Atlanta Business News
Leader of Alpharetta firm accused in $380M Ponzi scheme gets 4 years in prison
The first of three executives of an Alpharetta firm accused of operating what was likely Georgia's largest Ponzi scheme was sentenced to just over four years in prison.

Home Depot CEO Ted Decker on temporary medical leave
Home Depot CEO Ted Decker is on temporary medical leave of absence, the company said Wednesday morning.
The technology to prevent hot car deaths exists. Why isn’t it standard?
The Georgia lawyer for Deja Coleman, who is charged in the hot car death of her infant, is making the latest attempt to require automakers to include child safety features.
Georgia Media and Entertainment News

Antitrust case reportedly has Paramount eyeing Georgia, others for HQ move
Paramount Skydance's leadership has mulled a headquarters move amid a push by California and other states to block its merger with Warner Bros. Discovery.
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Who has come and gone in Atlanta radio and TV in 2026
The Atlanta media landscape in 2026 features several high-profile arrivals, departures and other changes, including personalities like Big Tigger and Kristin Klingshirn.

99X guts its on-air staff as Cumulus Media makes massive cuts nationwide
99X cut much of its on-air staff Friday as part of cost-cutting measures at Cumulus Media as a whole.
Airport News
Your in-flight life is getting higher tech. And we’re ‘only at the beginning.’
Your digital life on terra firma has almost been replicated in the sky.

Environmental groups threaten to sue Atlanta airport over spills into river
The Southern Environmental Law Center and the Flint Riverkeeper threaten to sue the Atlanta aiport over spills of fuel, sewage and other substances into the Flint River.

Delta adds sports prediction offering to in-flight entertainment
The feature is launching with Major League Baseball contests.
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Georgia data centers use more than power and land. They need warehouse space.
From 2022 to 2025, companies tied to data centers leased more than 9 million square feet of floor space in metro Atlanta, the equivalent of six Lenox Square malls.
Atlanta has lost nearly 150 acres of tree canopy a year, study finds
Between 2008 and 2023, Atlanta lost an average of nearly 150 acres of its urban forest each year, according to a new tree assessment by Georgia Tech researchers.

Who has come and gone in Atlanta radio and TV in 2026
The Atlanta media landscape in 2026 features several high-profile arrivals, departures and other changes, including personalities like Big Tigger and Kristin Klingshirn.

99X guts its on-air staff as Cumulus Media makes massive cuts nationwide
99X cut much of its on-air staff Friday as part of cost-cutting measures at Cumulus Media as a whole.

Empty suits aren’t welcome at Atlanta’s new bank HQ, CEO says
Pinnacle emerged in January as the result of an $8.6 billion merger between Columbus-based Synovus and Nashville-based Pinnacle, keeping the name of the latter.
From runways to highways, her Atlanta construction firm has blazed paths
In an industry where Hispanic women are rarely CEOs, Guiomar Obregón built a multimillion-dollar firm.
Amazon delivery drones are coming to metro Atlanta
The drones will embark from an Amazon fulfillment center in Stone Mountain. Delivery area includes parts of Redan, Lilburn, Snellville, Tucker and Lithonia.

$185M power equipment facility with 1,400 jobs announced for Georgia
One of the world’s largest engineering and industrial companies announced Friday it will invest $185 million into a new Georgia facility.
Atlanta’s Hennessy dealers sold for $1.3B. It’s part of a car-buying sea change.
Car dealers have long been local businesses deeply embedded in their communities. But consolidation is happening in this dynamic industry.

New leader named for Atlanta office of technology consulting giant Accenture
Winnifer Thomas-Cox succeeds Chloe Barzey, who is retiring after more than six years in the role.




