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Why Coca-Cola says it scored big from sponsorship of the World Cup
The 2026 FIFA World Cup packed a punch for Coca-Cola, helping boost its second quarter results and propelling the strongest volume growth in its namesake soda in years.
Pivoting from Amazon business, UPS looks to other areas for growth
After a monumental retooling of its network, UPS says it has turned a corner with its “better not bigger” strategy.

Coca-Cola resumes ‘majority’ of Fairlife U.S. production after cyberattack
Coca-Cola disclosed the cyberattack July 16.
Georgia Media and Entertainment News

Georgia firm faces FTC fine for reselling tickets to Megan Moroney, Metallica
The FTC alleged Elite Events and Tickets regularly circumvented security measures and other controls that restricted the number of tickets they could acquire.

Paramount agrees to pause merger with CNN parent Warner Bros. for months
If approved, the merger would be the largest in Hollywood history.
What to expect at now-open massive indoor adventure park Thrillz Atlanta
Thrillz Atlanta, a new indoor amusement park in metro Atlanta off Spaghetti Junction, offers attractions like a 35-foot slide and airbag obstacle courses.
Airport News
Atlanta airport Plane Train employees secure their first union contract
In addition to an immediate 18% wage increase, the Plant Train contract also includes annual 3% increases, a $2,600 ratification bonus, five paid sick days and more.

Will Atlanta see a World Cup tourism afterglow?
More than half a million visitors descended on Atlanta’s FIFA Fan Fest in Centennial Olympic Park downtown throughout the tournament.
Airport shuttle manager sues Atlanta after attack by homeless man
A shuttle bus manager who says he was slashed across the face by a knife-wielding homeless man at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2024 is suing the city.
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OpenAI’s $20B data center dominated Georgia headlines. But it wasn’t alone.
OpenAI's plans for a $20 billion data center near Savannah made national headlines. But two other sprawling data center projects in Georgia were also made public the same day.

Atlanta’s tallest tower prepares for new restaurant, exclusive tenant club
Florida real estate firm CP Group announced Monday it has partnered with Episcope Hospitality to rethink the 55-story tower’s restaurant and gathering space offerings.

Delta was approached by United about a potential merger, report says
This is not the only deal United has considered recently.

The Okefenokee is now a World Heritage site. Now comes the hard part.
Those who pushed for the designation say their journey, both to protect the refuge and deliver on their vision of the swamp as a regional economic driver, is only beginning.

Georgia’s Okefenokee Swamp is now a UNESCO World Heritage site
The Okefenokee is the first natural site in the U.S. to be added to the World Heritage List in more than 30 years.
Things to know to visit the Okefenokee Swamp, from a Georgia wildlife expert
To nature lovers like Charles Seabrook, swamps are magical, teeming with wildlife, and places of tranquility filled with otherworldly beauty.

Paramount agrees to pause merger with CNN parent Warner Bros. for months
If approved, the merger would be the largest in Hollywood history.

Coca-Cola closes $31M deal for Georgia Tech to expand
Georgia Tech has called the property acquisition a “strategic addition" to its core campus in Midtown.

Hot topic, cool reception. Residents denounce proposed OpenAI data center.
Tech giant OpenAI faced public backlash Thursday over its proposed data center planned for outside Savannah. The project was announced a day earlier and came as a surprise.

Kemp joins Trump effort to shield consumers from data center power costs
The pledge builds on an agreement between the White House and seven tech companies that said they would pay for electricity costs in areas where they are building data centers


