January 2013 News

January 31, 2013

• Two Wiregrass Tech Employees Named Employees of Year

• Southern Company Annual Profit Rises to $2.35 Billion

• UPS Officially Pulls TNT Express Offer

• Online Labor Demand up 106,900 in January

• RIM Launches Blackberry 10, Changes Company Name to Blackberry

• How Will U.S. Military and Defense Suppliers Cope As Threat of Sequestration Nears?

• U.S. Home Prices Extend Gains According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices

• Q4 GDP: Economy Still Facing Headwinds

• Recent Rise in Long-Term Rates Bodes Well for Bank Profitability

• Despite Continued Economic Uncertainty, Entrepreneurial Firms Continue to Grow

January 30, 2013

• Ameris Bank Q4 Profit Up

• Governor Deal: "Georgia Tourism is Big Business"

• First Data Posts Annual Loss, Names Interim CEO

• Revenue Grew in Most Service Sectors in 2011, Census Bureau Reports

• Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Declines

• KBB: New-Car Sales To Start New Year Strong at 15.1M Seasonally Adjusted Annual Rate

• Apple Increases iPad Storage to 128GB

• U.S. Student Loan Delinquencies Climbing Fast, Showing No Signs of Slowing

• U.S. Industrial Manufacturers Express Increased Optimism Regarding the Domestic Economy

• Report Card Grades 50 States On Government Transparency

January 29, 2013

• Georgia Ports Activity Rose 12% in December

• Georgia Gas Prices Inching Up As Oil Prices Rise Over Economic Optimism

• Finalist Named for UGA Presidency

• Electric Light & Power names Southern Company Utility of the Year

• Georgia Gulf Now Officially Axiall Corp.