Business Industry

Plying The Pearl Trade

  If necessity is the mother of invention, perhaps recession is the mother of re-invention. One thing that’s come out of the great recession and the glacially slow recovery is the need for businesses, large and small, to give their…

Deal Of The Year

  For the first time, Georgia Trend highlights winners of the Georgia Economic Developers Association (GEDA) Deal of the Year awards. The awards, established in 2007, recognize achievement in locating or expanding new business, says the Valdosta-Lowndes County Industrial Authority’s…

The Real Thing

  Atlanta’s venerable Coca-Cola Company is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. From a flavorful pick-me-up concocted by a local pharmacist, Coca-Cola has become the world’s best-known consumer product. Muhtar Kent became CEO in 2008 and added the Chairman of…

Leading The Charge

  Georgia Power Company, which serves more than 2.3 million customers throughout the state, got a new president and CEO in January. Paul Bowers, a native of Pensacola, took over for Mike Garrett, who retired. Bowers started with the Southern…

2011 Silver Spoon Awards

  Time again to look back on Georgia’s Year in Restaurants. (Cue appropriate musical accompaniment … say, a nice dirge or “Song of The Volga Boatman.”) Sure, the economy has made it another tough one, with more losses of former…