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Rollins, Inc. Celebrates 50 Years Of Trading On The New York Stock Exchange
August 13, 2018
Rollins, Inc. announced that Company executives, members of the Board of Directors and guests will visited the New York Stock Exchange and rang The Closing Bell at 4:00 p.m. to commemorate the Company's 50th anniversary of trading on the NYSE.
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YMCA of Metro Atlanta Leads the Nation with Top Intervention Programs Towards Empowering Healthy Living
August 10, 2018
The YMCA of Metro Atlanta is one of the nation’s foremost leaders in the promotion and development of wellness programs designed to help Empower Healthy Living in the community.
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UGA-based Program Helps Nonprofits Build Organizational Leadership Capacity
August 10, 2018
When Goodwill of North Georgia sought to develop leaders at all levels of its organization, it turned to a nonprofit executive leadership program housed at the University of Georgia.
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Clyde Higgs Named Interim CEO of Atlanta BeltLine, Inc.
August 10, 2018
The Board of Directors for Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. announced that Clyde Higgs was appointed to the role of Interim Chief Executive Officer of the agency, following the departure of current CEO Brian P. McGowan. Clyde Higgs has served as ABI’s Chief Operating Officer since September 2015 and has provided consistent stewardship of the organization alongside the two previous CEOs.
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Cox Business Acquires RapidScale
August 10, 2018
Cox Business, the commercial division of Cox Communications, announced its acquisition of RapidScale, a leading managed and hybrid managed cloud services provider that delivers secure and reliable cloud solutions to businesses of all sizes.
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Metro Atlanta Chamber Announces Finalists in 2018 Atlanta E3 Awards
August 09, 2018
The Metro Atlanta Chamber revealed the finalists for the 2018 Atlanta E3 Awards. The E3 Awards celebrate the companies, organizations and people whose work innovates at the intersection of sustainability and commerce.
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Braves & Encore Hospitality to Develop 140-Room Aloft Hotel inside The Battery Atlanta
August 09, 2018
The Braves Development Company and Encore Hospitality, LLC are pleased to announce that Aloft Hotel will be joining the exciting line-up at The Battery Atlanta in 2020. The 140-room, lifestyle hotel will join the recently announced Silverspot Cinema and Savi Provisions as part of the mixed-use center's development.
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Significant Progress Made on Vogtle 3 & 4 Construction
August 09, 2018
Georgia Power announced that Southern Nuclear has made significant progress on construction of Vogtle 3 & 4 since assuming project management on behalf of the project co-owners (Georgia Power, Oglethorpe Power, MEAG Power and Dalton Utilities) from Westinghouse following its bankruptcy in 2017.
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AT&T Announces an Investment of More Than $5.3B in Georgia Networks During 2015-2017
August 08, 2018
AT&T has invested nearly $5.3 billion in their Georgia wireless and wired networks during 2015-2017. These investments have boosted reliability, coverage, speed and overall performance for residents and businesses. They also improve critical services that support public safety and first responders.
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Recap: Georgia Chamber of Commerce Hosts Annual Congressional Luncheon
August 08, 2018
On Tuesday, August 21st, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce hosted its annual Congressional Luncheon at the Marriott City Center in Macon. With over 1,500 industry leaders and elected officials in attendance, gubernatorial candidates discussed issues surrounding economic prosperity and the state’s business climate.
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Survey: One-third of Americans Thought about Starting a Business Last Year
August 07, 2018
LendingTree, the nation's leading online loan marketplace, today released its survey of aspiring small business owners, as the company celebrates a new milestone for its small business vertical – surpassing $1 billion in loan volume through LendingTree's small business marketplace.
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Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. Acquires Archives and History Warehouse Site
August 06, 2018
Atlanta BeltLine, Inc. has acquired 2.5 acres of property adjacent to the future Murphy Crossing development on the westside corridor. Murphy Crossing, now a 20-acre site, provides ABI with a unique opportunity to further equity, affordability, and inclusion goals for the City through controlled development, employment and housing options, and transit connectivity.
