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Battle for holiday shoppers heats up
NEW YORK — This holiday shopping season, it’s Amazon vs. everyone else.The online giant has attracted customers from big store chains like Wal-Mart and Best Buy with low prices and convenient shipping....
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Graduate Leadership Savannah to visit Mitsubishi A Graduate Leadership Savannah program will be at Mitsubishi Power Systems’ Savannah Machinery Works on Tuesday. This is a limited chance to see and...
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Electric RTGs saving fuel, environment
Less than a year ago, the Georgia Ports Authority unveiled its first four electrified rubber-tired gantry cranes — the large overhead cranes that operate among the container stacks — making GPA the...
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Savannah's local stores get boost on Small Business Saturday
Savannah’s downtown businesses are offering holiday shoppers more than just free parking and a jolly old Santa this weekend — though there will be both. The first Saturday after Thanksgiving, dubbed...
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Innovation award goes to Learning CommonsArmstrong Atlantic State University’s Learning Commons and Data Center renovation has won a 2013 Innovation Award from the University System of Georgia. The...
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Step Up Savannah graduates thankful for life-changing program
To say the past 23 years have been trying for Robert Mills would be an understatement.The 46 year old has spent half his life in nearly a dozen state prisons since being convicted in the late 1980s at...
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Five things every condo association board member should know
There are many reasons why someone takes part in the board of their condo association. However, no matter what their reason for taking the position, it’s important to be aware of the responsibilities...
View ArticleFree Enterprise: Gobbling up airport slots and gates
According to the annual AAA survey, during this Thanksgiving season, the average distance traveled is expected to be 601 miles. That is an increase of last year’s average of 588 miles.Approximately 90...
View ArticleTechies vs. NSA: Geek wars
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Encrypted email, secure instant messaging and other privacy services are booming in the wake of the National Security Agency’s recently revealed surveillance programs. But the flood...
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Newsmakers
ELIZABETH DILLARDNew job title: Teacher:Company: Calvary Day SchoolDuties: Dillard will teach the analysis of English literature and mastery of composition at all 9th grade levels as well as two...
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‘Twinkle of Hope’ offers pampering for homelessBeauty Essentials Day Spac, 407 E. Montgomery Crossroads, Suite C, will offer its ninth annual “Twinkle of Hope - Caroling Through Hands of Pampering”...
View ArticleCity Talk: Wright Square, Downtown Design District hosting holiday events
Major national retailers have made a lot of news in Savannah in 2013, but locally owned establishments still form the backbone of the downtown shopping scene.Once again this year, Historic District...
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Tesla to build charging station at airport
The Savannah Airport Authority recently approved a request by Tesla Motors Inc., maker of high-end electric cars, to lease six parking spaces in the economy parking deck of the Savannah/Hilton Head...
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ONGOINGBNI – Business Network International Local Chapters:• Referrals Have Power – 8:30-10 a.m. Tuesdays, GoodWill Industries, Richmond Hill• Savannah Business Connections – 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m....
View ArticleMilitary Update: Controversy over 'condition not a disability' discharges
Navy Department medical personnel are misusing an administrative separation authority called “Condition Not A Disability” on many sailors and Marines whose medical conditions should be screened through...
View ArticleGas prices drop in metro Savannah
Average retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 4.0 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.34 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas outlets in Savannah. The national...
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Gas prices drop in metro SavannahAverage retail gasoline prices in Savannah have fallen 4.0 cents a gallon in the past week to $3.34 a gallon on Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 262 gas...
View ArticleAnthropologie opens on Franklin Square
Anthropologie is now open at the southwest corner of Montgomery and Congress streets.When I dropped by on Sunday afternoon, the store was humming with activity. There were obviously some serious...
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Aiken named General Dynamics' CFO
Jason W. Aiken, senior vice president and chief financial officer of Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., will become senior vice president and chief financial officer of Gulfstream’s parent company, General...
View ArticleSavannah's small businesses boosted by shopping holiday
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas for many of Savannah’s small businesses.Several local merchants reported strong weekend sales, in part due to Small Business Saturday, a shopping holiday...
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