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Aramark Hires Former Pepsi Executive as New CEO

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

By MIKE ESTERL Aramark Corp., a leading food service company, said Tuesday it has hired former top PepsiCo Inc. manager Eric Foss to be its new chief executive officer. Mr. Foss, 53, succeeds Joseph Neubauer, who had been Aramark’s CEO … Continue reading →

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Most of Georgia town for sale

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Atlanta Business Chronicle by Carla Caldwell Almost all of Toomsboro, Ga. is for sale. The developer who owns most of the place initially posted signs declaring the “whole town” for sale, but later added the word “almost” to appease homeowners … Continue reading →

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Georgia No. 1 for women-owned biz growth

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

Reblogged from : The Peach State leads the nation in growth of number of women-owned businesses in the past 15 years and Atlanta was also ranked high, according to the yearly American Express OPEN State of Women-Owned Businesses Report. The … Continue reading →

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GDOT considers tolled Express Lanes for Ga. 400

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

Atlanta Business Chronicle by Carla Caldwell, Morning Call Editor The Georgia Department of Transportation is conducting a feasibility study to determine if managed tolled Express Lanes and High Occupancy Vehicle lanes (HOV) should be added to Georgia 400. The study … Continue reading →

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Only firm interested in Gwinnett airport wants commercial flights

Posted on February 9, 2012 by

By David Wickert The Atlanta Journal-Constitution A company that has lobbied for more than two years to bring commercial passenger service to Gwinnett County’s Briscoe Field is the only firm interested in running the airport. Propeller Investments, which has said … Continue reading →

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UGA seeks OK to offer graduate degree in engineering

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

Atlanta Business Chronicle by Carla Caldwell The University of Georgia expects to learn Tuesday if it can begin offering graduate degrees in engineering as soon as this fall, reports the Athens Banner-Hearld. The state Board of Regents is scheduled to … Continue reading →

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Renting out foreclosures

Posted on February 6, 2012 by

By Misty Williams The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Throughout metro Atlanta, thousands of vacant homes now owned by the federal government sit languishing — dragging down home values and adding to a mass of housing woes that stunt the region’s economic recovery. … Continue reading →

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NYT: Atlanta one of biggest laggards of economic recovery

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

Atlanta Business Chronicle by Carla Caldwell An article in the New York Times this week says that while Miami and Phoenix are certainly symbols of boom-time housing market excesses that ended in fierce crashes, the weakest performer in 2011 was … Continue reading →

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Saporta: Transit plan unfair to MARTA, Atlanta region

Posted on January 31, 2012 by

Atlanta Business Chronicle by Carla Caldwell After months and months of study, the Transit Governance Task Force has come up with recommendations that are unacceptable — especially for residents of Fulton and DeKalb counties that have invested in MARTA for … Continue reading →

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AT&T, T-Mobile plan $1B spectrum swap

Posted on January 25, 2012 by

by Jeff Bounds AT&T Inc. and T-Mobile USA have asked the Federal Communications Commission to approve a $1 billion transfer of wireless spectrum from AT&T to T-Mobile, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. The FCC filing is part … Continue reading →

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