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Savannah clothing company to make 'fine art' of T-shirts
It starts with a cool T-shirt.A boxing panda bear. A city-ravishing squid. And a woman half mummified by the message “loose lips sink ships.”But it grows with a charge to spark community awareness and...
View ArticleAmerican economy adds modest 162,000 jobs in July
WASHINGTON — The U.S. economy is steadily adding jobs — just not at a consistently strong pace.July’s modest gain of 162,000 jobs was the smallest since March. And most of the job growth came in...
View ArticleThings nonprofits should consider in deciding whether to audit
Smaller nonprofits often wonder when it’s necessary for them to seek an independent audit. With the cost of these being typically at least $5,000, for a small organization it’s often cost...
View ArticleToyota profit up on cheap yen, forecasts raised
TOKYO — Toyota Motor Corp. said its profit for the first quarter of the fiscal year nearly doubled from a year ago, and set an ambitious, worldwide production goal that would break industry records if...
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Renovation begins on historical society propertyThe Georgia Historical Society announced Tuesday that anticipated renovations to the Jepson House Education Center have begun. The property, bought in...
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Museum operators wary of potential ordinance change
Once a week, on average, the Davenport House hosts a soiree.Some days, it’s a wedding. Others, a wedding reception for a ceremony held across the street in Columbia Square. Retirement parties, reunions...
View ArticleBluffton Gateway expected to open by 2016
A new regional shopping center will bring nearly a quarter-million square feet of retail space to Bluffton and sit atop a site exposed for years to toxic materials by a commercial printing shop.But the...
View ArticleA wonky look at Savannah's draft map of new aldermanic districts
Take a map of Savannah and draw a rectangle bounded by River Street, East Broad Street, Victory Drive and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (the old West Broad Street).The neighborhoods inside our box...
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Savannah gets high ‘friendly’ rating Readers of Condé Nast Traveler magazine have chosen Savannah as the third friendliest city in America and the 16th friendliest city in the world in its 2013 survey...
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Hires/Promotions
HIRES/PROMOTIONSKRISTI DAVIS New job title: Branch managerCompany: The Coastal BankDuties: Davis manages the execution of all daily retail and business operations at the Godley Station office and...
View ArticleBusiness Events
Digital Imaging BasicsDate: Tuesday, Aug. 6 and Thursday, Aug. 8Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.Location: The Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Cost: $75 For more information and to register, go to...
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Lab-grown hamburger short on flavor
LONDONThe food of the future could do with a pinch of seasoning — and maybe some cheese.Two volunteers who took the first public bites of hamburger grown in a laboratory gave it good marks for texture...
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Trade show visit underscores competitive convention destination environment...
ATLANTA — Louisville offered bourbon shots. St. Louis passed out teddy bears. Baltimore served up crab cakes and New Orleans mixed mimosas.When it came to wooing association meeting planners and...
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Amazon founder Bezos to buy Washington Post
WASHINGTON — Jeff Bezos, the Amazon.com founder who helped bring books into the digital age, is going after another pillar of “old media”: the newspaper.Bezos is buying The Washington Post and other...
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Engineering firm rises in national rankingsMobile, Ala.-based Hargrove Engineers and Constructors, who have offices in Savannah and other cities, has improved its standing in the Engineering News...
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Consultant: Keep the 'human' in human resources
It’s easy, when you are a small business, to feel a little intimidated and overwhelmed by the human resources side of your company, Suzanne Kirk told some 100 members of the Savannah Chamber’s Small...
View ArticleMPC postpones decision on ordinance change for house museums
The house museums and other properties that unlawfully double as party venues downtown received at least a six-week reprieve Tuesday from the Chatham County-Savannah Metropolitan Planning Commission...
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Obama pitches mortgage overhaul as housing rallies
PHOENIX — Buoyed by an improving housing market, President Barack Obama on Tuesday proposed a broad overhaul of the nation’s mortgage finance system, including winding down government-backed Fannie Mae...
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This week in BiS:• Adaptability has served as an invaluable tool for Andy Holmes, owner of the popular slice of Great Britain known as Churchill’s Pub and Restaurant.• When you stop by a local Redbox...
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New UGA faculty hears the importance of job creation
ATLANTA — To hammer home the importance of economic development, the University of Georgia is carting 45 of its new faculty members across the state to see how the pieces of industrial recruitment fit...
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