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by WARREN MOSLER Trumped up expectations largely reversed: Highlights At 101.7, the small business optimism index fell short of expectations in February, recovering only 5 tenths of January’s 3.2 point … Read more
Katrina Taylor-Parks pleaded guilty to conspiring to accept bribes while she was former Atlanta mayor Kasim Reed’s deputy chief of staff Prosecutors said Taylor-Parks accepted $4,000 in bribes from a … Read more
by Geoffrey Grider Delta says the Atlanta airport’s Terminal F has become the ‘first biometric terminal’ in the United States where passengers can use facial recognition technology “from curb … Read more
BREAKING: The White House: “The Atlanta Fed now predicts 5 percent growth in the third quarter — putting the economy on the track that candidate Trump promised, even as Democrats … Read more
DNC Chairman Tom Perez delivered remarks to liberal supporters at an “indoor Latin mall” in Atlanta, Georgia this week, speaking to a nearly empty room as Democrats struggle to connect … Read more
WSBTV reported: A sting on the sex-trafficking trade in metro Atlanta netted dozens of arrests and the rescue of dozens of children forced into sexual servitude, the FBI announced this … Read more
by Dr. Eowyn Just 12 hours after the Santa Fe High School shooting in Houston, Texas, with 10 dead and 10 wounded, there was another school shooting at 8:45 p.m. This time it was … Read more
A body recovered this week from a river in Atlanta has been identified as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention epidemiologist who vanished in February, Atlanta Police Department … Read more
Time is running out for the city of Atlanta, which was given until Wednesday to pay off the cyberattackers who laid siege to city government data and are threatening to … Read more
Sources inside Atlanta City Hall confirm that the City of Atlanta is dealing with a cyberattack. The cyberattack is causing outages on various computer systems. The City of Atlanta official … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER Worse than expected and now down for the last three months, not adjusted for inflation. And all in line with the narrative about personal income going flat and … Read more
by WARREN MOSLER More signs of a slowdown as exports fall, which means less gdp, and consumer imports down, meaning personal spending was lower than expected, as discussed might be the … Read more
by Anthony B Sanders The Atlanta Fed’s GDP forecast model for Q1 was just increased to 5.4%. This was the highest reading since December 2011. This looks like Q1 Real … Read more
In preparation for its busiest season, Home Depot has announced a spring hiring event of more than 1,200 positions in the Atlanta area. www.forsythnews.com/local/home-depot-announces-1200-new-atlanta-area-jobs/ Lowe’s will follow rival Home Depot … Read more
CBS46 has fired Ben Swann, the evening anchor three days after the station discovered he had tried to revive his Reality Check news reports without their knowledge. The station’s general manager Lyle … Read more
by stockboardasset The homeless population at the Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has nearly tripled since the start of winter, said Fox 5. Atlanta police officers working at the world’s busiest airport have sounded … Read more