Biz Journals
- First Horizon CFO sees 'great buying opportunity' for stock
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:00 PM"We see ourselves [as] being on sale."
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Flight or fright? Here's where Delta and Southwest rank among airlines when it comes to passenger complaints
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:03 PMU.S. airlines took a beating in early 2018 amid several high-profile clashes with disgruntled passengers, and they appear to have responded accordingly.
Complaints lodged against major U.S. air carriers hit a five-month low of 635 incidents in October, the most-recent reporting period available, and were down roughly 12 percent on a per-passenger basis when compared to the same 31-day span in 2017.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Lake Homes Realty expands to the West
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:03 PMBirmingham-based Lake Homes Realty now has a 24-state footprint. The company said it added operations in six new states, including a few in the western U.S.
Lake Homes Realty most recently added brokerage presence in Nebraska, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana and Vermont.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Venture capital legend and Valhalla founder Art Marks dies
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:05 PMValhalla Partners co-founder and former New Enterprise Associate partner Arthur "Art" Marks loved a lot of things — the University of Michigan, fly fishing, tulips and sailing, to name a few.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- This week in NYC funding news: Cybersecurity startups, Knock, Farmer's Dog, Bokksu
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:46 PMLast year the amount of money invested in private companies hovered around $131 billion across 8,949 deals. That was a record high. But one particular corner of the deal-making world was particularly exciting.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PacWest to 'retire' Square 1 brand
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:50 PMMore than three years after its acquisition by California’s Pacific West Bank (PacWest), the Square 1 brand is scheduled to disappear.
A spokeswoman confirms that the Square 1 “name and brand will be retired this spring.” The once independent, entrepreneur-focused Durham bank will be called the Venture Banking Group of Pacific Western Bank, spokeswoman Laura Piggott writes in an email.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Potential ally in U of L-Jewish deal worked with Bendapudi's former university
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:53 PMTwo major reasons are a possible link between Ardent Health and and U of L's president and Ardent's growth strategy.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State jobless rate steady amid hurricane recovery
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:20 PMFlorida’s unemployment rate held steady at 3.3 percent as 2018 ended, while Hurricane Michael’s impact continued to be felt in parts of the Panhandle.
The state Department of Economic Opportunity reported Friday an estimated 335,000 Floridians were out of work in December from a labor force of 10.28 million, keeping the state mark below the national unemployment rate of 3.9 percent.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Denver area apartment complex purchased for $107.8 million
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:22 PMThis is the eleventh Denver property for this Chicago-based company.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - VA completes ICU project
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:24 PMThe VA Western New York Healthcare System has completed a $733,205 intensive care unit renovation project at its Buffalo center.
The unit provides specialized treatment services, including post-operative cardiac care, dialysis, cardiac procedures and ventilator support.
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- Luby’s to shake up board, make other changes amid proxy fight
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:02 PMHouston-based restaurant owner Luby’s Inc. (NYSE: LUB) plans to make a series of changes in 2019 regarding its board and corporate governance, according to a Jan. 18 press release.
The board changes include replacing two incumbent directors with two new independent directors and selecting a new board chair, per the release.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Sprint preps for its own Super Bowl with ‘bridge to 5G’ deployment in Atlanta
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:03 PMWhen Atlanta hosted the Super Bowl back in 2000, fans were just getting used to using 2G technology and sending less than 35 text messages a month per person, Mashable reported at the time.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Federal courts, running out of money, brace for shutdown’s pain
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:04 PMThe federal courts are running out of money as the partial government shutdown continues with no end in sight, raising concerns that the legal system will be significantly hobbled if the standoff is not resolved soon.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - See Raleigh man mimic movie, propose at local jewelry store
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:45 PMA Raleigh man decided to replicate an iconic scene in the movie “Sweet Home Alabama” – and a Cameron Village jewelry store was happy to oblige.
In the film, Reese Witherspoon gets engaged when Patrick Dempsey’s character rents Tiffany’s in New York and proposes.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - No cancellations or refunds for 'Hamilton' due to weather
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:49 PMThe show must go on, even if the show is taking place in a city that could be slammed by a snowstorm.
