November 2016 News

November 30, 2016

• Fayette Chamber of Commerce Supports the Fayette County Special Local Option Sales Tax

• DIRECTV NOW Available at Cricket Wireless

• RE/MAX Buying RE/MAX of Georgia, Two Other Independent Regions for $50M

• Wildfires Threaten Georgia Residents

• Year-to-date Earnings for Georgia’s Banks up by 6%

• Eric Tanenblatt: Donald Trump, Political Heir to Georgia’s Sonny Perdue

• Corporate Travel Managers Rank Delta No. 1 U.S. Airline for 6th Year

• GSU: Unusual Economic Model in Early 2017 Won’t Stop December Rate Hike

• Aflac Aims to Help Millennials Protect their Lifestyles, Not Just Their Health in New Marketing Campaign

• Attorney General Chris Carr Warns of Georgia Power Telemarketing Scam

• Survey finds Most Americans Waive Budgets for Holiday Shopping; More Consumers Planning to Shop Online, Less in Stores

• Millennial Parents Struggle with High Cost of Living

• Survey: 76% of Millennials Would Take A Pay Cut to Work for A Socially Responsible Company

November 29, 2016

• Linear Park Aims to Connect Neighbors, Spur Development in Newnan

• Alumna’s Divine Words: UWG Grad Publishes Book of Devotionals

• West Georgia SHRM Releases Regional Compensation & Benefits Survey

• Trump Names Georgia Rep. Tom Price as Next HHS Secretary

• Charlie Harper: Georgia’s Clout Increasing in Washington

• State and Federal Partners Formalize Student Apprenticeship Agreement

• UGA Alumni Association Announces Eighth Annual Bulldog 100 List

• Kubota Tractor Begins $16M Expansion in Georgia

• Delta CEO: Delta Requires 'Civility on Our Planes'

• MARTA GM/CEO Keith Parker Named to Governing’s 2016 Public Officials of the Year

• Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood Named Inaugural Habitat Humanitarians

• Georgia Gas Prices Decline for 20th Consecutive Day