http://www.ajc.com The latest headlines from AJC en-us Copyright 2008, Cox Newspapers Inc., AJC Sun, 6 Jul 2008 20:40:10 EDT Newspapers COXnet RSS Generator v1.0 http://img.coxnewsweb.com/C/08/17/52/image_1352178.jpg http://www.ajc.com 5 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/06/ap_weather_channel.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/06/ap_weather_channel.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Sun, 6 Jul 2008 18:07:08 EDT That large high-definition television screen isn't going anywhere, and your favorite Weather Channel anchors don't have to pack their bags either. They get to stay as part of NBC Universal's agreement, announced Sunday, to buy the Atlanta-based Weather Channel. The 24-hour weather network, weather.com and other weather-related businesses have been sold to New York-based NBC for an undisclosed amount. NBC said the Weather Channel will continue to operate as a separate unit based in Atlanta. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/05/health_costs_economy.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/05/health_costs_economy.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Sat, 5 Jul 2008 19:44:21 EDT Dr. Brian Nadolne found a way to put the kibosh on his employees' complaints about skyrocketing gas prices without raising patient prices a dime. The east Cobb family physician decided to go to a four-day workweek, which he reckons will save his staff hundreds of dollars on gasoline. "With gas prices going crazy, we had to do something," he said. "So we are going to longer hours, and we won't have to cut anyone's pay." With the stock markets sagging, gas prices shooting over $4 a gallon and the economy ailing, doctors, dentists and hospitals are fighting to stay out of the red, but experts say it'll likely be a while before their higher costs are passed on to consumers. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/05/blackberry_worker_overtime.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/05/blackberry_worker_overtime.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Sat, 5 Jul 2008 18:18:14 EDT Just before going to bed, you thumb through the inbox on your BlackBerry to check updates from work. You send out a few directives before turning in. Some would say you're getting a jump on the next day's work. Others say it's billable hours. Can you claim overtime for using your Blackberry? http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/03/jobs_local.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/03/jobs_local.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 22:44:03 EDT A white-collar job candidate recently went to an executive search firm so fed up with his job that he was willing to take a $10,000 pay cut just to get out of the company. Until he actually got the offer. Then he got scared, said Brett Stevens, president and founder of the recruiting firm SearchLogix Group in Kennesaw. "Job candidates are staying with what they have because they are afraid of the unknown." http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/delta/stories/2008/07/03/delta_connection_expressjet.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/delta/stories/2008/07/03/delta_connection_expressjet.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 17:21:58 EDT Delta Air Lines announced it will end its flying agreement with Delta Connection carrier ExpressJet effective Sept. 1. Atlanta-based Delta said it reached a mutual agreement with Houston-based ExpressJet to end the contract. ExpressJet flies 23 50-seat ERJ-145 aircraft on about 100 daily flights for Delta Connection, mostly out of Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Delta said it plans to shift some of the flying to another Delta Connection carrier, including all of the routes flown by ExpressJet for Delta out of the Salt Lake City hub. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/delta/stories/2008/07/03/delta_cargo_expansion.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/delta/stories/2008/07/03/delta_cargo_expansion.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:41:25 EDT Although the airline industry is cutting back amid record fuel costs, Delta Air Lines is investing in an area that had been easy to neglect: cargo. Atlanta-based Delta hopes to grow its cargo business to $600 million in revenue this year, from $482 million last year. Among the investments the airline has made is a $2 million set of four giant coolers and infrastructure in Atlanta to store lucrative perishable shipments such as fresh produce and pharmaceuticals. The coolers are to be in use by July 15. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/03/georgia_technology_authority.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/03/georgia_technology_authority.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 15:14:36 EDT Eight years after its creation, the Georgia Technology Authority is once again trying to make good on its mandate to overhaul the government's tech infrastructure. The agency is reviewing bids from companies that want to run the state's telecommunications and computer networks and awaiting bids on a contract to manage the state's Web sites. All together, the state expects to pay about $1.28 billion over five years for the three contracts, which will affect operations at 11 state agencies. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/delta/stories/2008/07/03/delta_capacity.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/delta/stories/2008/07/03/delta_capacity.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 13:15:32 EDT Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines said its planes were 85.4 percent full on average in June, compared with 85.9 percent a year earlier. The carrier increased capacity measured by available seat miles by 0.7 percent, and traffic measured by revenue passenger miles grew by 0.2 percent. Delta's international flights were 83.3 percent full on average, compared with 83.4 percent a year earlier. Delta increased its international capacity by 14.1 percent in June compared with a year earlier, and international traffic grew by 13.9 percent. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/03/ups_gas_tips.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/03/ups_gas_tips.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 12:01:58 EDT By driving 2 billion miles a year, UPS has learned a thing or two about how to save fuel. The Sandy Springs-based package carrier — the largest in the world, by the way — operates 93,637 vans, delivery trucks, tractor trailers and motorcycles. Of those, only 1,629 use alternate fuels. With fuel becoming the carrier's No. 1 expense, conserving the precious petroleum product has become a top priority for Big Brown. As Americans prepare to drive to the fairgrounds, the mountains, the beaches and beyond for the Fourth of July, here are three tips from the pros. http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/02/starbucks_closings.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 http://www.ajc.com/services/content/business/stories/2008/07/02/starbucks_closings.html?cxtype=rss&cxsvc=7&cxcat=6 Thu, 3 Jul 2008 08:34:10 EDT Let us be frank. We don't know which 600 Starbucks stores will close, or how many in the Atlanta area. The Seattle-based company has been mum on its hit list since the closing announcement this week. It wants to inform its employees, or "partners," first, a company statement said, adding that many will be placed in jobs at other stores. But for the already jittery coffee-drinking masses worried that their Starbucks could be shuttered: Be a bean counter.