The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust posted on Facebook that all performances of "Hamilton" will go on as scheduled this weekend, regardless of weather.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Pennsylvania in top 10 most affected states by government shutdown
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:50 PMIn a study ranking states experiencing the harshest economic effects of the government shutdown, Pennsylvania came in ninth.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - TSA security checkpoint at Houston airport remains closed until further notice
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:19 PMIt’s unknown when Terminal B at Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) will return to normal operations as the partial government shutdown drags on.
The Houston Airport System announced Jan. 16 that the Transportation Security Administration security checkpoint and the ticketing counter in Terminal B will remain closed until further notice.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Safety, Income & Growth acquires land lease beneath hotel
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:20 PMSafety, Income & Growth Inc., a publicly traded company based in New York City, has struck a deal to acquire an existing ground lease for the real estate beneath San Antonio’s Hotel Valencia.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Coca-Cola adds 2 more flavors in continued push to rejuvenate Diet Coke
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:23 PMCoca-Cola is adding a pair of new flavors to its revitalized Diet Coke brand.
The Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) on Wednesday introduced Blueberry Acai and Strawberry Guava to its expanded list of flavors for the zero-calorie drink.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - State, plaintiffs ask court to put pot case on hold
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:29 PMLawyers representing both sides in a lawsuit over the state’s ban on smoking medical marijuana have asked an appeals court to put the case on hold while they work out an agreement.
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- Jose Salazar opening third restaurant
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:01 PMCincinnati chef and restaurateur Jose Salazar is opening his third restaurant this spring.
Salazar, who opened his eponymous Salazar restaurant in Over-the-Rhine in 2013 and Mita's in the 84.51 building in 2015, is opening his third restaurant at the corner of Race and Elder in Model Group's Market Square development.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Large BBQ chain to reopen location on 280
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:03 PMOne of Birmingham's most popular barbecue chains is gearing up to reopen one of its popular restaurant locations along a busy corridor.
Renovation work is underway at the Inverness Full Moon Bar-B-Que at 4635 U.S.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Georgia House shuffles a few committee chairs to replace departed lawmakers
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 03:03 PMThe list of Georgia House committee chairmanships for the 2019-2020 term Speaker David Ralston announced Friday returned most chairmen to the posts they held during the last General Assembly term.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Thomas Gross Sr., longtime owner of G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers, dies at 83
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:45 PMThomas Gross Sr., longtime owner of G&J Pepsi-Cola Bottlers Inc., died Jan. 11 at Mount Carmel West Hospital in Columbus after a short battle with cancer. The Columbus resident was 83.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - We gave local engineers a magic wand. Here's how they'd fix Nashville.
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:47 PMAs part of the special report on engineering in today's weekly edition of the Nashville Business Journal, we asked executives with Nashville-area engineering firms, "If you had a magic wand, what infrastructure in Nashville would you change?"
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Jerry Richardson putting name on Wofford dorm project
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:52 PMWofford College in Spartanburg announced a 150-person student dorm opening in 2020 will be named Jerome Johnson Richardson Hall.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - New cybersecurity leaders named at Chamber, Port San Antonio
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 01:54 PMThe San Antonio Chamber of Commerce promoted Amanda Keammerer to director of Cybersecurity San Antonio. Keammerer, who had been deputy director, replaces Will Garrett, who left to become vice president and director of cybersecurity development at Port San Antonio.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Legal expertise abounds at Milwaukee-area law firms: The List
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:22 PMMilwaukee-area law firms and the legal eagles who practice there, are seeing strong representation on The List in this week’s Milwaukee Business Journal.
The number of lawyers working from offices in Milwaukee, Waukesha, Walworth, Washington, Ozaukee, Racine and Kenosha counties is the ranking criteria and while the print edition list features 26 law firms, the online version highlights 34 that submitted information for consideration, even some much smaller “boutique” firms.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Supreme Court might uncork a wave of wine sales in Texas
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:22 PMIf you enjoy exploring the many vintages and nuances of wine, pay attention: The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments Jan. 16 in a case that could bring the multibillion-dollar wine industry closer to your doorstep.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Following outside investment, Hollywood restaurant company expands quickly in Phoenix
Friday - 01/18/2019 - 12:33 PMFlush with cash, the Madera Group has set its sights on the Valley for an aggressive rollout of its fast-casual, health-conscious Mexican restaurant concept.
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