Atlanta Business News
This Atlanta company plans to split in two. Here is its leadership plan.
Genuine Parts announced its separation plan in February, aiming to divide its auto and industrial parts divisions into two separate public companies.
Large Atlanta law firm nabs rival’s team to open new office
Atlanta labor and employment law firm Ogletree Deakins is opening its 61st office with a nine-lawyer team it poached from competitor Littler Mendelson in Monterrey, Mexico.

Adored Atlanta-area roller coaster gets new life in new home. But where?
ArieForce One, popular among roller coaster aficionados, was shuttered in Georgia last month but will have a new home after it was acquired by Six Flags.
Georgia Media and Entertainment News

Founder of the Foundry has a vision for a creative campus with staying power
Find out about the Foundry, a new creative campus taking root in a Southwest Atlanta industrial building. Stabiliizing artist workspaces is the vision of Atlantan Adam Bostic.

Trilith wants college students to spend a semester on set
The purpose is to provide students real world experience in a field that doesn’t have a predefined path to “breaking in."

Possible third season of Netflix’s ‘Hunting Wives’ might move to Georgia
"The Hunting Wives" might move to Georgia after a change to North Carolina's film and TV incentives program, a Charlotte TV station said.
Airport News

Airport officials bury a time capsule to be opened in 2126
Nearly two dozen items are buried that give a glimpse into the past 100 years of the airport’s history.
Atlanta Labor Day travel: Expect traffic, longer lines and higher prices
Travelers are facing higher airfare, hotel and fuel costs this year.

Delta and Aeromexico’s joint venture preserved after court order
A U.S. appeals court overturned the Trump administration’s order following legal action from the two carriers.
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Airport officials bury a time capsule to be opened in 2126
Nearly two dozen items are buried that give a glimpse into the past 100 years of the airport’s history.

Georgianomics: Recharge your batteries
Is Georgia seeing a bit of a battery resurgence? And Waffle House talks pay raises for its restaurant workers.
Waffle House rarely talks. A union push has it speaking out.
Waffle House has become a flash point in a broader labor debate in the South, where union participation is historically low.

Battery material recycling plant outside Atlanta to restart under new owners
An electric vehicle battery recycling plant east of Atlanta that shuttered after its corporate parent filed for bankruptcy is coming back to life with new ownership.

T-Pain sues Akon’s record label, claiming unpaid royalties
Atlanta rapper T-Pain is suing Konvict Entertainment, the record label co-founded in Georgia by singer Akon, claiming almost $500,000 in unpaid royalties from music sales.

She turned a side hustle fixing cars into a nearly million-dollar business
Desiree White shared her journey on social media — from taking out a transmission at home to cars she worked on across metro Atlanta as she launched a mobile mechanic service.

Georgia-Pacific ditches plan for apartments, mixed-use overhaul of downtown HQ
Georgia-Pacific Center at 133 Peachtree St., with its stair-stepped facade, is one of downtown’s most recognizable buildings.
Georgia State launches free legal clinic for property and inheritance issues
The clinic at the GSU College of Law, the first of its kind in the state, will offer pro bono help to low- and moderate-income Georgians.
Trade Atlanta traffic for a different kind of driving
Here are some of the ways Atlanta-area drivers and racing fans can trade stop-and-go traffic for something a lot more fun.

$2M fine for law firms over ‘widespread, long-running cover-up’ in Georgia case
A Georgia federal judge has ordered law firms Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom to pay $2 million for their lawyers' misconduct in a civil case.



