Business News

Morningland Dairy of Mountain View, Missouri, is recalling 68,957 pounds of cheese because it may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes and also has the potential to be contaminated with Staphylococcus aureus.

Work is expected to start early next year on the pedestrian bridge over Jesse Jewell Parkway (Georgia Highway 369) in downtown Gainesville.

Oakwood City Manager Stan Brown told members of the Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce South Hall Business Coalition Tuesday morning that his city continues to move ahead with development and growth plans inspite of the recession economy.

Stocks are closing lower as the economy showed more signs of slowing.

Consumer spending rose in July at the fastest pace in four months, helped by a jump in demand for automobiles.

AAA says the average price of fuel now stands at $2.52, a drop of five cents from last week

Jones P. "Jay" Andrews, Vice President/General Manager of the Internet/New Media Division of Jacobs Media Corp. in Gainesville, has been nominated for a 2010 Career Achievement Award by the Georgia Radio Museum and Hall of Fame.

The Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce kicked off its annual membership campaign last week.

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to inspect all of the country's largest egg farms before the end of next year following the massive recall of tainted eggs linked to a salmonella outbreak that has sickened as many as 1,500 people.

Stocks are closing sharply higher after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered reassuring words on the economy and as U.S. growth turned out to be better than expected this spring.