Last month, the U.S. Labor Department unveiled $160 million in new grants to retrain workers for technical skills in high-growth fields. The effort should be welcome news to the millions of Americans who have been unemployed for longer than six…

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On Nov. 15, United States Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood met with 20 of Gwinnett and metro Atlanta’s top business and agency executives at an exclusive White House Business Council meeting. Organizations in attendance ranged from small and medium businesses…

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If any good comes from the passing of Steve Jobs earlier this fall metro Atlanta resident, Kelly Smith, hopes it’s the awareness it will bring about pancreatic cancer. Smith lost her own mother to the disease last year – just…

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Print E-mail By Michael E. Kanell The Atlanta Journal-Constitution As the economy wobbles toward the new year, locally and nationally, the financial turmoil in Europe threatens to send it back into recession, metro Atlanta’s leading economist said. Defaults by Greece…

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It has been said that home is where the heart is. No matter how far you travel or how much you grow as a person, home is still in your thoughts and in your heart. With the holidays coming up…

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(APN) ATLANTA — Yesterday, November 15, 2011, State Rep. Jason Spencer (R – Woodbine) and State Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell) introduced, or pre-filed, legislation requiring drug tests for applicants seeking assistance through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program.…

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Print E-mail By Christopher Quinn The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Metro Atlanta’s average home sale price has dropped about $55,000 in three years to $161,996, pulled down in part because as many as one in four recent sales are foreclosures, auctions or…

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Most of those 60 jobs, which include mechanics, technicians and sales personnel, have already been filled. Applications can still be filed online at peteatljobs.com or by stopping by the local dealership. “We’re really kind of full right now but we…

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For all the talk from Republicans and Democrats alike about startups saving the economy, research shows that small businesses are simply getting smaller. The trend predates the 2008 financial meltdown, suggesting the economy might not be able to rely on…

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WOODSTOCK — A request to get the ball rolling on a proposed outlet mall in Woodstock came to a halt Monday night. The Woodstock City Council voted to table several variance requests for up to 60 days from Horizon Atlanta…

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