Archive for the 'Business' Category

FAA agency says communication glitch stalls flights

The Federal Aviation Administration said a communication failure Tuesday at a facility that processes flight plans for the eastern half of the U.S. was causing flight delays around the U.S.
An FAA Web site that posts airport status information showed delays at some three dozen major airports coast-to-coast, advising passengers to “check your departure airport to […]

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Group attribute the drop to airline capacity

Passenger traffic on U.S. airlines will drop 5.7 percent this Labor Day holiday compared with last year, according to an airline industry group.
It will be the first year-over-year decline in Labor Day passengers since 2002, according to Victoria Day, a spokeswoman for the Air Transport Association, which issued the report.
The group attributes the drop to […]

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Kids in restaurants can be a touchy topic

Kids in restaurants can be a touchy topic. But it doesn’t have to be.
We come together here at Best of the Big A not to share stories of nice meals spoiled by unruly children — be it someone else’s, or even your own.
Instead, we want parents to share their expertise: Which restaurants in metro Atlanta […]

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Competitiveness Forum shows how international Atlanta has become

Heads of state, business and academic leaders as well as government dignataries are in Atlanta for the second annual Americas Competitiveness Forum today and tomorrow.
At the opening session, U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez welcomed about 1,000 people who had come to Atlanta from “Canada to the Southern most tip of our hemisphere.”
Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin […]

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

A security guard spotted monkey near ticket gates in Shibuya

Morning train commuters in Tokyo were joined on their way to work by an unusual companion Wednesday: a wild monkey. A security guard spotted the monkey near ticket gates in Shibuya Station, said Norihiru Masui, a spokesman for train operator Tokyu Corp.
The monkey climbed to a perch high atop a departure board, and around […]

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Repay $6.5M for mortgage fraud, man to serve 8 years

The property developer Kevin Wiggins fondly recalled a house on Lucille Avenue.
It was a house “no one would live in, where drug deals were being done. We put in hardwood floors, fixtures that no one thought belonged here.
“This was good intentions gone bad. We were able to come out to the neighborhood because no one […]

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

AmericasMart Expand for hit with buyers

Aug. 16, when the August Atlanta Apparel Market starts, Michelle Harrison & Associates will be stationed right outside the John Portman-designed & Associates will be stationed right outside the John Portman-designed elevators on the 10th floor with a new 1,000-square-foot showroom.
The new space — looking much like a high-end salon — will be dedicated only […]

Thursday, July 31st, 2008