Business News

The Fockele Garden Company Owner Mark Fockele is a presenter at the Green Building Focus seminar on Feb. 24 at the Georgia Tech Global Learning Center in Atlanta.

Cantrell has named Gainesville-resident Joe Cosper as Account Manager for the Southeast Region.

MetLife Bank, N.A. announced that Karen V. Mabin of Lawrenceville, GA graduate of Purdue University has joined MetLife Bank as a Reverse Mortgage Consultant for the counties of Gwinnett, Barrow, Clarke, Walton, Madison, Elbert, Hall, Bartow region.

In order to train and educate students in the ambulatory care setting, the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine School of Pharmacy and The Longstreet Clinic, P.C., have entered into an affiliation agreement for students enrolled in the Doctor of Pharmacy program.

Northeast Georgia Medical Center

Gainesville ranks number two on Moneywatch.com's list of "Biggest Winners" when it comes to gains in home values.

Georgia Department of Labor announces today that Metro Gainesville's initial unemployment insurance claims rose 44.3 percent in January

Bookseller Border filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, sunk by crushing debt and sluggishness in adapting to a rapidly changing industry... and plans to close about 200 of its 642 stores including two in northeast Georgia.

Wholesale prices rose sharply in January due to higher costs for gas, pharmaceuticals and other goods. Excluding the volatile food and energy categories, wholesale prices rose by the most since October 2008.

Area businesses are reporting that Valentine Day sales were strong despite the slow economy, indicating that expressions of love might be recession proof.