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Christmas tree sellers report 'great season'

As Christmas tree growers and sellers around Hall County begin to close up shop for the season, many reflect on what were some of their best sales in years.

December 19, 2012 | Shannan Finke | Business


PES buys Gainesville facility to double its size

Processing Equipment Solutions Inc. has purchased a 108,000-square-foot building on Murphy Boulevard in Gainesville.

December 19, 2012 | From staff reports | Business


Computer Care: Prepare your PC properly for repairs

Attempting to create an image of my hard drive to DVDs recently, I discovered I had a nonfunctional optical drive. So I ran it through all the tests I could think of and came to the conclusion that is was in fact a hardware issue. What was so unsettling is the fact that my laptop is only four months old.

December 14, 2012 | Arthur Glazer | Business


Agribiz: Producers urged to apply for state tax exemption

The state Department of Agriculture has begun taking applications for the Georgia Agriculture Tax Exemption.

December 05, 2012 | Michael Wheeler | Business


Newsmakers in business Dec. 2

Purcell named president of Ga. Door & Hardware group Debbie Purcell has been named president of the Georgia Chapter of the Door & Hardware Institute. She is currently president and CEO of Engineered Openings Inc. in Alto. The Door & Hardware Institute is a multinational organization that focuses on safety and building codes for commercial buildings. Purcell will serve a two-year term. She also serves as a national instructor for the Door & Hardware Institute. ...

December 02, 2012 | From staff reports | Business


Computer Care: Watch for keyloggers that can steal your password

My wife logged on to her eBay account early one morning this week to discover she had sold two Wii units to someone in South Carolina. Normally this would have been a good thing, except for the fact the she sells clothes online, not electronics.

December 01, 2012 | Arthur Glazer | Business


Newsmakers: Smalley chosen senior VP for Hamilton State Bank

Braselton-based Hamilton State Bank has named Lee Smalley as senior vice president, commercial real estate.

November 25, 2012 | From staff reports | Business


Gainesville unemployment rate declines

The preliminary unemployment rate in metro Gainesville declined to 6.6 percent in October, the Georgia Department of Labor announced Thursday.

November 22, 2012 | From staff reports | Business


Agribiz: EPA's ethanol decision frustrates growers

The livestock industry made up of a coalition of livestock associations expressed disappointment with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's decision not to waive a federal law that requires corn to be used for ethanol production.

November 21, 2012 | Michael Wheeler | Business


One year later, little effect from Sunday sales

There's one thing Sunday alcohol sales have brought for sure - a 12:30 p.m. rush. "By state law we can't open before 12:30 p.m., but there's always a line prior to 12:30," said Sammy P. Brown, owner of Sammy's Package Store at 2550 Limestone Parkway. "Obviously customers are very, very excited. There's a rush for an hour." Ten miles down the road the Oakwood Package & Bottle Shop, at 3469 Mundy Mill Road, has a ...

November 18, 2012 | Matt Chambers | Business


Newsmakers in business, Nov. 18

6 from Hall County complete economic development program Six Hall County residents graduated from the 2012 Region 2 Multi-Day Training Program offered by the Georgia Academy for Economic Development. The graduates at the Nov. 7 ceremony included Ralph Taylor, Nancy Smallwood, Kelly Mathis Lee, Fred Richards, Krista Barker and Chris Davis. Class participants represented a number of professional and nonprofessional economic development fields from 13 counties in North Georgia. The Academy provided each of the ...

November 18, 2012 | From staff reports | Business


Computer Care: Know your PC and its components

It's imperative if you own a computer to know what the components are called and to know a few things about them.

November 16, 2012 | Arthur Glazer | Business


Agribiz: Soybean, peanut, beef production all strong in Ga.

There are a couple of news stories about commodities that have an impact on Georgia agriculture, the state's largest industry, that I want to share with you this week.

November 07, 2012 | Michael Wheeler | Business


Newsmakers in business Nov. 4

Gainesville attorney Brim named Fellow by American College of Trial Lawyers

November 03, 2012 | From staff reports | Business


Computer Care: Beware of what you install with free programs

Free programs are great and the Internet is full of them. The problem is that many of these so-called freebies come with a price called malware that piggyback the application or utility you are trying to download.

November 02, 2012 | Arthur Glazer | Business


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Agribiz: Kudzu bug could be bigger pest than first imagined

Soybeans in Hall County have gained back some popularity by farmers as prices have stayed firm at decent levels. I guess over the past four or five years, soybean acreage has increased by three- or fourfold.

June 19, 2013 | Michael Wheeler | Business


Computer Care: Plenty of gadgets for Dad to marvel at for Father’s Day

My dad was into gadgets. He liked to be on the cutting edge of electronics. OK, this was the late 1960s so nothing was really small or cheap yet. But when pocket calculators initially arrived on the market, they were about three-quarters of an inch thick and about the size of a cellphone.

June 15, 2013 | Arthur Glazer | Business


Kubota celebrates 25 years of success in Hall County

More than 1,000 Kubota employees, along with area and state political and business leaders, braved drenching rain Thursday to celebrate the company's 25 years of success in Hall County.

June 06, 2013 | Sarah Mueller | Business


Agribiz: Broiler production on the increase

U.S. broiler meat production is forecast to total 38.9 billion pounds in 2014, up 2.9 percent from 2013, according to the "Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook" report from USDA's Economic Research Service.

June 05, 2013 | Michael Wheeler | Business


ZF celebrates its 3rd facility in Gainesville area

ZF celebrated the opening of its third facility in the Gainesville area on Wednesday.

June 05, 2013 | Dana Towns | Business


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