Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal has announced a digital marketing software company is expanding its operation in metro Atlanta and will create 225 new jobs. Officials say ExactTarget is investing $1.25 million in its expansion effort over five years.
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Sugarland's Jennifer Nettles is releasing a solo album. Nettles says Friday in a news release that she is working with Rick Rubin and will release the album in the fall.
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Filming of a movie in the northwest Georgia city of Rome will involve a low-flying helicopter, several road closures and detours and a funeral scene in a local cemetery. Filming of the Dreamworks motion picture "Need for Speed" is set to...
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State labor officials say Georgia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate has dropped to 8.2 percent in April. That's down from 8.4 percent in March, and 9.1 percent a year ago. Georgia employers created more than 31,000 jobs in April.
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State labor officials reported an 8.2% April jobless rate. That's down 0.2% from March and a full point from April of last year. The hospitality industry led the growth with a monthly gain of 10,000 jobs.
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The Atlanta City Council is considering a proposal that would make it more difficult to open indoor shooting ranges. The council is taking up the issue as Douglasville-based Stoddard's Range and Guns looks to open an Atlanta location near...
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Some families are taking the management structures and efficiencies developed at work and using them to make family life work more smoothly. Brandon Smith explores that idea and why it makes sense for many families.
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Three Savannah non-profits are joining forces to promote heritage tourism in an off-the-beaten-path part of Chatham County. The Pin Point Heritage Museum, Bethesda Academy and Ossabaw Island Foundation announced a partnership on Friday to share...
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Regulators say they have closed banks in North Carolina and Georgia, bringing the number of U.S. bank failures to 12 this year. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. on Friday seized Pisgah Community Bank, based in Asheville, N.C., and Sunrise Bank,...
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State officials say a Georgia-based carpet manufacturing company could get state incentives worth more than $100 million. Calhoun-based Engineered Floors will open two facilities in the northwestern part of the state, creating about 2,400 jobs over...
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