Starting From Scratch
Dan Kaufman has a hard time sitting still. It takes just a few minutes during a conversation for him to stand and move to a wall map that’s a master plan of the campus he’s creating on a nearly 200-acre…
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Trend Radar: February 2008
ASTA To Burke: Georgia’s international corporate community continues to grow. As 2007 was winding down, there came the announcement that the Malaysian manufacturer ASTA Inc. would locate its first U.S. plant in Burke County near Waynesboro. ASTA produces a number…
Up In The Air - 2008
Last year, Delta’s successful emergence from bankruptcy eliminated one of the headwinds restraining Georgia economic growth, but in 2008 high fuel costs and a possible merger cloud the outlook for Atlanta’s largest employer. Meanwhile, other airlines, especially AirTran, will continue…
A New Direction For Georgia's DOT
Gena Abraham wasn’t like the other little girls. Growing up in a house filled with her older sisters’ dolls, she was more likely to sit on the floor playing project manager, building make-believe homes and cities, shaping her vocational infrastructure.…
The Science Of Business
Robert Sumichrast is grounded in a reality where physics, philosophy and business converge. He’s an academic, a scientist interested in how things work in the world, and humanity’s place in it. And he thinks he can guide the Terry College…
Recruiting Retirees
For decades the only retirees found on or near Georgia’s college and university campuses were rumpled professors shuffling into the library or graying, but still diehard, alumni and sports fans. Today there’s a new – and in some ways energizing…
Trend Radar: January 2008
Georgia’s Got Game: Since 2005, an emerging sector of the Georgia economy has tiptoed its way to importance, barely getting a glance from trend watchers. “It’s very, very low under the radar,” says Georgia Department of Economic Development Deputy Commissioner…
Risky Business
Two years ago, insurers posted their best underwriting performance in 57 years. They did that by emphasizing premium growth over market share. Last year, the industry’s re-focus on fundamental underwriting standards was sorely tested. Insurers flinched and premiums declined, but…
Family Tradition
Talk about sports families: Who in the world can top the Rhinos of Atlanta, formerly of Charlotte, NC? In the professional ranks, there were prizefighters, Max and Buddy Baer; in baseball, Joe, Vince and Don DiMaggio, Dizzy Dean and Daffy…
High Tide At Sea Island
“I feel like I’ve been in the construction business these last six years,” says Bill Jones III of the near-finished, $500 million restoration and expansion of his Sea Island Resorts. “I’m looking forward to getting back to the hospitality business.”…
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