SunTrust Banks (STI) has joined the lengthy list of major banks slashing jobs in their mortgage divisions Continue reading
A major healthcare software firm will expand in Atlanta, bringing 500 highly-paid jobs to the city in a deal that will help jump start redevelopment of the former City Hall East, a person with knowledge of the deal said. Massachusetts-based Athenahealth, a player in the growing industry of healthcare information technology, will become the lead … Continue reading
Communications equipment firm ViaSat Inc. will add about 275 jobs at its metro Atlanta campus. The expansion will more than double the company’s local workforce. Carlsbad, Calif.-based ViaSat (NASDAQ: VSAT) will build a 60,000 square foot office building at its Breckinridge Park campus in Duluth, which is also the company’s regional headquarters, a source said. … Continue reading
Tuesday is the last day to file state and federal income tax returns. The deadline comes near the release of a report by the Washington-based Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which says Georgia levies some of the nation’s highest income taxes on the working poor. The report says Georgia is one of only 15 … Continue reading
A visit to the Atlanta-based Neal Boortz radio show gave Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich a chance to partake in three of his favorite pastimes with a single sentence. The former U.S. House speaker railed against President Barack Obama. He took a swing at the media. He tackled the economy, which some see as the … Continue reading