In 1998, Synovus Financial Services Corporation, the Columbus-based company where William “Bill” Turner served as Chairman of the Executive Committee, was named the “Best Place to Work in America” by Forbes. A reporter from the magazine interviewed him, wanting…
This month we introduce readers to three more Georgia businesses that have been around for 50 years or more: Stevens & Wilkinson, an architectural, engineering and interior design firm in downtown Atlanta; Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis, & Rothschild, LLP,…
Maybe there’s a way out of this mess. Maybe the worst is behind us. Maybe Georgia will eventually overcome its reputation as a poster child for banking failure. In the meantime, there’s enough anxiety over new and developing regulations,…
NCR Corporation, a global technology company, was founded in 1884 as the National Cash Register Company, headquartered in Ohio. It went public in 1926, was owned for a time by AT&T, then became an independent public company in 1997…
The flying robot invasion has already begun. Lethal, battle-tested drones (unmanned aviation vehicles or UAVs) are being used in Pakistan, and the military wants more of them. Selected universities, law enforcement agencies and aerospace firms currently are operating UAVs…
This is when you know you’ve made a good investment in thoroughbred horse racing: The green two-year-old you recently purchased for $14,000 wins his first race at 35-to-1 odds. Then, a month later he wins at 25-to-1. And a month…
A modest attempt to supplement the family’s farm income on the part of Tommy Newberry and his wife, Ann, in 1960 has grown to a multi-million dollar operation for Kay and Paschal Brooks, the couple’s daughter and son-in-law. Quail…
When Clementi Holder became a Girl Scout in 1930, she learned how to gather twigs and build a fire in the woods. “Of course, you can’t do that now,” says Holder, 91, of Athens. “The laws are different.” Nevertheless,…
The second edition of Georgia Gold – our focus on Georgia companies that are at least 50 years old – takes us from the mountains to the coast and points in between, to businesses dealing in stuff you walk…
As a declaration of independence from oil barons far away, alternative energy represents a span of solutions to replace fossil fuels with renewable resources. It has become increasingly clear that the potential to capitalize on the shift is huge,…
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