Business

The USDA is investing $237 million to help farmers, ag producers and rural-based businesses lower energy costs.

For the third straight year, Georgia broke the all-time record for total business registrations filed during annual registration season running January 1 to April...

"According to the EEOC's suit, Specialty Appointment Coordinator Sharion Murphy's disabilities made it traumatic for her to enter revolving doors, so she requested the reasonable accommodation of using non-revolving doors to access her workplace."

Gov. Nathan Deal announced Tuesday that Perdue Farms will create 125 new jobs and invest $42 million to expand its cooking operation in Houston...

The incident at a Georgia Kroger led to the lawsuit. In addition to the $40,000 in monetary relief, the consent decree settling the suit requires Kroger to make significant changes to its new-hire process.

The project has reached an all-time high with approximately 8,000 workers now currently on site.

"The banking industry continued to report strong results," McWilliams said. "Growth in net income was attributable to higher net operating revenue and a lower effective tax rate. Loan balances expanded, net interest margins improved, and the number of ‘problem banks’ continued to decline. Community banks also had a strong quarter, with annual loan growth and a net interest margin that exceeded the overall industry."

These erroneous classifications resulted in the employer paying these employees at rates lower than those required by law for the work actually performed.

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A warning from the Georgia Commissioner of Agriculture.