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Georgia has the 7th highest rate of business failures in the U.S., new survey says

25% of Georgia businesses fail in the first year according to a survey by Lending Tree. 

May 24, 2023
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Decoding COVID-19: asset-mezzanine-16x9

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  • News

Long COVID is hurting business; workplace accommodations could help

Three years after the start of the pandemic, millions of working age people still suffer from long COVID-19 and some lawmakers and advocates, including people with long COVID, say not enough is being done to protect their well-being and ensure they can continue to be employed.

April 18, 2023
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By:
  • Casey Quinlan
Liz Southers runs a commercial insulation company in South Florida. She says the company could grow faster if it had access to more credit.

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  • Economy

Banks are spooked and getting stingy about loans – and small businesses are suffering

Weeks after the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, lenders are getting stingier about making loans. That makes it harder for businesses trying to grow and – and it raises the risk of recession.

April 10, 2023
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  • Scott Horsley
GPB News NPR

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  • Business

Come for the free cookies, stay for the shopping

With high inflation and rising expenses, small businesses hope to lure shoppers with food, holidays cheer, instead of deep discounts.

November 24, 2022
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By:
  • Mary Yang
Yoshikazu Netsuno (left) watches his son Shinichi hammer a thick stack of specialized paper. In between each sheet is a thin layer of gold leaf. "My son is going to take over this business, so in our case, we had a successor," Netsuno says. "Many other artisans' families in Kanazawa were not so lucky."

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  • World

Japan's traditional crafts are struggling to survive the country's population decline

The city of Kanazawa produces most of Japan's fine gold leaf, but there aren't enough young people to take over the craft. The same situation is playing out for small family businesses across Japan.

July 29, 2022
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By:
  • Jackie Northam
David Shadaha, who operates a cart called King of Falafel & Shawarma, takes an order from a customer in Midtown Manhattan, N.Y. Shadaha is back selling food after taking a job as a GrubHub deliveryman during the pandemic.

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  • Business

Wall Street Bosses Want Their Workers Back. That's Good For The King Of Falafel

Wall Street executives are pushing vaccinated workers to return to work, and that's good news for vendors and other small businesses in New York that depend on workers from finance.

June 29, 2021
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By:
  • David Gura
Nicole McGrew, wearing a mask by the designer N'omose Couture, says she'll require customers to mask up in her store for a short time longer.

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  • Business

As Mask Mandates Disappear, Business Owners Make And Enforce Their Own Rules

The CDC's new guidance that it's safe for fully vaccinated people to go without masks, even indoors, has led to a confusing situation for businesses, which now have to decide what to do on their own.

May 18, 2021
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  • Andrea Hsu
A store displays a sign before closing down permanently following the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, on Aug. 4, 2020 in Arlington, Va. The Small Business Administration's inspector general office said billions of dollars in relief loans may have been handed out to fraudsters or ineligible applicants.

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  • Business

Billions In COVID-19 Relief Loans May Have Been Handed Out To Scammers, Report Says

The Small Business Administration had to quickly disburse coronavirus relief loans. But some of that may have been handed out to fraudsters, an agency report says.

October 28, 2020
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  • Jim Zarroli
Mamas Rogue Southern Cooking restaurant in Macon

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  • Business

Restaurant, Caterer Moving Into Macon's Historic Beall's Hill Building

When Historic Macon Foundation’s Ethiel Garlington moved to town in 2014, a late 19th Century drugstore caught his eye in Beall’s Hill.

“This is the first building I’ve seen and fell in love with,” Garlington told the Land Bank Authority this summer.

The two-story, brick business with its angled entrance also was love at first site for chef Robert Fisher who was searching for a home for his catering business and new restaurant.

October 06, 2020
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  • Liz Fabian
Man walks down Poplar Street in Macon

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  • News

COVID-19 Street Vendor Policy Goes Into Effect In Macon-Bibb

Food carts and street vendors could soon be popping up around Macon-Bibb County after commissioners approved a temporary relaxing of regulations due to COVID-19.

September 17, 2020
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  • Liz Fabian
During a StoryCorps interview last week, Joe Bianco, left, and his son Peter, reflected on their craft — one that's been honed in their Brooklyn tool shop for three generations.

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  • National

Keeping The 'Odd' Family Tool Business Sharp Through 3 Generations

A father and son reflect how their family has honed toolmaking through three generations at their Brooklyn, N.Y., shop. Despite pandemic stresses, they hope to be in business well into the future.

September 04, 2020
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  • Eleanor Vassili and
  • Kerrie Hillman
A local contractor could have an uphill battle trying to get approval to put a liquor store in the old Greyhound bus station at 71 Spring St.

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  • News

Macon's Old Greyhound Bus Station Could Become A Liquor Store

There are new plans to put a liquor store in the old Greyhound bus station near the corner of Spring Street and Riverside Drive.

August 21, 2020
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  • Liz Fabian
Decatur vintage clothing store owner Christopher Brown says the majority of customers at his LFXG store have no problem wearing face masks to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.

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  • Business

Local Mask Orders Give Businesses Enforcement Cover

Mask policies in businesses remain a source of tension as owners continue to balance their need to get customers in the door again and keep everyone safe within public health guidelines that aim to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. 

August 13, 2020
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
Mikki and Allen Griffin stand behind the counter of Perpetual Motion Bicycles in Carrollton. A pandemic rush on bikes has left them with few new bikes to sell, but plenty of demand for repairs.

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  • Economy

Georgia College Towns Brace For Return Of In-person Classes

Business owners in Georgia college towns are hoping a new semester will revive stagnant sales.

July 22, 2020
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By:
  • Ross Williams
Diners in the S&S Cafeteria in Macon on May 4, 2020. The restaurant thinned its seating capacity by more than half and installed other safety precautions to enable in-house dining after Gov. Brian Kemp eased coronavirus-related restrictions.

Small Business Owners In Georgia Open Their Doors To A Great Unknown

In the week since Georgia’s shelter-in-place order ended for most, businesses have started to open back up. But with new rules and wary customers, many...

May 08, 2020
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  • Grant Blankenship ,
  • Emily Jones ,
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