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VIDEO: Ground broken for Outlet Mall of Georgia
Shopping mall kingpin Ben Carter’s peers rarely consider him clueless about a project.However, Carter’s first foray into developing an outlet mall — the Outlet Mall of Georgia planning for Pooler —...
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Hackers find weaknesses in car computer systems
DETROIT — As cars become more like PCs on wheels, what’s to stop a hacker from taking over yours?In recent demonstrations, hackers have shown they can slam a car’s brakes at freeway speeds, jerk the...
View ArticleOur economic times: A success for the Fed
Even a cursory observer of financial markets and the broader economy can attest to the prominent and influential role served by Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of the United...
View ArticleMicrosoft makes bet with $7.2B Nokia phone deal
HELSINKI — Microsoft is wagering $7.2 billion on the idea that owning Nokia’s phone business will help the software giant grab a bigger slice of the mobile computing market from Apple and Google.The...
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This week in BiS:• Sera Bishop offers support to entrepreneurs for what she sees as the many demands of being a “social business” in this day and age. The idea is to streamline efficiency and...
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Soap store to hold ribbon cuttingSavannah city officials will help mark the grand opening of Morgin’s Soapworks & More today at 106 E. Broughton St. with a ribbon-cutting celebration.The 5:30 p.m....
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Parker's coming to Old Town Bluffton
Residents of Old Town Bluffton are getting their way when it comes to the design of a new convenience store in their midst.Issues arose after Parker Companies indicated they wanted to build a new store...
View ArticleFirm seeks dock permit for Hardeeville's Red Bluff Plantation
A developer wants to stretch a dock out onto the New River in Hardeeville but must win the approval of South Carolina regulators first. American Timberlands Company has applied to the S.C. Department...
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Samsung unveils new smartwatch that makes calls
BERLIN — Nearly 70 years after Dick Tracy began wearing a two-way wrist radio in the funny pages, the technology that once seemed impossibly futuristic will be widely available by Christmas.Samsung on...
View ArticleWTC program to promote global trade
Area companies looking for business opportunities abroad will have the chance to talk with trade experts from eight countries next week when the World Trade Center Savannah presents “8 Experts, 8...
View ArticleAuto sales rebound to pre-recession levels
DETROIT — For the U.S. auto industry, the recession is now clearly in the rear-view mirror.New car sales jumped 17 percent to 1.5 million in August, their highest level in more than six years. Toyota,...
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VIDEO: Under secretary of Army tours Savannah port
Calling the Port of Savannah critical to the region’s economy as well as essential to national security, Under Secretary of the Army Joseph Westphal concluded an aerial tour of Georgia Ports Authority...
View ArticleDeepening gathers momentum
The under secretary of the army was here this week, the vice president tours the port 10 days from now and a Washington-based consulting firm has ranked Georgia Ports’ deepening project high on its...
View ArticleSavannah airport to get expedited screening
The Transportation Security Administration announced this week it will expand its expedited security screening program to 60 new airports — including Savannah’s — by the end of the year.TSA Precheck...
View ArticleHargray opens Savannah office
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. — Hargray Communications, headquartered in Hilton Head, South Carolina, has opened new professional offices in the Savannah Morning News building in Savannah.The offices at...
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Manufacturer sets up in Beaufort County DUER High Performance Composites, a maker of composite components, has established its new production facility in Beaufort County, S.C. The more than $1 million...
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Savannah Chrysler dealership under new ownership
Savannah’s automobile dealership community features many familiar family names.The name Gregory may lack the local cache of Vaden, Lewis or Critz, but the newest car dealer in town is a household name...
View ArticleFree enterprise: Burning through the smokescreen
When attempting to see through ideological smoke screens to obtain reliable data, economists have become clever in identifying so-called “natural experiments.”Those are situations in which sudden...
View ArticleSEDA, Chamber, United Way conducting workforce survey
In what has been described as a first step toward ensuring Chatham County has the resources to attract and grow jobs, the Savannah Economic Development Authority, Savannah Area Chamber of Commerce and...
View ArticleCorps finishes studies for S.C. harbor deepening
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The long-awaited Charleston Harbor deepening project hit a benchmark Friday with the completion of all the field studies needed for the project.Now the results of the work of recent...
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