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Yearly Archives: 2007, 2008

FDIC's Atlanta office is in hiring mode

17 hours ago

As companies across Georgia shed jobs by the thousands, at least one organization is doing some serious hiring: the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The Atlanta regional office of the FDIC, the federal bank regulator …
Potential Hawks buyer's finances would've concerned NBA

17 hours ago

Whether Texas businessman David McDavid had enough cash on hand to support the money-losing Hawks would have been a concern for the National Basketball Association had the league received his application to buy the …
Georgia jobless rate jumps to 7 percent

17 hours ago

Georgia's unemployment rate hit 7 percent in October, the highest rate since 1992, the state Labor Department said Thursday. The October rate is up from 4.5 percent in the same month of 2007, and metro Atlanta has lost …
High-paying jobs on decline in metro Atlanta

Nov 20, 2008

The Atlanta area's high-paying jobs are declining and its low-paying jobs are increasing. That's one of the trends in Regional Snapshot, an Atlanta Regional Commission report that comes out Thursday. The report also …
Wendy's/Arby's moving 120 jobs to Atlanta from Ohio

Nov 20, 2008

The Wendy's/Arby's Group said Wednesday it expects to relocate at least 120 jobs to Atlanta from Ohio for its corporate support center. Wendy's, based in Dublin, Ohio, and Atlanta-based Triarc, the parent company of …