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FILE - This Nov. 14, 2011, file photo shows a Home Depot store in Edmond, Okla. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)
Housing recovery boosts Home Depot 1Q results
NEW YORK (AP) — Home Depot Inc.'s first-quarter net income rose 18 percent, thanks to the ongoing housing recovery, despite a chilly and wet spring. Its quarterly results topped Wall Street expect...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stock indexes flip between gains and losses
NEW YORK (AP) — Stock indexes fluctuated in midday trading Tuesday as investors tried to predict the Fed's next move. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 32 points to 15,366 shortly before 12 Ea...
May 21, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Small company stocks take the limelight
NEW YORK (AP) — Small companies are taking the limelight on a choppy start to the week. The Russell 2000, an index of small-company stocks, rose above 1,000 for the first time Monday. The index is ...
May 20, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 24, 2007 file photo, tourists walk the south beach of Jekyll Island, Ga. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton, File)
Jekyll breaking ground on overdue convention hotel
JEKYLL ISLAND (AP) — Developers are set to start construction on a new convention hotel for Jekyll Island after long delays that largely resulted from difficulties getting a bank loan for the $41 m...
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FILE - In this April 18, 2011 file photo, the Yahoo logo is displayed outside of the offices in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
Yahoo takes big leap with $1.1B deal for Tumblr
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. The deal announced Mo...
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In this undated photo provided by Emory University Ophelia DeVore performs on the set of "Spotlight on Harlem" with Ralph Cooper. As a model and businesswoman, DeVore worked for much of the 20th century to break down stereotypes and empower black women by giving them skills and tools to bolster their confidence and help them succeed. Emory University in Atlanta recently acquired the collected papers of the 91-year-old DeVore. (AP Photo/Ophelia DeVore papers, MARBL, Emory University)
Shrewd Ga. businesswoman fought stereotypes
ATLANTA (AP) — As a shrewd businesswoman with keen insight and endless aspirations, Ophelia DeVore worked for much of the 20th century to smash stereotypes and empower black women by teaching them ...
May 18, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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Stocks rise on hopeful signs for the US economy
NEW YORK (AP) — Encouraging news about the U.S. economy is extending the stock market's rally. U.S. stock indexes rose for the fourth week in a row and are at record levels. A gauge of future econo...
May 17, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
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A late fade on Wall Street; Wal-Mart, Disney slump
NEW YORK (AP) — Weak sales from Wal-Mart and discouraging economic reports resulted in a down day on the stock market. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 42 points to close at 15,233 Thursday, ...
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In Bloomberg uproar, ethics flags for new media
by ADAM GELLER,AP National Writer
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK (AP) — Launching his namesake company's news division in the 1990s, Michael Bloomberg largely rejected long-held rules of the journalism trade that insist on keeping thick firewalls betwee...
Stock indexes shake off early slide, close higher
by MATTHEW CRAFT,AP Business Writer
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is closing higher after shaking off a morning slump. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 60 points to close at 15,275 Wednesday, a gain of 0.4 percent. The Stan...
Oil falls below $93 on Europe, US economic news
by The Associated Press
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil fell below $93 on Wednesday after disappointing economic reports from Europe and the U.S. By late morning in New York, benchmark oil for June delivery was down $1....
Georgia Power adds to biomass portfolio
by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
Georgia Power Co. inked a deal with Rollcast Energy Inc. to add 53.5 megawatts of biomass capacity to its generation portfolio. Financial terms to the 20-year purchase power deal were not disclosed...
Fed economist says manufacturing strong, growing
by Walter C. Jones, Morris News Service
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
ATLANTA -- Gloom and doom pronouncements about the state of American manufacturing are uninformed and wrong, according to a senior economist with the Federal Reserve Bank. William Strauss, senior ...
Hospitals are lining up to offer residencies
by Walter C. Jones, Morris News Service
May 15, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
ATLANTA – The number of hospitals willing to hire and instruct medical residents is growing, putting the state on the way to meeting its goal of 400 new positions, a Board of Regents committee lear...
Indexes close higher, led by small-company stocks
by STEVE ROTHWELL,AP Markets Writer
May 14, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is back in record territory after an upturn in small-company stocks. A survey released Tuesday by the National Federation of Independent Business found that small ...
Stock market rally pauses on Monday
by STEVE ROTHWELL,Markets Writer
May 13, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are closing little changed Monday as investors assess whether stock valuations are overstating the recent improvement in the economy. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 2...