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Previous: January 2, 2009

Friday 01.09.2009

• AirTran hires new flight attendants, recalls pilots
• Zep dips into the red in Q1
• Verizon Wireless completes Alltel deal
• Report: Robert Rubin to resign at Citigroup
• Cost Plus to shut 26 stores, cut workers
• Ga. tax revenue drops 9%
• Circuit City engages in sales talks
• Southern Co.’s Ratcliffe talks demand, efficiency
• Ill. House impeaches Blagojevich
• Matt Towery rejoins McKenna Long & Aldridge
• KB Home revenue cut in half
• Shotput Ventures launching entrepreneurial program
• Hartsfield-Jackson to LATHER up
• Place Properties eyes distressed student housing
• Large construction layoffs looming
• U.S. loses another 524,000 jobs
• CCCS of Greater Atlanta merges with Florida peer
• PRG-Schultz picks Bahl as new CEO

Thursday 01.08.2009

• About 500 Best Buy HQ employees accept buyouts
• Cigna cuts 50 ATL jobs
• Sunshine Mortgage shuts down, looks to sell
• Mortgage rates fall to record low
• Obama: Unless U.S. acts, recession could last years
• Poll: Ga. voters want state to solve traffic woes
• Georgia ethanol plant shut down
• Tucker woman arraigned on health-care fraud charges
• Paulson suggests replacing Fannie/Freddie
• Fannie, Freddie foreclosure pause extended
• J.C. Penney Co.’s comp sales fall 8.1%
• Goody’s to liquidate remaining stores
• Target same-store sales down in December
• Fundraising retreats in Q4 for private equity firms
• Economic woes to persist in 2009
• Kohl's December same-store sales down
• Lockheed in Marietta gets green award
• USA Today plans $5 Obama paper
• FedEx trims '09 marketing budget by 25%
• Premiere Global Services enters China
• Macy's to close 11 stores nationwide
• Haverty Furniture sales plummet in 2008

Wednesday 01.07.2009

• Immucor stays on the rise in Q2
• Lou Sobh Honda planning Forsyth dealership
• Hospitals dismiss Grady's $30M request
• Grubb & Ellis names Kojaian chairman
• Ga. transportation leaders paint an ugly picture
• Bill Curry named Georgia State's interim AD
• Private report suggests heavy job losses
• Southeast consumer confidence plummets
• Report: Online job postings tumble
• Delta traffic up in 2008
• Trotter named Taylor English Duma partner
• U.S. franchises may lose 10,000 locations
• CDC: Ga. 10th for teen birth rate in ‘06
• Survey: Job hunt is on in 2009
• Microsoft: Xbox 360 had best year ever
• Garmin program will offer quarterly map updates for single price
• ACBJ chairman to receive SABEW award
• Survey: Most think their jobs won't be cut
• UPS adds domestic express in 16 nations
• Alexander Gallo acquires Verdict Systems
• Sellers: Premier may be out of cash soon
• Premier Exhibitions CAO to stay

Tuesday 01.06.2009

• Premier Exhibitions posts 3Q loss on falling attendance
• Global Payments Q2 profit jumps to $49M
• BofA CEO recommends top brass get no bonuses
• Apple updates iTunes, iLife, unveils 17-inch MacBook
• National Association of Realtors pending sales index drops
• Best Buy to sell used iPhones
• Citizens Bancshares lined up for TARP funds
• Porter Research joins Billian Publishing
• Cox Auto Trader quits publishing two mags
• Renaissance Atlanta Hotel names new GM
• KFC makes NFL 'Hail Mary' challenge
• Wells Fargo buys loans and leases from GE
• Restaurant veteran named to O'Charley's board
• Report: ATL job losses almost nation’s highest
• Stanford survey: Financial services firms dominate class actions in 2008
• U.S. Treasury has invested $15B of bailout funds
• UPS taps Gray as U.S. ops VP
• Report: Ga. mortgage rates among lowest
• Rollins adds Crane to the fold
• Acuity Brands Q1 profit down to $19M
• Rise in health care spending slows down
• Cigna cutting 1,100 jobs
• UPS inks distribution, shipping deal with Merck
• AirTran traffic increases in 2008

Monday 01.05.2009

• Coal plant project threatened by partnership breakup
• Acuity buys out Lighting Control & Design
• United Community Banks ups loan loss provision
• Online video viewing soars
• MillerCoors puts MGD 64 on draft
• Report: VC-backed IPOs fall to 30-year low
• Construction spending falls, but ahead of analyst projections
• Major automakers’ sales drop more than 30% in December
• Kohl’s to add 300 metro Atlanta jobs
• Franklin delivers final State of the City
• FTRANS pulls in $3M round of funding
• Troutman Sanders merges with Ross, Dixon & Bell
• Georgia debuts govt. transparency Web site
• Barton Asset Management founder arraigned
• Obama to replace Bill Richardson at Commerce Department
• Tourism spending down, price up
• Ryan Seacrest show coming to Star 94
• Southeast economy has more of the same in store in 2009
• Griffin Bell dead at 90
• Jobs says he has hormonal imbalance, will remain Apple CEO
• Orkin opens in Kuwait

