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Warm weather pushes up Home Depot’s quarterly profit
NEW YORK — Vinings-based Home Depot said Tuesday that its first-quarter net income climbed nearly 28 percent as as unseasonably warm winter and increased business from contractors and other profess...
May 16, 2012 12:02 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Poll: Half of Americans call Facebook a fad
The public overall is similarly divided on the company’s future. Just under half of adults (46 percent) predict a short timeline for Facebook, while 43 percent say it has staying power.
May 15, 2012 10:57 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Best Buy founder steps down after probe
NEW YORK — Best Buy’s founder Richard Schulze is stepping down as chairman of the beleaguered consumer-electronics chain after the company’s investigation revealed that he failed to alert the board...
May 15, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Coca-Cola trying again with mid-calorie sodas
NEW YORK — The Coca-Cola Co. is giving mid-calorie sodas another try, this time with Sprite and Fanta. The Atlanta-based company says it will test a “Sprite Select” and “Fanta Select” this summer ...
May 15, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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Source: Yahoo CEO did not mislead company
SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo CEO Scott Thompson is assuring his colleagues that he didn’t supply the incorrect information that led the troubled Internet company to list a bogus college degree in his offi...
May 14, 2012 12:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Zuckerberg’s birthday gets investors thinking: IPO could be a $100B gift
NEW YORK — Don’t let the hoodie and sneakers fool you. Mark Zucker-berg is no wet-behind-the-ears CEO. Facebook’s chief executive turns 28 today, setting in motion the social network’s biggest wee...
May 14, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Proud plumber: Through hard work and dedication, Moore has grown her local business
Cobb Executive Profile MARIETTA — Mitzi Smith Moore has a reputation as an accomplished business owner and dedicated community servant. The surprise comes when you learn she is also a certified ma...
May 13, 2012 12:00 AM | 1 1 comments | 12 12 recommendations | email to a friend
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Dwarfing the Dow? With Apple, Dow average would have set record years ago
Apple is the world’s most valuable company. The Dow Jones industrial average is probably the world’s best-known stock index. So don’t they deserve each other? Consider this: If Apple had been adde...
May 11, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Ford investors shower execs with praise at meeting
Shareholders spent most of the 45-minute meeting praising management for company’s turnaround.
May 10, 2012 01:19 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • WellStar limits access to cardiac-cath labs
    by Kim Isaza
    newseditor@mdjonline.com
    05.10.12 - 10:30 am
  • Google strives to enlighten with new search tool
    Google Inc. spent the past two years poring through Wikipedia, the CIA Factbook and other sources to expand a database of 12 million items to provide answers quickly and concisely as possible.
    May 16, 2012 01:59 PM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Feds: Skechers deceived consumers with shoe ads
    Federal Trade Commission says Skechers made unfounded claims that its Shape-ups shoes would help people lose weight and strengthen muscles.
    May 16, 2012 11:40 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    From the Briefcase
    Marietta native receives honor MARIETTA — Marietta native Condace Pressley will receive the Pioneer award, the highest honor bestowed by the Atlanta Association of Black Journalists at the 30th ...
    May 16, 2012 12:01 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Dimon wins votes on pay, chairmanship
    JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon was confronted by shareholders upset about the $2 billion trading loss, which rattled investor confidence in the bank.
    May 15, 2012 02:43 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    U.S. Postal Service won’t close 600 urban stations
    DES MOINES, Iowa — The U.S. Postal Service said Monday its decision to halt the closing of more than 3,700 post offices includes roughly 600 urban and suburban postal branch offices and satellite s...
    May 15, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    C.W. Matthews gets DOT contracts MARIETTA — The Georgia Department of Transportation awarded two contracts to C.W. Matthews Contracting Co., Inc., of Marietta. The company received the $11.6 mil...
    May 13, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend
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    William G. Lako Jr.: Unrealized appreciation — your company stock
    Traditionally, most retiring employees roll their 401(k) assets into an IRA rollover account to continue the tax-deferred growth. IRA assets are eligible for withdrawal without penalty after age 59...
    May 11, 2012 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 28 28 recommendations | email to a friend
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    City using robocalls to fight nuisance ads
    HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — The cheap signs smashed into lawns and along the corners of busy intersections are hard to miss. “We Buy Junk Cars!” “Cash for Your House!” “Computer Repair.” The eyesores have ve...
    May 10, 2012 11:59 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Georgia firm targeted with trademark lawsuit
    Design company allegedly manufactured counterfeit products with university logos.
    May 10, 2012 01:09 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Dale Cardwell: Slumdogs, millionaires and ponies
    by Dale Cardwell
    Business Columnist
    05.10.12 - 12:00 am
  • From the Briefcase
    by Marietta Daily Journal staff
    05.08.12 - 11:59 pm
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    by Marietta Daily Journal staff
    05.06.12 - 12:00 am