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Area’s GDP ranks 59th in US

Gainesville-Hall County is on par with San Francisco in at least one respect: They both had the same percentage growth in real gross domestic product in 2011.

March 05, 2013 | Jeff Gill | Business


Newsmakers in Business March 3

Sigmon to head oncology department at Northeast Georgia Medical Center Northeast Georgia Medical Center has named Todd Sigmon as executive director of oncology for the Cancer Center. Sigmon recently served for six years as vice president of Operations for East Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas, where he was responsible for the oncology program and several other departments. Prior to joining ETMC, he served as director of Cancer Services at Duke Raleigh Hospital in Raleigh, ...

March 03, 2013 | From staff reports | Business


Agribiz: Cantaloupe packers are under FDA’s microscope

Knowing that the food you eat is safe is many times taken for granted by most Americans. The only time we really think about food safety is when something happens to the food supply that makes people sick.

February 28, 2013 | Michael Wheeler | Business


Computer Care: Printer glitch? Best to start over

While recently attempting to print a document on a printer I've had installed for over a year, Windows suddenly advised me that I in fact, had no printer installed. I could see the Officejet across the room; I just used it the night before and my wife had printed something on it earlier that morning, so I knew it worked.

February 23, 2013 | Arthur Glazer | Business


Blended expo sparks business networking

Start-up entrepreneurs and familiar business faces alike mingled Friday at the Buy Local, Safe and Green Expo held at the Gainesville Civic Center.

February 23, 2013 | Emma Witman | Business


Newsmakers in business Feb. 17

Hasty Pope partner named Georgia 'Super Lawyer' Jonathan Pope, an attorney and partner at Hasty Pope, has been named a 2013 "Super Lawyer." It marks the fourth time Pope has been honored with the title. Super Lawyers is a rating service of lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Super Lawyers Magazine features the list and profiles of selected attorneys and is distributed to ...

February 17, 2013 | From staff reports | Business


Agribiz: Georgia’s farm tax exemption is popular

The Georgia Ag Tax Exemption program, or GATE, has been well received by producers from across the state.

February 14, 2013 | Michael Wheeler | Business


Planning board OKs Ga. 53 retail plan

The Gainesville Planning and Appeals Board on Tuesday night recommended approval of a rezoning proposal that would clear the way for a developer to build a 245,000-square-foot shopping center off Ga. 53/Dawsonville Highway.

February 13, 2013 | Jeff Gill | Business


Newsmakers in business Feb. 10

National Business Honor Society opens chapter at Brenau University The Delta Mu Delta business honor society will open a chapter at Brenau University in Gainesville. The 100-year-old, Brookfield, Ill.-based society operates on 240 campuses worldwide. It recognizes academic excellence in baccalaureate, master's, and doctorate degree business administration programs. Delta Mu Delta selects students in the top 20 percent of their classes for lifetime membership. There are more than 160,000 members in 175 countries. "Becoming a ...

February 10, 2013 | From staff reports | Business


Local pharmacies get a dose of pain from chains

Gainesville resident Linda Cash says she has been a customer of Riverside Pharmacy on Green Street for 14 years. But she's afraid she will have to change pharmacies after her Medicare insurance prescription plan moved to having a network of preferred pharmacies that doesn't include Riverside.

February 10, 2013 | Sarah Mueller | Business


Computer Care: Even safe downloading sites should be approached with caution

There are good places to go on the Internet for downloads and there are not-so-good places. Often when you think you are navigating to a certain website, you end up somewhere else, possibly on a rogue site. You have been redirected.

February 09, 2013 | Arthur Glazer | Business


Hall Chamber seeks to honor farmers, other ag lovers

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its annual agribusiness awards.

February 09, 2013 | From staff reports | Business


Dawson County attorney named to Lanier Islands board

A local attorney is the newest member of the Lake Lanier Islands Development Authority. Clint Bearden, 27, was one of several appointed by Gov. Nathan Deal in January to key positions in the state. "I'm really humbled and honored to have been selected by the governor for this appointment. Being a resident of Dawson County, I know how beneficial Lake Lanier is to tourism within our county, and it's that mindset that makes me excited ...

February 05, 2013 | From Times regional staff | Business


Gainesville earns high rankings on job growth

Gainesville was the best-performing small city in Georgia in 2012 and ranks in the top 10 small cities in the U.S. for job growth, according to a recent Milken Institute study.

February 05, 2013 | Sarah Mueller | Business


Newsmakers in business Feb. 3

HTI opens Gainesville office to support ZF industries HTI Employments Solutions celebrated the grand opening of a new office in Gainesville on Jan. 17. Although headquartered in Greenville, S.C., the company is expanding into the North Georgia region to support ZF Wind Power and ZF Gainesville. The Gainesville location is HTI's ninth office in the Southeast and its first in Georgia. Human Technologies is a human resource advisory firm providing professional recruiting, industrial staffing, human ...

February 03, 2013 | From staff reports | Business


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Atlas Pizza to expand at Bradford property

Atlas Pizza's purchase of the 32,000-square-foot, two-story 305 Bradford building downtown may bring 20 to 40 new jobs to Gainesville.

May 20, 2013 | Greg Breazeale | Business


Computer Care: Tips to keep Windows 7 on your PC

Windows 8 is great, if you are used to it or if you have a touch-screen laptop or tablet. But more and more of my clients are complaining that they just got a new PC with Win 8 installed - and they hate it. What they really want is that new computer loaded with their old operating system, Windows 7.

May 18, 2013 | Arthur Glazer | Business


Schreiber Foods to lay off 115, close Gainesville plant

After making tough decisions based on efficiency concerns, Schreiber Foods confirmed it will close its Gainesville location, which will result in 115 layoffs this fall.

May 14, 2013 | Meredith Pruitt | Business


Newsmakers in Business, May 12

Financial adviser Baldwin earns Edward Jones honors

May 12, 2013 | From staff reports | Business


Agribiz: Weather affects Vidalia onion supply

Georgia's wildly fluctuating temperatures in this year's first four months played havoc on the state's signature onion crop.

May 08, 2013 | Michael Wheeler | Business


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