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A G-DOT spokeswoman says the department is concentrating on projects funded by federal stimulus money because those projects have a February deadline.
The latest safety tests have Ford, Subaru and Volkswagen leading the pack of 2010 model cars.
The Internal Revenue Service says more than 14,700 U.S. taxpayers with offshore accounts in 70 foreign countries have come forward to settle their tax debts.
If Americans continue to pack on pounds, obesity will cost the USA about $344 billion in medical-related expenses by 2018.
State and federal officials say they are fielding thousands of reports
of scam artists, many operating from overseas, using the promise of
money from the Obama administration's $787 billion economic recovery
plan.
Gov. Sonny Perdue sent some good economic news home to Georgia from the Dubai Airshow.
This holiday season - with cash-strapped consumers searching harder for
deals - more online and catalog shoppers now consider free shipping not
a bonus but the price of entry for their business.
Once stimulus money runs out, school officials say they would have to find another way to pay for certain positions.
The Korean automaker officially kicks off production at its West Point, Ga., plant on Monday.
So far this year 123 banks have crumbled, including three more this past week.
University of Georgia officials say the campus saved more than 1,700 jobs thanks to federal stimulus money.
A top House Republican says passage of the health care bill shows that Democrats didn't get the message from voters last week and in summer town-hall meetings
A bank in Hancock County opened its doors Saturday morning with a new name and owner after it went under and was closed Friday.
The unemployment rate has surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983 -- and is likely to go higher.
Georgia officials say the state's unemployment rate has risen slightly and now stands at 10.2 percent.
With the holidays approaching, retailers hope gift cards will provide
one of the few sparks in a shopping season that's otherwise likely to
be lackluster.
A release from the Department of Labor says claims for unemployment benefits dropped 2.8 percent from October 2008.
A new poll shows Southerners are fretting
about job loss and the economy and don't think the federal government is doing enough to help.
The House narrowly passed the Democratic-written bill on health care. The vote was 220 to 215. Two Democrats who represent Central Georgia, Jim Marshall and John Barrow, voted against the bill.
Kia Motors says it will reopen the application process for production and maintenance jobs at its new assembly plant in West Point, outside Columbus.
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