VALDOSTA - Governor and First Lady Kemp along with Georgia representatives will lead an economic development mission to the Panama Canal. Release: Governor Brian P. Kemp and First Lady Marty Kemp are leading an economic…
Business > 10 Ways to Keep your Clients…
Business School According to Forest Research, it costs five times more to find a new customer than to retain a current customers. Sometimes, small changes have a big impact on how customers perceive the quality…
Savannah > New Nat Gas Pipeline to Fuel…
SAVANNAH -- Kinder Morgan has announced plans to construct a 360-mile pipeline to connect Coastal Georgia with a major existing pipeline running across the Southeast. The pipeline will run parallel with the Savannah River and…
Newnan > Yamaha Plant Produces 3 Millionth Vehicle
NEWNAN -- Yamaha Motor Manufacturing Corporation of America (YMMC) and Yamaha Motor Corporation, U.S.A. (YMUS), have reached a historic manufacturing milestone recently surpassing the completion of 3 million vehicles at the U.S. manufacturing facility in Newnan,…
Brunswick > 5 millionth Vehicle Handled
[caption id="attachment_20814" align="alignnone" width="630"] Vehicle Roll Off Operation at Port of Brunswick[/caption] BRUNSWICK -- A silver Hyundai Genesis rolling down the ramp of the Wallenius Wilhelmsen vessel Isolde became the 5 millionth vehicle handled by…
Georgia > Mercedes Finalizes Location for US HQ
[caption id="attachment_20719" align="alignnone" width="630"] AJC Photo[/caption] SANDY SPRINGS -- Mercedes-Benz will construct a 250,000 square foot office building on a 12-acre site in Sandy Springs, the company announced Tuesday. Using the largest undeveloped tract of…
Washington > Pecan Industry Gains Tariff Win
WASHINGTON -- Georgia Second District Congressman Sanford Bishop, member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Co-Chairman of the Congressional Peanut Caucus, welcomed a recent win for the U.S. pecan industry. China recently announced that…
Business > How to Value your Business
Chip Harp, Valdosta Today Business Editor: Here are the three most common ways professionals calculate how much a business is worth: Asset Approach: This method basically determines a business’ value by adding up the sum…
Georgia > Obama Budget includes Funds for Savannah…
SAVANNAH -- The White House budget includes $21.05 million for the deepening of the Savannah River Harbor. This, plus another $21 million provided by the US Army Corps of Engineers is proposed currently for the…