A national publication has ranked Gainesville in the top 100 small towns for corporate facilities. Site Selection Magazine published the list in its March issue, putting Gainesville in 41st place.
A lower court has been directed by an appeals court to reconsider its dismissal of a defamation suit filed against CNN by a source for a report alleging the U.S. military used nerve gas on Vietnam-era defectors.
The number of jobs in Georgia increased last month for the first time since October, but the unemployment rate remained the same at 4.4 percent, the Department of Labor said Thursday.
The Home Depot made its second foray into the Mexican home-improvement market Wednesday, buying the four-store Del Norte chain in Juarez, near El Paso, Texas.
Contract negotiations between United Airlines and its 23,000 ramp and public-contact workers broke off Wednesday, with the union asking federal mediators to formally declare an impasse -- clearing the way for a possible strike.
BB&T Corporation, one of the nation's largest consumer banks, said Wednesday it has dropped Arthur Anderson LLP after 36 years as its independent auditor.
The maker of Etch A Sketch and the Betty Spaghetty doll said it made money in 2001, its first profit in five years and biggest since it made $3.4 million in 1992.
