Credit-card processor TSYS on Tuesday reported net income of $59.8 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, an increase of nearly 27 percent from the same October-December period a year ago.
Grayhawk Homes, one of the top builders in the Columbus area, has entered the Des Moines, Iowa, market in a big way after dabbling in it for more than a year.
The 54th commercial featuring the comical Aflac duck has now hit the tube.
Earnings season for major publicly traded companies headquarterd in Columbus kicks off bright and early this morning.
Chris Tamor of Phenix City knows all too well how tough the local housing market has been coming out of the Great Recession.
Aflac is one of the best places to work for in the U.S. -- 14 times over.
Credit-card processor TSYS said Thursday it has signed an agreement with BancorpSouth, a regional bank headquartered in Tupelo, Miss.
The Columbus metro area has long been touted by economic experts as an oasis of job creation amid a desert of financial despair in Georgia. On Thursday, the city got hard numbers to back it up.
After nearly 23 years in the Army, Staff Sgt. Mauricio Carrizosa spent most of Wednesday morning looking for a new career at a Fort Benning job fair.
The Columbus economy should generate about 1,400 jobs in the coming year, although any gains are hedged by potential cuts in defense spending that could impact Fort Benning.
Gov. Nathan Deal visited Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia in West Point on Wednesday, calling the plant “a premier example of job creation in the state.”
Work on the $110 million renovation and construction project at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus is well under way and headed toward an August 2013 completion.
Glancing out at the audience Thursday after receiving the Jim Woodruff Jr. Memorial Award, Jim Buntin thanked the honor’s namesake and those gathered for the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce annual meeting.
The story of snack maker Hostess has once again turned from sweet to sour with Wednesday’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing, a move that could ultimately ripple down to its Dolly Madison plant in Columbus.
For those who remember the Bill Murray movie, in which his character kept waking up every morning and realizing he was reliving Groundhog Day over and over, that in a nutshell is how Dorsey Farr sums up economic prospects for 2012.
Two Columbus-area companies, TSYS and Knology, said Tuesday they have inked agreements, one adding a new client, the other buying a data center firm.
Two attorneys, Edward Hudson and Nick Stutzman, have joined the Columbus law firm Hatcher, Stubbs, Land, Hollis & Rothschild, a move effective Jan. 1.
In hard economic times it makes sense to save money wherever you can, right? It also makes sense to be careful that saving money in the short term doesn’t cost you more money in the long term if things go wrong. This is about being financially safe rather than sorry when acting on what looks like a good idea.
It is funny how the same subject keeps coming up, but in a slightly different context. In this column I’ve discussed distracted driving because it is very dangerous to all concerned.
Now, the focus has shifted to the federal government supporting the elimination of cell phone use in vehicles, except when they are stopped or in an emergency situation.
Have you seen the commercial on TV about the plastic dinnerware that looks expensive but is disposable? It’s the tag line that is both funny and sadly true, especially at the holidays: “Smarty Had A Party.”
