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Glaxo, US partnering to develop new antibiotics
GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's starting an unusual collaboration with the U.S. government to develop several antibiotics for both bioterrorism threats and bacterial infections resistant to current m...
May 22, 2013 02:45 PM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Citi Trends 1Q profit drops, misses estimates
Clothing and accessories company Citi Trends said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income dropped 39 percent as cooler weather dampened sales in the beginning of the period.
May 22, 2013 09:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Staff/Leo Hohmann <br> A construction worker hauls trim into a home Tuesday in the Oak Grove subdivision off Whitlock Avenue in Marietta. Homes are being built in the community by David Weekley Homes and sell in the $400,000 to $500,000 range.
Housing spike — Cobb County sees 192 housing permits issued, up from 114 in March
The housing market is bouncing back even stronger than many Realtors imagined it would back when the market scraped bottom about three years ago, said Wendy Bunch, president of Cobb Association of ...
May 21, 2013 11:38 PM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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This May 14, 2012 file photo shows brochures at a Home Depot store in Danvers, Mass. The Home Depot Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring.
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High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes
The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on proposals to build or expand cell phone towers.
May 20, 2013 10:45 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Flowers Foods 1Q net income more than doubles
Flowers Foods' first-quarter net income more than doubled thanks to a large gain related to its acquisition of the Sara Lee business in California.
May 16, 2013 07:45 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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The Associated Press Chris Yerga, engineering director of Android, speaks about Google Play Music at Google I/O 2013 in San Francisco on Wednesday. Google on Wednesday launched a subscription-based music service, allowing users of Android phones and tablets to listen to their favorite songs and artists for a monthly fee.
‘All Access’ — Google unveils monthly music, expanded game services
Google Inc. announced the music service along with expansions to its game services and tools for coders at its annual software developers’ conference in San Francisco. Google wants to not only offe...
May 15, 2013 11:43 PM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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Staff/ Laura Moon Mark Tipton, chairman and CEO of Georgia Commerce Bank, used tough economic lessons learned from in his native Texas to help him dodge the economic crisis that resulted in Georgia leading the nation in bank failures.
Banking on growth — Bank navigates an industry meltdown to increase assets, secure growth
“I didn’t factor in that I couldn’t stand the sight of blood,” he recalls with a chuckle. Tipton’s effusive personality has served him well in banking and tough economic lessons learned in his nati...
May 11, 2013 11:25 PM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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Carpet firm could get $100 million in incentives
Information released Wednesday by the state shows that Engineered Floors stands to get state incentives worth as much as $105.6 million over several years.
May 10, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Dow closes above 15,000 for second day
    by The Associated Press
    05.09.13 - 12:12 am
  • Feds get closer look at fake mobile bill charges
    by Jennifer C Kerr, Associated Press
    05.08.13 - 05:15 pm
  • Deal: Dubai company plans to build Georgia plant
    by Associated Press Wire
    05.08.13 - 12:30 pm
  • Southwest to cut more AirTran flights in Atlanta
    by Associated Press Wire
    05.08.13 - 07:30 am
  • Ambulance service, employees honored
    05.08.13 - 12:19 am
  • Coke plans major expansion of Florida orange groves
    by Tamara Lush, Associated Press
    05.07.13 - 11:10 am
  • Lay of the land — Brooks Chadwick figures out how to develop property during recession
    by Sheri Kell
    business@mdjonline.com
    05.04.13 - 11:55 pm
  • Brunswick port handles its 1st Toyota auto exports
    by Associated Press Wire
    05.03.13 - 10:13 am
  • Making progress — Data raises hope for more hiring, which would spur economic growth
    by Christopher S. Rugaber and Martin Crutsinger
    Associated Press Writers
    05.02.13 - 11:49 pm
  • Beazer Homes 2Q loss narrows, revenue climbs
    by Associated Press Wire
    05.02.13 - 07:45 am
    • William G. Lako Jr.<br>Business Columnist
    401(k) plans that do the firing
    The employer has a fiduciary responsibility when they sponsor a 401(k) plan to keep costs reasonable for the plan size and services rendered. Since plans are priced based on the number of participa...
    May 23, 2013 11:49 PM | 0 0 comments | 7 7 recommendations | email to a friend
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    The Associated Press<br> Leslie Moonves, left, president and chief executive officer of CBS, talks with PBS host Charlie Rose in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2006. Making $60.3 million, Moonves was the highest paid CEO of 2012.
