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People line up to order food at the Shake Shack restaurant in the new Delta airlines terminal 4 at JFK airport, Friday, May 24, 2013 in New York. Delta opened its new $1.4 billion terminal, strengthening its hand in the battle for the lucrative New York travel market. The expanded concourse offers sweeping views of the airport, upscale food and shopping options and increased seating. It replaces a decrepit terminal built by Pan Am in 1960 that was an embarrassing way to welcome millions of visitors to the United States. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Delta ups the ante in battle for New York travel market
Delta Air Lines is opening a $1.4 billion terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport, strengthening its hand i...
01:43 PM, Friday, May 24
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The Associated Press<br> Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke listens as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington before a Senate Joint Economic Committee hearing on ‘The Economic Outlook’ on May 22. Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the U.S. economy sooner than many expected.
‘Bond’ voyage ... As economy improves, Fed may slow down b...
WASHINGTON — Investors have grown nervous that the Federal Reserve will scale back its efforts to boost the U.S. ec...
11:52 PM, Thursday, May 23
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William G. Lako Jr.<br>Business Columnist
401(k) plans that do the firing
The employer has a fiduciary responsibility when they sponsor a 401(k) plan to keep costs reasonable for the plan siz...
11:49 PM, Thursday, May 23
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The Associated Press<br> Leslie Moonves, left, president and chief executive officer of CBS, talks with PBS host Charlie Rose in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2006. Making $60.3 million, Moonves was the highest paid CEO of 2012.
Climbing salaries — AP analysis: Median pay for CEOs rose ...
CEO pay, which fell two years straight during the Great Recession but rose 24 percent in 2010 and 6 percent in 2011, ...
12:00 AM, Thursday, May 23
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Glaxo, US partnering to develop new antibiotics
GlaxoSmithKline PLC says it's starting an unusual collaboration with the U.S. government to develop several antibioti...
02:45 PM, Wednesday, May 22
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Flowers Foods approves stock split, hikes dividend
Flowers Foods on Wednesday approved a three-for-two stock split and hiked its dividend.
12:00 PM, Wednesday, May 22
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Citi Trends 1Q profit drops, misses estimates
Clothing and accessories company Citi Trends said Wednesday that its first-quarter net income dropped 39 percent as c...
09:00 AM, Wednesday, May 22
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Staff/Leo Hohmann <br> A construction worker hauls trim into a home Tuesday in the Oak Grove subdivision off Whitlock Avenue in Marietta. Homes are being built in the community by David Weekley Homes and sell in the $400,000 to $500,000 range.
Housing spike — Cobb County sees 192 housing permits issue...
The housing market is bouncing back even stronger than many Realtors imagined it would back when the market scraped b...
11:38 PM, Tuesday, May 21
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This May 14, 2012 file photo shows brochures at a Home Depot store in Danvers, Mass. The Home Depot Inc. reports quarterly financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly ...
12:00 PM, Tuesday, May 21
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High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes
The Supreme Court has affirmed the authority of federal regulators to try to speed local government decisions on prop...
10:45 AM, Monday, May 20
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In this April 18, 2011 file photo, the Yahoo logo is displayed outside of the offices in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
The deal announced Monday represents Mayer's boldest move yet since she left Google 10 months ago to lead Yahoo's lat...
10:38 AM, Monday, May 20
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Staff/Laura Moon <br> President and CEO Mark Wilson purchased Cobb-based eVerifile in 2011. The company provides utilities, railroads, transportation, education and health care customers solutions for workforce and vendor security management.
Entrepreneurial excellence — CEO builds company through le...
CUMBERLAND — Mark Wilson, president and CEO of eVerifile, grew up in the housing projects in the small Southern town ...
10:25 PM, Saturday, May 18
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William G. Lako Jr.<br>Business Columnist
Children at risk for identity theft
With summer months approaching, your children may be spending more time online. Between multiplayer online games, soc...
12:04 AM, Friday, May 17
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The Associated Press Stephanee Stephens and her students use tablets during an eighth-grade Spanish class at Autrey Mill Middle School in Johns Creek on Thursday. The school is part of a pilot project launched this spring by Amplify, News Corp.'s education technology company.
Digital education — Schools, firms starting to integrate t...
By Associated Press Writer JOHNS CREEK — Time is up for the 13 students in Stephanee Stephens’ eighth-grade Spanish...
11:43 PM, Thursday, May 16
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Flowers Foods 1Q net income more than doubles
Flowers Foods' first-quarter net income more than doubled thanks to a large gain related to its acquisition of the Sa...
07:45 AM, Thursday, May 16
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