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Pooler Lunch and LearnLearn more about Constant Contact than you have learned before, and get a free website match at this in-depth workshop and networking event.Date: May 21Time: 10 a.m. to 1...
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Savannah Food & Wine Festival to debut in November
Savannah’s standing as an emerging foodie outpost is, to borrow from chef Emeril Lagasse, about to be taken up a notch.The Tourism Leadership Council on Monday announced plans to expand its annual...
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GPA: Four more big cranes on way
Four new ship-to-shore cranes are slated to arrive at Garden City Terminal next month, Georgia Ports executive director Curtis Foltz said Monday.“The cranes have already departed China and should be...
View ArticleYahoo buys Tumblr for $1.1B
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.The deal announced Monday...
View ArticleDawers: Another month of softer unemployment numbers for Savannah
After some really good employment numbers around the first of the year, we’ve been seeing some softer data lately.The Savannah metro area (Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties) had 159,200 jobs in...
View ArticleSmall company stocks take the limelight
NEW YORK — Small-company stocks were a bright spot in a slow and choppy start to the week for Wall Street.The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, climbed above 1,000 points for the first...
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Local gas prices edge downwardAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 1.4 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.34 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas...
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Savannah Law School begins restoration of historic Candler building facade
The original Warren Candler Hospital’s facade is fully exposed for the first time in 45 years, and it’s far from pretty with its decrepit-looking front porch and scarred brick and stucco.The...
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Savannah Black Chamber to hold open house
Keisha Branch is a recent graduate of Savannah State University and a new business owner — having opened Fine Designs Boutique across from the university on Skidaway Road.One of the first things the...
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Creative Coast board member: Let's take back hacking
Hackers have a bad reputation.It’s because everyone uses the word “hacking” incorrectly; It’s used for everything from posting rude things to someone else’s Facebook or Twitter stream when their...
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Rayonier Foundation awards annual grantsJESUP — The Rayonier Foundation recently presented $141,056 in United Way matching grants to two public schools and 31 area agencies and nonprofit organizations....
View ArticlePaula Deen museum backed in Albany; she forms 'bag lady foundation' to help...
Paying homage to her own days as a poor mother struggling to feed her family, Paula Deen announced Wednesday the launch of a foundation aimed at inspiring and supporting women and families in need.The...
View ArticleForecast: Savannah job base to grow 2.3%
ATLANTA — The metro Savannah economy will grow better than the state this year, according to Georgia State University’s quarterly economic forecast released Wednesday.“Going forward, we expect job...
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Marker honors SS James Oglethorpe
Long before container ships put Savannah on the maritime map, another kind of ship had a huge impact here — not only for the area’s economy but for a country at war.On Nov. 20, 1942, the SS James...
View ArticleMedian CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012
CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.The head of a typical large public company made $9.7 million in 2012, a 6.5 percent increase from a year earlier that was aided by a...
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Citi Trends’ first-quarter earnings down Clothing and accessories company Citi Trends said Wednesday its first-quarter net income dropped 39 percent as cooler weather dampened sales in the beginning of...
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Jobless rate down in metro SavannahMetro Savannah’s unemployment rate declined to 7.1 percent in April, down three-tenths of a percentage point from 7.4 percent in March, the Georgia Department of...
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Property management group to spur new life in old Savannah
Atlanta-based Jamestown Properties broke ground Thursday morning on a $25 million renovation of the 124,000 square-foot property that once served as the home of the old Savannah Ice Factory on the...
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Subaru latest customer for Port of Brunswick
Yet another automaker has chosen Georgia as its gateway into the southeastern U.S.Subaru will soon start importing five of its models through the Port of Brunswick. “It’s significant that Brunswick is...
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Propeller Club honors those lost at sea
The springtime hustle and bustle of River Street was framed late Thursday afternoon by soaring arcs of water from the fire hoses of two tugs and punctuated by the solemn tolling of a bell as the...
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