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John Edwin Pope grew up in Athens but found a home in Miami.
Is a bad day on the golf course really better than a good day in the office? Many of Georgia's corporate leaders think so. Here's a look at who plays where - for business and pleasure.
Atlanta Life CEO Ronald D. Brown leads a company with a rich history, a social commitment and a special place in the Atlanta business community.
No longer an afterthought or a topic relegated to a single course, ethics is a theme in today's MBA programs.
Inflation-adjusted gross state product will increase by 3.2 percent, better than the 3 percent we expect for 2005 when the final numbers are in. Better news: The pace of job growth will nearly double from 0.7 percent in 2005 to 1.3 percent in 2006.
Atlanta's just-opened Georgia Aquarium is to most aquariums what Home Depot is to most hardware stores - vastly larger, far different from the norm and filled with a huge and diverse inventory.
On Israel's watch, the Georgia Chamber of Commerce has moved aggressively on hot button issues like tort reform, corporate tax abatement, unified environmental statutes, workman's compensation and unemployment. He's dealt masterfully with the governor and legislators on both sides of the aisle.
Homer Cranston Rice may be the only Georgia Tech athletics director ever to serve time in jail.
In professional sports, an athlete earns induction into his or her sport's Hall of Fame only after having been retired for several years. It doesn't work quite that way for Georgia Trend's Most Influential Georgians Hall of Fame, which is reserved for those individuals whose credentials rate permanent status on any list of prominent Georgians.
Some say lobbying is influence peddling, pure and simple. Lobbyists themselves say they provide helpful information to legislators. No matter how you view the process, the real beneficiaries are the state's business interests.
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