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Aflac, Coca-Cola ‘social media stars’ on Fortune 500 list
Two Georgia-based companies figure prominently on Fortune magazine’s latest list of the nation’s 500 largest companies, but not because of their balance sheet.Both Atlanta-based soft drink maker Coca-Cola and Columbus-based insurer Aflac, with thousands of Twitter followers and Facebook friends, received kudos for being among the Fortune 500’s “social media ...
Is your manager a positive or negative?
Is your manager a positive or negative when it comes to your career?
Delta will end naming rights at Milwaukee center
Delta Air Lines plans to end a naming rights deal with a convention center in downtown Milwaukee, city officials said this week. The Atlanta-based carrier will not renew a one-year agreement on Delta Center, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. Delta could not immediately be reached for comment. Delta signed the ...
Caraustar Industries sold to investment firm
Caraustar Industries, an Austell-based provider of recycled paperboard products, is now majority owned by another investment firm. Wayzata Investment Partners completed its sale of Caraustar to an affiliate of H.I.G. Capital, the companies announced this week. Wayzata acquired its stake in Caraustar in 2009 while the Austell company was in ...
N. Georgia Caterpillar supplier to add jobs
A North Georgia manufacturer will add more than 150 jobs over the next three years to supply parts to a new Caterpillar plant near Athens. Impulse Manufacturing, a steel fabricator, will hire the workers for its plant in Dawsonville, in Dawson County, according a Gainesville Times report. Impulse told the ...
Staffers with company tattoo get pay raise
How far would you go to express your company pride and make some extra bucks while you’re at it? What about a tattoo?
UPS shareholders reject lobbying proposal
UPS shareholders rejected a proposal that would have required the company to provide additional disclosures concerning its government affairs and lobbying activities, the company said Thursday. The proposal, brought by Walden Asset Management, which owns more than 200,000 shares of UPS stock, sought disclosure of all “grassroots lobbying communications” at ...
H.H. Gregg: Washer-dryer giveaway each day
H.H. Gregg, the appliance and electronics retailer with nearly a dozen locations in metro Atlanta, is giving away a washer and dryer set every day this month in a nationwide promotion with Maytag. The promotion also invites consumers to view “Maytag, You’re It” videos on YouTube that feature messy situations ...
PointClear moving headquarters to Dunwoody
PointClear Solutions, a Birmingham healthcare software development company, said it will relocate its headquarters to Atlanta and add to its local workforce in coming years.PointClear opened an office in Marietta in February 2012 and moved it to Perimeter Center East in Dunwoody in December. The new headquarters also will be ...
'We're so sorry:' J.C. Penney, PepsiCo join the league
Corporate apologies are nothing new. They come in all shapes and sizes, and for myriad reasons.
Small firms work hard to stay afloat
Kevin Butt of KB Cleaning Services in Powder Springs knows the challenges of starting a small business and keeping it afloat.His carpet- and home-cleaning service requires long hours, solid customer service and staffers who are willing to work when he needs them — even if the work is not full-time.“You ...
Southwest to fly with Coke’s Vitaminwater
Southwest Airlines and Coca-Cola announced the Atlanta-based beverage company’s Vitaminwater brand will be offered on Southwest flights as a premium drink option. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.Southwest also announced a sweepstakes to give away a year’s worth of Vitaminwater and travel on the carrier. Contest entry ends May ...
MagMutual acquires S.C. malpractice insurer
MagMutual Insurance Co., an Atlanta-based provider of medical malpractice insurance, said it has acquired South Carolina Physician Assurance Co. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. SCPA provides physicians liability insurance and is owned by the South Carolina Medical Association, which is owned by physicians. In addition to Georgia, MagMutual ...
Small firms work hard to stay afloat
Kevin Butt of KB Cleaning Services in Powder Springs knows the challenges of starting a small business and keeping it afloat.His carpet and home cleaning service requires long hours, solid customer service and staffers who are willing to work when he needs them - even if the work is not ...
Survey: Single women prefer Delta, United
Let’s say you’re a person who travels frequently and you’re looking for a connection – not a connecting flight but a love connection. According to MissTravel.com, your best chances are on a Delta Air Lines flight if the object of your desire is a single woman.
Georgia foreclosures continue to decline
The number of completed foreclosures in Georgia continued to decline in March, following a national trend, according to monthly data from CoreLogic. Completed foreclosures cover properties that have been auctioned off to a buyer. The data show Georgia had 48,199 completed foreclosures in March, down nearly 16 percent from March ...
Georgia foreclosures continue to decline
The number of completed foreclosures in Georgia continued to decline in March, following a national trend, according to a monthly data by CoreLogic. Completed foreclosures cover properties that have been auctioned off to a buyer. The data show Georgia had 48,199 completed foreclosures in March, down nearly 16 percent from ...
MARTA adding more Zipcars to stations
More Zipcars are being added at MARTA stations, the transit agency announced Tuesday. MARTA’s Bookhaven Station will get a Honda Civic and Ford Focus, which will be parked in the Peachtree Street parking lot near the Kiss & Ride. There are more than 40 Zipcars close to 13 MARTA stations ...
Do you feel like the economy is finally going your way?
Fresh reports out today are adding fuel the general sentiment that the U.S. economy continues to move in the right direction even in if there is fear of a global economic slowdown in the months ahead.
Hostess Brands: We won’t shun union applicants
Hostess Brands, which is hiring for several bakeries, including one in Columbus, emphasized Monday that it will not discriminate against applicants on the basis of union membership or activities.The strident effort to clear the air on its hiring plans followed comments last week by Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Dean ...
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