Friday 01.02.2009

• Synovus expects to up loan loss provision $250M
• BB&T names new CEO
• Most Americans say media making crisis worse
• FDIC finds buyer for troubled IndyMac
• Dow finishes up 258 points
• Colonial Pipeline names new CEO
• AirTran releases statements on incident with Muslim passengers
• AARP: Economic stress causing health problems
• Visa: Americans saving for rainy day
• Report: Online holiday sales worst since '01
• Report: Some IPOs may surprise in 2009
• Time Warner, Viacom reach New Year’s deal
• Computer chip sales down 9.8 percent worldwide
• Muslim passengers removed from AirTran flight
• Manufacturing falls to 28-year low
• Dow up as 2009 trading begins
• Wells, BofA complete big acquisitions
• New sharks born at Georgia Aquarium

Thursday 01.01.2009

• Rambling wrecked: LSU crushes Georgia Tech

Wednesday 12.31.2008

• New product speculation swirls by Apple faithful in advance of MacWorld
• SpongeBob, Dora, Colbert all might go dark on Time Warner Cable
• Dell reorganizing global structure
• Reynolds Plantation developer acquires N.C. golf community
• Ga. stocks bloodied in 2008
• Shareholders approve TurboChef-Middleby merger
• SEC: Fair Value Accounting didn’t cause financial crisis
• U.S. loan values drop 55%
• New jobless claims drop, continuing unemployment rolls grow
• More inaugural tickets up for grabs
• Report: Big bailout recipients still shaky
• Hartsfield-Jackson sets 2009 resolutions

Tuesday 12.30.2008

• Carpet maker Interface to cut jobs, close plant in Canada
• SEC changes oil, gas reporting rules
• Coffee giant Starbucks stresses tea offerings
• Mainstream Media files for bankruptcy, had sealed NASCAR deal
• Lesser exits McKenna Long & Aldridge to start consulting firm
• Consumer confidence at historic low
• Playoff-bound Atlanta Falcons to close Falcons 365 stores
• Report: $14B IndyMac sale could come by Wednesday
• Survey: More employers to hold off on hiring
• GMAC gets $5 billion in TARP funds
• Chick-fil-A Bowl cracks down on bogus merchandise
• Cox Enterprises names new CEO
• Post Properties sells Buckhead complex
• Home price indexes drop 18 percent in October
• IRS helps speed up home sales

Monday 12.29.2008

• Delta completes sale of 18.2M shares
• Delta adds flights to Augusta, Ga. for Masters
• NWA wants to delay Seattle-Beijing route
• Cuban buys stake in Carmike Theaters
• Car buyers want fuel efficiency
• Chick-fil-A to give away chicken biscuits for new year
• Report: Holiday spending tumbles
• Analyst: Financial distress likely at Charter
• Coke's red Times Sq. sign goes 'green'
• Petit to chair GSU business school board
• Report: Lehman filing cost creditors $75B
• Report: Music companies mull YouTube rival
• AT&T to offer $99 iPhone, not Wal-Mart
• Subprime losses deepen

Thursday 12.25.2008

• GMAC approved as bank holding company

Wednesday 12.24.2008

• New unemployment claims reach 26-year high
• Report: FDIC near deal to sale of IndyMac assets
• Report: CEO compensation starting to change
• Mountain Valley Community Bank wants to join federal stock program
• Investor confidence index drops again
• iPod nano top holiday seller
• Settlements hurt Wal-Mart's 4Q profits
• Obama cabinet short on business experience
• Poll: 25% of small firms fearful of future
• Consumer spending dips in November
• Tech firms freeze pay, jobs in '09
• Claims against WaMu now total $7.8B
• Facebook, MySpace revenues dip
• Redevelopment of former GM plant could include dome for Falcons
• Freedom Bank of Ga. under regulatory order

Tuesday 12.23.2008

• McClatchy shares fall to all-time low
• Retailers want more tax breaks
• Small business groups praise, pan new credit card rules
• Coke scolded over labeling of Diet Coke Plus
• Struggling Beazer rewards top execs
• Delta to delay Raleigh-Durham to Paris route
• Payment processor RBS WorldPay breached
• Delta execs shed shares before holidays
• Metro unemployment rises to 7 percent
• The Titan Agency adds two new execs
• Pilgrim's Pride outlines CEO's salary
• UnitedHealth settles with SEC in stock scandal
• Wachovia shareholders OK Wells Fargo deal
• PSC officials: Georgia Power shouldn't hike rates early to pay for reactors
• Report: Existing home sales plummet in November
• Womack named Southern Co. president of external affairs
• Developers say 'me too' for bailout
• Report: GDP falls 0.5% in third quarter

Monday 12.22.2008

• Hardin: Company not at fault in collapse
• Former presidential candidate Thompson to replace O'Reilly on radio
• Survey: Workers facing layoffs could pose security threat
• U.S. sees rise in international travelers
• KB Toys' liquidation shifts into high gear
• Sembler 'Briarcliff' project may be toast
• Georgia still among fastest growing states
• Aaron Rents raises 2009 earnings guidance
• Stimulus package could be a boon for business
• Toyota expects operating loss for fiscal '09
• Online holiday shopping heavy but misses mark
• Synovus to merge Americus and Albany banks