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Texas company lays off 93 in Atlanta

A Texas company with Atlanta operations is laying off 93 employees here. Affiliated Computer Services, known as ACS, a Xerox company, announced the layoffs in a filing on Friday with the state Labor Department.

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Nursing home operator ordered to pay $43.5 million in wrongful death lawsuit

A Georgia jury Friday ordered a Sandy Springs lawyer and nursing home operator to pay $43.5 million in a wrongful death lawsuit.

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Georgia Power nuke fee higher on front end

The nuclear power expansion fee that will show up on Georgia Power bills in January will be bigger than the utility indicated when lobbying for the levy, according to plans filed Friday.

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Home Depot finds growth in small projects

Now that his children are older, Bill Benston has more time on his hands. An investment banker who lives in Dunwoody, Benston had always been an “outsourcer” when it came to fixing things at home.

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Church takes over former big-box space

A former Sam’s Club between Lindbergh Drive and Piedmont Road will become a church. Passion City Church will be renovating the former big box, at 515 Garson Drive in Atlanta, that was later home to a Home Depot Expo and PGA Tour Superstore.

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GM plant site will need a new suitor

It sounds like a real estate developer’s dream: A single,  large, exquisitely-located patch of land with a willing seller,  just begging to be transformed into something special.

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UPS plane crashes in Dubai

A UPS-owned 747 crashed on take-off in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with two crew members aboard. A spokesperson for the Atlanta-based company, Ronna Branch, said she did not know the names or nationality of the crew members or where they were based.

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Great American Cookies tries to sweeten its year

Twice a day, 18-wheelers pull up to a parking lot tucked into the woods near Six Flags Over Georgia.

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AJC book festival business authors see better times

It must be the economy. The AJC Decatur Book Festival is offering a business session with business book authors speaking and signing copies on subjects including entrepreneurship, leadership, unemployment and freelancing.

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Zep closes on Waterbury Cos. North American assets and brands

Zep Inc., an Atlanta-based maker of cleaning chemicals, said Thursday it completed its acquisition of some North American assets and brands of Waterbury Cos.

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Exporting is key to grow the economy

With the economy sputtering and facing strong headwinds, our metropolitan areas, the nation’s hubs of knowledge, technology, capital, innovation and manufacturing, offer our best hope to increase exports, create new jobs and grow the economy.

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Q&A with Howard Atkins, Wells Fargo chief financial officer

The second-largest bank doing business in metro Atlanta is about to undergo its biggest transition yet.

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Q&A with Howard Atkins, Wells Fargo chief financial officer

The second-largest bank doing business in metro Atlanta is about to undergo its biggest transition yet.

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Q&A with Howard Atkins, Wells Fargo chief financial officer

The second-largest bank doing business in metro Atlanta is about to undergo its biggest transition yet.

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Labor Day brings cheap soft drinks, average-priced beer

If you’re shopping for cheap two-liters of soft drinks this Labor Day, you’re in luck. But if you’re looking for deeply discounted beer…not so much.

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Survey: Southern utilities among best in economic development

Site Selection magazine named two Southern Co. utilities, Georgia Power and Alabama Power, among the 10 best in North America in terms of economic development Thursday.

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Survey: Southern utilities among best in economic development

Site Selection magazine named two Southern Co. utilities, Georgia Power and Alabama Power, among the 10 best in North America in terms of economic development Thursday.

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Survey: Southern utilities among best in economic development

Site Selection magazine named two Southern Co. utilities, Georgia Power and Alabama Power, among the 10 best in North America in terms of economic development Thursday.

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Southern utilities among best in economic development

Site Selection magazine named two Southern Co. utilities, Georgia Power and Alabama Power, among the 10 best in North America in terms of economic development Thursday.

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Fiserv aims to make passing hat a thing of the past

Maybe this spells the end of office cash pools for gifts and fundraisers. Fiserv, a Wisconsin-based financial services and tech company with major Atlanta operations, has launched a person-to-person (P2P) payment system tailor-made for the iPhone set.

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