG is set to announce a major expansion of its North Charleston van assembly plant that will bring at least 1,200 new jobs to the...
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ABLE: Positive change and a fighting chance
Just before Christmas of last year, President Barack Obama signed the Achieving a Better Life Experience Act, or ABLE, allowing people with disabilities to open tax-free accounts where they can save...
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Cooking classes will benefit Park Place OutreachPark Place Outreach Youth Emergency Shelter has teamed up with the Olde Pink House to offer monthly cooking classes. A Pink House expert chef will...
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High-stakes clash at high court over health law subsidies
WASHINGTON — Insurance coverage for millions of people is riding on the latest politically charged Supreme Court clash over President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.The case being argued today...
View ArticleVisa, MasterCard moving into mobile pay in Africa
NEW YORK — Americans may just be getting used to mobile pay, but consumers in many African countries have been paying with their phones for years. Now payment processors Visa and MasterCard want to get...
View ArticleFirst Chatham caps off turnaround year amid regional consolidation
First Chatham Bank ended 2014 with positive earnings, reflecting overall gains made by other Georgia-based financial institutions, according to year-end financial reports.In a letter to its...
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Institute receives grant from conservation program STATESBORO — The James H. Oliver Jr. Institute for Coastal Plain Science at Georgia Southern University has received a grant worth more than $300,000...
View ArticleJustices sharply divided over health care law subsidies
WASHINGTON — Sharply divided along familiar lines, the Supreme Court took up a politically charged new challenge to President Barack Obama’s health overhaul Wednesday in a dispute over the tax...
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5 stunners from the Geneva car show
GENEVA — Forget driverless cars, electric power or even green technology. There is no doubt what visitors are coming to see at the glamorous Geneva motor show: supercars.It is the high-end, impossibly...
View ArticleA hotel needed for Hutchinson?
Hutchinson Island will need another 300 hotel rooms if the Savannah International Trade and Convention Center is to grow its business, a consultant told the trade center authority Thursday, adding that...
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GPA tracking breakbulk in real time
Georgia Ports Authority has installed a new system that helps process breakbulk cargo more quickly and provides real-time freight tracking for the port and its customers.Breakbulk cargo is...
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SCORE offers sessions on business startups Beginning March 18, Savannah SCORE will present a series of business lectures titled “Simple Steps for Starting Your Own Business.” This will be the third...
View ArticleAllegiant adds more flights in Savannah
The first plane hasn’t rolled up to the gate yet and Allegiant Air is already responding to demand for the Ohio-to-Savannah/Hilton Head flights the low-fare airline announced last week.Flights from...
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Savannah tourism boosters win marketing awardsVisit Savannah, the Savannah Sports Council and Visit Tybee together won four awards in the Georgia Association of Convention and Visitors Bureaus’ Best...
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