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New Overwatch League Franchise Owners include Cox Enterprises in Atlanta
August 06, 2018
The Overwatch League has its first champion in the London Spitfire, but new competition is on the way for the 2019 season. Two more teams, Atlanta and Guangzhou, joined the world’s first major global city-based esports league. The ownership groups operating those franchises are:
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Atlanta Sees Record-Breaking Hotel Occupancy at Mid-Year
August 03, 2018
City of Atlanta experienced 77 percent hotel occupancy during the first half of the year, according to Smith Travel Research (STR). This marks the highest percentage to date over this six-month period and a four percent increase during the same timeframe in 2017.
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Focus Brands and Jamba Juice Announce Definitive Merger Agreement
August 03, 2018
Focus Brands Inc. and Jamba, Inc. announced that the companies have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which FBI will acquire Jamba for $13.00 per share in cash, in a transaction valued at approximately $200 million.
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Global Commerce Generates $5.56B in Investments in Past Year
August 03, 2018
Gov. Nathan Deal announced that the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Global Commerce Division helped create a total of 27,373 new jobs during FY 18, generating $5.56 billion in investments. This growth is the result of a record-breaking 419 expansion or relocation projects throughout the state.
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Georgia Tech Brings Wall Street to West Peachtree
August 02, 2018
Georgia Tech was one of the first colleges in the country to build a Wall Street-style trading floor on campus, and inside they are creating the next generation of investment bankers, stock traders, and financial experts.
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Greater Women's Business Council Names Women's Leadership Advocate Jeffery Tobias Halter as Keynote Speaker for its Largest Business Conference of the Year
August 02, 2018
The Greater Women's Business Council, the leading provider of certification and development resources for women business enterprises in Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina, has secured Jeffery Tobias Halter as keynote speaker for its 2018 Power of Partnering Marketplace conference.
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Final Defense Bill Includes More Than 30 Georgia Priorities
August 02, 2018
As a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee and a negotiator for the final defense bill, U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) praises final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. Senator Perdue helped secured more than 30 provisions of importance to Georgia in the annual defense bill, which now heads to President Trump’s desk to be signed into law.
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City of Atlanta Selected for City Accelerator Program to Help Strengthen Local Minority-Owned Businesses and Create Jobs
August 01, 2018
Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced the City of Atlanta will join the City Accelerator program, an initiative of the Citi Foundation and Living Cities, to foster innovation and promote collaboration between urban leaders to address pressing issues cities face today.
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Georgia World Congress Center Authority Breaks Ground on Congress Center Expansion Project
August 01, 2018
Governor Nathan Deal and the Georgia World Congress Center Authority’s Board of Governors officially broke ground on the Georgia World Congress Center’s first major expansion since 2002. The $55 million expansion project, a component of the Authority’s 2020 Vision strategic plan, features a new 100,000-square-foot exhibit hall affixed between the convention center’s Buildings B and C that, once complete, will create over one million square feet of contiguous exhibition space.
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AG Chris Carr Reveals Georgia’s Top Consumer Complaints for 2017
August 01, 2018
Attorney General Chris Carr announced Georgia’s top consumer complaints for 2017. This announcement falls on the heels of the latest report from the annual survey of state and local consumer agencies conducted by Consumer Federation of America. Georgia was one of forty agencies from twenty-three states that participated in the survey.
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CEO Activism in 2018: Half of Americans Say CEO Activism Influences Government
July 31, 2018
Significantly more Americans in 2018 believe that CEOs who speak out on hotly debated current issues influence the decisions and actions of government (48 percent vs. 38 percent in 2017). This is according to CEO Activism in 2018: The Purposeful CEO, a survey of 1,006 adult Americans.
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ACG Atlanta Announces New Board of Directors and Officers; Celebrates Chapter of Year Award
July 30, 2018
The Atlanta Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth, the global organization focused on driving middle-market growth, selected new officers and directors to serve on ACG Atlanta Board of Directors.
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thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas Business Unit to Create More Than 650 Jobs in Cobb County
July 27, 2018
Gov. Nathan Deal announced that thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas Business Unit, one of the leading building transportation companies in North America and a subsidiary of thyssenkrupp AG, will create more than 650 new jobs and invest more than $200 million in its new headquarters and innovation complex in Cobb County. Upon completion, the new complex will include three facilities anchored by a state-of-the-art, 420-foot-tall elevator qualification and test tower, the tallest of its kind in the nation.