It was the kind of blockbuster news that gave hope to the dying, a bullish revelation that sent stock prices soaring. After decades of theorizing and testing and coming up with mostly nothing, medical scientists found a way of stimulating…
Georgia’s prisons have had a bit of an image problem for a long time. Robert E. Burns’ best-selling book, I Am a Fugitive From a Georgia Chain Gang, brought the brutalities of the state’s penal system front and center to…
Although Georgia leaders requested more than a billion dollars in federal American Recovery and Rein-vestment Act “TIGER” funds, when the awards announcement was made earlier this year, the state came away with nothing. The reason? Too much emphasis on road…
The satisfactions of running a successful family business far outweigh the challenges, this year’s winners say. It helps to be enthusiastic – even passionate – about what you do. The 2010 Family Business Award recipients were selected by the Cox…
With several notable bank collapses in Georgia over the past 12 months and a rising number on the sick list, the state’s 165 credit unions have been quiet, a condition their executives seem to enjoy. In fact, credit unions across…
The director of the Selig Center for Economic Research at the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business reports on prospects for some key Georgia industries this year. Lumber and Wood With the end of the homebuilding recession, production of…
Forget the iron bars. That bleak, defining image of jail – and the files, hacksaws and clanging metal cups that go with it – no longer holds in sleek, modern cell design. “We had one client request the bars awhile…
Abit Massey remembers how it was in the beginning. Fifty years ago, he was hired away from the state Department of Commerce to be the director of the Georgia Poultry Federation. As part of his job he would go to…
Rev. Dr. Joseph Lowery Minister, Civil Rights leader Atlanta Age: 88 Joseph Lowery remains influential and relevant as he approaches 90, a venerable lion of the good fight. The NAACP called Lowery the “dean of the Civil Rights movement.” A…
This is the 12th edition of Georgia Trend’s 100 Most Influential Georgians, and it’s different from the others for one main reason – the speaker of the House did not make the cut this year. At presstime, Rep. David Ralston…
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