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    • Coronavirus: Business & Economy Updates

    ORIGINAL CAPTION: November 28, 2014 Atlanta - Picture shows Coca-Cola Company Headquarters in Atlanta on Friday, November 28, 2014. Coca-Cola reported $233 million in tax breaks in 2011-2013 - almost 15% of its federal tax bill - related to giving its management stock options and restricted stock. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
    Georgia News
    In brutal pandemic year for Atlanta’s Coca-Cola, CEO’s pay barely dips
    Like many of the biggest public companies headquartered in Georgia, Atlanta-based Home Depot has seen its fortunes sharply affected by the coronavirus pandemic. Some businesses have taken a financial hit: Annual revenues fell for seven of the state's 10 biggest publicly traded companies. But Home Depot's sales soared as people tackled more do-it-yourself projects. MATT KEMPNER / AJC
    Business
    Houses to highlighters: Pandemic reshapes Georgia company fortunes
    Atlanta-based Southern Company, the parent of Georgia Power, saw revenue fall last year compared to the year before, in part, it said because of the ripple effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It's profits also took, affected in part by continued struggles in its long-delayed nuclear power expansion at Plant Vogtle south of Augusta.
    Business
    Profits and sales dip for Georgia Power’s parent company
    02/17/2021 —Kennesaw, Georgia — Shoppers wearing face masks walk past a storefront with signs advertising a store “coming soon” at the Town Center at Cobb Shopping Mall in Kennesaw ,Wednesday, February 17, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
    News
    Town Center manager says it’s business as usual at Cobb mall
    01/29/2021 — Atlanta, Georgia — The exterior of an office building owned by Boxer Property, located at 2310 Parklake Drive NE, in Atlanta, Friday, January 29, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer / Alyssa.Pointer@ajc.com)
    News
    Office landlords in quandary as COVID rages and employees work from home
    Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Company was battered financially for much of last year. The global pandemic kept many consumers from restaurants, stadiums and other spots that the company normally heavily relies on for sales of its drinks.
    Business
    UPDATE: Coca-Cola in 2020 posted sharpest volume drop since 1940s
    Metro Atlanta restaurants and shops face the second Chinese New Year in a row impacted by concerns about COVID-19. At Formosa Gifts in Chamblee, owner Linda Cheng has seen fewer shoppers than normal for this time of year. MATT KEMPNER / AJC
    News
    Metro Atlanta immigrants face a 2nd Lunar New Year of pandemic pain
    FILE -- A UPS driver makes the rounds in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood, March 18, 2020. (Benjamin Norman/The New York Times)
    Business
    UPDATE: UPS reports record revenue as pandemic fuels online orders
    In this file photo, cleaning crew thoroughly wipe down an aircraft cabin on Concourse A at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. (Hyosub Shin/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/TNS)
    Atlanta Airport Blog
    Workers for airport, airline contractors endure job turmoil
    Erin Freer (center), owner, talks to a customer Laureynn Elie as hairstylist Brandon Newton styles her hair at Blo Blow Dry Bar in Buckhead on Tuesday, January 26, 2021. The pandemic has been hard on small businesses and hard on companies that rely on in-person transactions - and hardest on those that are both. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
    Georgia News
    Georgia’s economic outlook: Some sun, still plenty of clouds
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