Atlanta Business News

Coca-Cola taps Monster Energy executive for a top role
Coca-Cola named Rob Gehring new president of its largest operating unit.

Recognize this eyesore near Spaghetti Junction? It’s being redeveloped.
DeKalb County on Monday announced it issued a key permit allowing multifamily firm Aramar Investments to convert the tower into 282 market-rate apartments.

A mover and shaker in Atlanta’s restaurant scene hits money troubles
Prolific Atlanta restaurateur Billy Streck has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The operating environment in dining has been a struggle for many operators.
Georgia Media and Entertainment News

How Atlanta became the new home for ‘Shark Tank’ and other game shows
Credits: Video by Miasarah Lai, Sources: AJC | Tyler Perry Studios | Sony Pict. TV | ABC | Fox | Getty | LA Times | Official Black Wall Street | Rodney Ho/AJC

National film incentive legislation introduced with Ga. lawmaker as co-sponsor
Supporters hope it will lure production back to the United States. Critics argue it shouldn’t be a matter of public policy.

Paramount antitrust settlement: What it means for Warner deal and Atlanta
The settlement removes a major obstacle for a multibillion-dollar deal that will stitch together two of Hollywood’s largest studios.
Airport News
The best restaurants in every terminal at the Atlanta airport
Hungry at ATL? These 20 airport restaurants serve food and drink with Atlanta flair and genuinely good flavors.

Atlanta airport spills estimated 33,000 gallons of sewage near Sullivan Creek
This is the latest spill of fuel, sewage and other substances from the airport affecting the Flint River and two of the waterways that feed it, Sullivan Creek and Mud Creek.
Atlanta airport ranks below average for customer satisfaction, study shows
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport was near the bottom of the pack of its peer airports.
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America once made most of the clothes Americans wore. So what happened?
How did American-made clothing fall off? Credits: Video by Fraser Jones | Jordan Pettiford, Javier Loarte, Austin Andries for the AJC, Sources: AJC | Getty
This Georgia Tech professor broke barriers for women in aerospace
Marilyn Smith, Georgia Tech's first female aerospace engineering professor, talks about the highlights and challenges of her work in a male-dominated field.

National law firm recruits Atlanta partners to open Midtown office
National law firm Saul Ewing has opened an Atlanta office with senior attorneys from several prominent city law firms and plans to quickly recruit more local talent.

Shuttered high school in Roswell advertised for mixed-use redevelopment
Roswell and its downtown development authority recently issued a request for proposals to gather redevelopment pitches for the former Independence High School.

National film incentive legislation introduced with Ga. lawmaker as co-sponsor
Supporters hope it will lure production back to the United States. Critics argue it shouldn’t be a matter of public policy.

What makes selvedge denim so special?
Why are people paying hundreds for selvedge denim? We visit a Georgia mill using 80-year-old looms to find out. Credit: AJC
Data centers, factories bring billions to Georgia. New report asks who benefits.
Across six states in the Deep South — Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee — investment in data centers, factories and infrastructure is booming.

Do Atlanta drivers really need all-wheel drive?
AWD can add traction — and cost. Here’s when Atlanta drivers may benefit from it and when good tires matter more.

Atlanta jurors reach $164M verdict in federal sex trafficking trial
The former owner of a Super 8 hotel near Atlanta's airport must pay $164 million to a young woman who says she was sex trafficked there as a minor, a federal jury decided.
Former North Georgia wildlife preserve eyed for development to be saved
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources announced a deal Thursday to acquire the former Pine Log Wildlife Management Area site.





