Phoebe CEO Joel Wernick Among Georgia Trend 100 Most Influential Georgians list
Tweet Special to the Journal Albany, Ga. – Joel Wernick, President/CEO of Phoebe Putney Health System, has been named one of Georgia Trend Magazine’s 100 Most Influential Georgians for the eighth consecutive year. The list appears in the magazine’s January 2014 edition.
Read More →Secretary of State Kemp Reminds Corporate Customers of Annual Registration Renewal Period
Tweet Special to the Journal Atlanta – Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp reminds officers and registered agents of corporate entities registered in Georgia that the annual registration renewal period has begun. The deadline for the annual registration renewal period is 11:59 p.m. on Friday, May 31, 2014. Georgia law requires all corporations, limited liability [...]
Read More →Georgia retailers prepared for shoppers over crucial Thanksgiving weekend
Tweet ATLANTA – Georgia retailers are ready for a busy shopping season as the crucial Thanksgiving weekend approaches, the Georgia Retail Association said today. Retailers can make between 20 percent and 40 percent of all their annual sales during the Christmas shopping season in November and December, said GRA President Rick McAllister. “Consumers appear to [...]
Read More →Tweet By Jim Wallace, WALB News Channel 10 There’s a bit of a construction boom in Albany and Dougherty County right now, especially commercial building construction. Experts say that’s a sign that businesses think South Georgia’s economy is improving, and they’re ready to expand and hire.
Read More →Georgia’s unemployment rate rises to 8.6 percent in June
Tweet ATLANTA – The Georgia Department of Labor announced today that Georgia’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 8.6 percent in June. The rate was up three-tenths of a percentage point from 8.3 percent in May, but it was down five-tenths of a percentage point from 9.1 percent in June a year ago.
Read More →Secretary of State Kemp Reminds Corporate Customers of Annual Registration Renewal Deadline
Tweet Atlanta – Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp today reminded officers and registered agents of corporate entities registered in Georgia that the annual renewal period deadline is 11:59 p.m. on Friday May 31, 2013. Georgia law requires corporations, limited liability companies and limited partnerships to file annual renewals with the Secretary of State’s Office [...]
Read More →New changes at the Journal
Tweet Staff Reports Albany, Ga – For readers of The Albany Journal, you may have noticed a few slight changes. Following the new initiative to open up journalistic opportunities, Journal publisher Tom Knighton announced new measures meant to keep the 74 year old Journal moving strong.
Read More →Flint RiverQuarium Implements Reduction in Force Measure
Tweet Special to the Journal Albany, Ga — The Flint RiverQuarium Board of Directors voted last evening to implement a reduction in force, eliminating the CEO position as a cost saving measure. Current Flint RiverQuarium CEO Sanders Lewallen has served in that position since June 2011. Emily Jean McAfee, FRQ Board chairman, stressed that the [...]
Read More →Riverfront’s fate to stay put?
Tweet Staff Reports In an email from Albany downtown manager Aaron Blair, it seems as though popular downtown barbeque joint, Riverfront Barbeque, will be staying right where it is for the time being.
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