Recently added articles from Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Delta brings back former Song executive to run Comair.
Oct 10, 2007 ... Byline: Russell Grantham Oct. 10--Delta Air Lines is rehiring a former chief of the now-defunct Song unit to run its Comair subsidiary while moving the current Comair president into a broader role that will include troubleshooting chronic service issues. The shuffle ...
Hannan named Georgia-Pacific CEO.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Duffy Oct. 2--Georgia-Pacific announced Tuesday a change in leadership. Jim Hannan, the company's president and COO, has been named CEO, replacing Joe Moeller, who's moving to Texas to be vice chairman of Koch Industries and a member of its board. ...
Atlanta plans Beltline park near City Hall East.
Oct 02, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Duffy Oct. 2--The city of Atlanta plans to spend up to $30 million on a stormwater pond system that's intended to be the centerpiece of a new intown park near the proposed Beltline. The goal during the next five years is to create a 13- to 16-acre park ...
Proposed development's opponents gather 1,100 names on petition.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Kristina Torres Oct. 1--Neighbors opposed to a proposed $1 billion mixed-use complex in DeKalb County have spent hours campaigning for their cause outside local supermarkets, coffee houses and even Adams Stadium during high school football games. Tonight, for ...
Ga. Power: $406 million increase necessary.
Oct 01, 2007 ... Byline: Margaret Newkirk Oct. 1--Georgia Power CEO Mike Garrett kicked off a series of state Public Service Commission hearings on the company's $406 million rate increase request Monday, saying regional growth, investment in pollution controls and the need for a continued ...
At New Era store, Braves loyalty apparent in baseball-cap inventory.
Sep 30, 2007 ... Byline: Nedra Rhone Sep. 30--Atlanta is Braves country, at least when it comes to caps. Of the 1,100 hats in stock at the recently opened New Era flagship store downtown, the official team cap with the Braves logo is the most popular style, says manager Steven ...
Robotics evolve into practical everyday use.
Sep 29, 2007 ... Byline: David Ho Sep. 29--NEW YORK -- iRobot CEO Colin Angle likes to talk about the Jetsons, the 1960s cartoon characters who inhabited a utopian, high-tech future complete with Rosey the robot housekeeper, often seen pushing an upright vacuum cleaner. Decades ...
Stifled home sales don't slow Home Show.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Chandler Brown Sep. 28--With the rest of the country reeling from a housing crisis, Marcel Baghdadi was focused squarely on a Styrofoam-like home insulation system. "It's very interesting and energy efficient, too," the 53-year-old restaurant owner turned ...
Small Atlanta firm wins $15 million grant for AIDS vaccine research.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Craig Schneider Sep. 27--A small Atlanta company showing promising results on an AIDS vaccine has received a $15 million federal grant to further its research and clinical trials. The National Institutes of Health awarded the large grant after Atlanta-based ...
Streets of Buckhead soon to include new hotel, office building, retail space.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Kevin Duffy Sep. 26--The Streets of Buckhead project is expanding across Peachtree Road to include the site of the old Three Dollar Cafe and adjoining land. Ben Carter Properties and Barry Hotel Partners announced Tuesday plans to build a Hotel Monaco, a ...
New system checks green cards, work permits for fakes.
Sep 26, 2007 ... Byline: Eunice Moscoso Sep. 26--WASHINGTON -- Businesses, facing a government crackdown on hiring illegal immigrants, now have one more tool to help them verify a worker's status. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services unveiled a system Tuesday that matches ...
NBAA to battle over airline, aircraft fees at Atlanta conference.(Conference news)
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Tharpe Sep. 25--The 8,000-member National Business Aviation Association comes to town this week, primed for a fight with the commercial airlines over who will pay for improvements to the nation's outdated air-traffic-control system. The NBAA, which ...
Study: Late mortgage payers in Atlanta kept homes after counseling.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Peralte C. Paul Sep. 25--The majority of metro Atlanta homeowners who fell behind in their mortgage payments but sought help within three months are less likely to lose their houses, according to a study released Tuesday by Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Greater ...
Georgia foundations' donations are on the rise.
Sep 25, 2007 ... Byline: Maria Saporta Sep. 25--Georgia foundations gave away more than $718 million in 2005 -- a 15.2 percent increase in five years that nevertheless trailed the national average, according to a report released Tuesday by the Foundation Center. The report -- Key ...
Aviation convention flies into Atlanta.
Sep 24, 2007 ... Byline: Jim Tharpe Sep. 24--The 8,000-member National Business Aviation Association kicks off its 60th annual meeting in Atlanta starting Tuesday. The event, runs through Thursday, is expected to attract 30,000 attendees including 1,000 or so vendors, take up a ...
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Biz (off)beat column.(Column)
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Julie B. Hairston Sep. 23--Forget rappelling down a cliff and touchy-feely sessions in the conference room. Some Atlanta area companies are using whisks and saute pans to build camaraderie among their workers. For the past five months, Nirvana Cafe ...
Businesses still wait for countdown.
Sep 23, 2007 ... Byline: Bob Keefe Sep. 23--LONG BEACH, Calif. -- After SpaceShipOne pierced the heavens high over California in the first private manned spaceflight, many expected the event would immediately ignite a new era of commercial space businesses. But three years after that ...
Broker sentenced to 28 years for mortgage fraud in Atlanta.
Sep 21, 2007 ... Byline: Jeffry Scott Sep. 21--A federal judge on Friday in Atlanta sentenced Phillip E. Hill to 28 years in prison and ordered him to pay more than $41 million in restitution for a massive mortgage scheme he operated mainly in metro Atlanta during the city's real estate boom ...
Decatur's Oakhurst split over preservation status.
Sep 21, 2007 ... Byline: Paul Donsky Sep. 21--Residents in the Oakhurst section of Decatur are proud of the tidy bungalows that line the neighborhood's streets. Run-down homes, many dating to the early 20th century, have been painstakingly restored, preserving the clean lines and ...
A loud 'no' to South Fulton city.
Sep 20, 2007 ... Byline: D.L. Bennett Sep. 20--Fulton County voters overwhelmingly rejected the proposed city of South Fulton on Tuesday, preventing the county from becoming the first in Georgia with every property inside a city. The decision means Fulton County commissioners will ...