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Coronavirus: Business & Economy Updates

Travelers wearing face masks make their way to security checkpoints at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta on Thursday, July 2, 2020. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Atlanta Airport Blog
China airport passed Atlanta as world’s busiest in passengers in 2020
Employees direct traffic and take orders outside the Chick-fil-A on Northside Drive in Atlanta on Monday April 19, 2021. Sales for the overall Chick-fil-A chain were up last year, even with the pandemic, compared to the year before, according to company disclosure documents. STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
Business
Chick-fil-A’s profits soar despite pandemic, still-closed dining rooms
A Girl Scout from Troop 14665 in Cherokee County hands off cookies to a driver in a socially distanced cookie booth earlier this year. The COVID-19 pandemic cut into Atlanta district sales, leaving 720,000 boxes of cookies unsold in local warehouses.
News
COVID craters local Girl Scout cookie sales
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
Business
Coca-Cola sees ‘promising signs’ for COVID-19 pandemic recovery
Chris New (center), owner of Barnes Van Lines, hands over paperwork to Anson Strickland as Joe Nowak (left) looks on while moving a family in Villa Rica on Thursday, April 15, 2021. (Hyosub Shin / Hyosub.Shin@ajc.com)
Georgia News
Employers are hiring again but struggling to find workers
A sign reading, 'masks required in this area,' is seen as travelers prepare to check-in for their Delta Air Lines flight at the Miami International Airport on Feb. 1, 2021 in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/TNS)
Atlanta Airport Blog
UPDATE: Delta turns corner, generates cash after burning through it
The Centers for Disease Control announced new lab results showing that airline passenger exposure to the virus that causes COVID-19 is sharply reduced when middle seats on jets are kept empty. Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines is the last major U.S. airline to generally avoid selling tickets to middle seats during the COVID-19 pandemic. But the airline plans to lift that restriction by May 1. HYOSUB SHIN / HSHIN@AJC.COM
Coronavirus
CDC study: Vacant middle seat on flights could cut exposure to virus
Basia Taylor balances her work as a dental hygienist, with one more exam to take, and her 2-year-old twins Michael, left, and Milani Blair, right, on Wednesday, April 7, 2021 at the apartment she shares with the twin's father and her mother, who works from home, for now. The family has adjusted through the pandemic with adjustments for child care, Taylor's education requirements and job schedules. (Jenni Girtman for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Georgia News
After pandemic lifts, some predict unequal economic rebound
The office of the Blue Sky Agency has been nearly empty as employees worked from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. As for a return, “I don’t feel pressure to rush because of how we’ve adjusted," Rob Farinella, the founder and CEO of the Atlanta-based advertising agency, said in an emailed statement. He added later, "when we open, it will be in a phased approach with an emphasis on safety and mental health." (STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION)
Business
Georgia bosses prep for office return, pick who can stay home forever
New single family home construction continues at Trilith development in Fayetteville Friday, March 18, 2021.STEVE SCHAEFER FOR THE ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
News
Lumber prices soar, but Georgia tree farmers not seeing the profits
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