    Climbing salaries — AP analysis: Median pay for CEOs rose to $9.7 million in ’12
    CEO pay, which fell two years straight during the Great Recession but rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2011, has never been higher. Companies say they need to pay CEOs well so they can attr...
    May 23, 2013 12:00 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Flowers Foods approves stock split, hikes dividend
    Flowers Foods on Wednesday approved a three-for-two stock split and hiked its dividend.
    May 22, 2013 12:00 PM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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    In this April 18, 2011 file photo, the Yahoo logo is displayed outside of the offices in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
    Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
    The deal announced Monday represents Mayer's boldest move yet since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo's latest comeback attempt. It marks Yahoo's most expensive acquisition since the Sunn...
    May 20, 2013 10:38 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Staff/Laura Moon <br> President and CEO Mark Wilson purchased Cobb-based eVerifile in 2011. The company provides utilities, railroads, transportation, education and health care customers solutions for workforce and vendor security management.
    Entrepreneurial excellence — CEO builds company through leadership, vision
    CUMBERLAND — Mark Wilson, president and CEO of eVerifile, grew up in the housing projects in the small Southern town of Fort Smith, Ark. He does not remember his father, who was killed in an automo...
    May 18, 2013 10:25 PM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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    William G. Lako Jr.<br>Business Columnist
    Children at risk for identity theft
    With summer months approaching, your children may be spending more time online. Between multiplayer online games, social networking sites and the information stored on their mobile devices, your ch...
    May 17, 2013 12:04 AM | 2 2 comments | 21 21 recommendations | email to a friend
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    The Associated Press Stephanee Stephens and her students use tablets during an eighth-grade Spanish class at Autrey Mill Middle School in Johns Creek on Thursday. The school is part of a pilot project launched this spring by Amplify, News Corp.'s education technology company.
    Digital education — Schools, firms starting to integrate tablet technology into classrooms
    By Associated Press Writer JOHNS CREEK — Time is up for the 13 students in Stephanee Stephens’ eighth-grade Spanish class. For the last few minutes they’ve been conjugating verbs, each typing awa...
    May 16, 2013 11:43 PM | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
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    Payback time — Fannie Mae earns $58.7B profit, close to repaying taxpayers
    WASHINGTON — Fannie Mae said something Thursday that would have been unthinkable a few years ago: It earned a record $58.7 billion profit in the January-March quarter. And it made clear it’s on t...
    May 09, 2013 11:36 PM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend
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    William G. Lako Jr.<br>Business Columnist
    Student loans and hardships
    Sometimes extremely unfortunate circumstances happen to good people. A job loss, an extended illness or other economic hardship may make it difficult for you to repay your student loans. Federal Re...
    May 09, 2013 11:35 PM | 0 0 comments | 26 26 recommendations | email to a friend
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    The Associated Press Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent, center, stands with Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal, left, and Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed at an event where the the Coca-Cola Foundation pledged $3.8 million to support statewide initiatives aimed at boosting fitness and health Wednesday in Atlanta. The funds will be directed toward programs including Georgia SHAPE and Walk Georgia.
    Encouraging fitness — Coca-Cola pledges funds for Georgia health programs
    The Coca-Cola Foundation pledged $3.8 million to a number of health programs, a notable gift from the charitable arm of a soft-drink manufacturer that has faced criticism for contributing to the ob...
    May 09, 2013 12:05 AM | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Medical software firm Allscripts plans 350 North Carolina jobs
    by Emery P. Dalesio, AP Business Writer
    05.08.13 - 03:45 pm
  • Delta will pay a dividend, buy back shares
    by Joshua Freed, AP Airlines Writer
    05.08.13 - 10:25 am
  • Coke goes global with anti-obesity push
    by Associated Press Wire
    05.08.13 - 09:00 am
  • New milestone: Dow closes above 15,000
    05.08.13 - 12:20 am
  • Group files petition over Tennessee nuclear plant license
    by Associated Press Wire
    05.07.13 - 04:21 pm
  • TVA had net gain of $54 million in second quarter
    by Associated Press Wire
    05.03.13 - 10:22 am
  • Managing debt relative to income
    by William G. Lako, Jr.
    Columnist
    05.02.13 - 11:47 pm