Randstad Survey Says Employees Confused about Future Advancement
A new report by staffing firm Randstad finds 40% of surveyed workers plan to search for a new job in the next six months. But more than half of those think a different company won’t hire them. Eileen...
View ArticleWalmart to Add Vaccine Kiosks
Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, sees growth opportunities in healthcare services offered in-store. Starting Monday and going through mid-November, the Arkansas-based retail giant has plans to...
View ArticleGa Doctors' Organization Concerned SCOTUS Decision Could Give Feds Too Much...
The US Supreme Court will soon decide whether Georgia has the power to approve hospital mergers, even if consolidations create monopolies. But an organization representing Georgia physicians is...
View ArticleDock Worker Strike Could Ripple Through GA Economy
Longshoreman along the East Coast are threatening to strike after contract talks broke down this week between the dock workers and cargo shippers. A strike at Georgia’s ports could have a drastic...
View ArticleDelta Adds Flights for UGA/Mizzou Game
Delta Air Lines has added an extra flight each way between Atlanta and Columbia, Missouri—but only for next weekend. That’s when the University of Georgia opens SEC play against Mizzou, a school new...
View ArticleEmory Study Finds Possible Link Between PFCs and Obesity
New research from Emory University shows exposure to a chemical found in everything from non-stick pans to clothing could lead to obesity later in life. Four-hundred fourty-seven pregnant women who...
View ArticleBlack Baptists/NAACP Join in "Get Out the Vote" Message
What was dubbed a press conference felt more like a Sunday morning mega-church service at the Georgia World Congress Center Wednesday. The topic: getting African-Americans to the polls. “It makes it...
View ArticleDelta revenue up, but so are prices
Delta Air Lines says August was a profitable month for the Atlanta-based carrier. Even so, high fuel costs continue to challenge its bottom line. Delta recently purchased a Pennsylvania refinery to...
View ArticleFederal Mediators to Facilitate Talks Between Dock Workers, Port Officials
The union representing dock workers at ports along the East Coast is threatening to strike. If that happens, ports at Savannah and Brunswick would all but shut down. But now there’s new hope a...
View ArticleEmory Study Connects Dots Between Inflammation and Depression
A drug used to treat inflammatory disease like rheumatoid arthritis may help those with difficult-to-treat depression, according to newly-published research from Emory University. Emory’s Dr. Andrew...
View ArticleChick-Fil-A Will No Longer Fund Anti-Gay Causes, Group Says
Chick-Fil-A, the fast-food chain that’s been at the center of the recent gay marriage debate, will no longer give money to groups opposed to LGBT rights. The shift comes two months after Chick-Fil-A...
View ArticleNew Leaf Turned at Chick-Fil-A? Not Quite, Say Some LGBT Groups
Chick-fil-A is making another statement about recent reports that it will stop giving money to groups that oppose gay marriage. But the Atlanta-based company did not make any clearer whether it is...
View ArticleMore Parents Opting Out of Vaccines in Some States, Emory Study Finds
A new study from Emory University shows that in states where it’s relatively easy for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children, more are choosing not to vaccinate. All 50 states allow...
View ArticleChick-Fil-A Statements Come Under Question by Human Rights Campaign
Atlanta-based Chick-Fil-A again found itself tangled in the debate over same-sex marriage this week. In July, the fast-food chain’s leader, Dan Cathy, said he operates Chick-Fil-A on Biblical...
View ArticleAJC Finds Schools Lax When Investigating Cheating
After uncovering in 2008 what became the largest case of standardized test cheating in US history, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution continues to take on the issue. Sunday, the paper publishes the...
View ArticleCumming and Forsyth to Enter Mediation Over Water Dispute
Cumming draws water from Lake Lanier, and has long provided it to Forsyth County at an untreated rate of 10-cents per thousand gallons. That contract expired, and Cumming officials said they will only...
View ArticleSouthwest Drives Down Some ATL Airfares, But Little Effect on Market Overall
It’s been seven months since Southwest Airlines began service into Atlanta. That’s the same time when average airfares out of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport reached an all-time high --...
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