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APS: City of Atlanta late in making $10M payment on TAD agreement

The city of Atlanta is more than three months late in making a $10 million payment to the Atlanta Public Schools as part of the comprehensive agreement both governments reached Jan. 7 on the city’s tax allocation districts. The agreement was consi.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsApr 22nd, 2019

Kansas City"s riverfront streetcar agreement sits penstrokes from approval

A cooperative agreement making its way through four Kansas City entities details obligations for funding, building and operating the 0.55-mile new streetcar route between the River Market and Berkley Riverfront......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 23rd, 2021

Atlanta placed under "stay-at-home" order, as city tries to slow spread of COVID-19

The city of Atlanta has issued a 'stay-at-home' order in response to concerns over the rising number of COVID-19 infections. Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms posted the decision on social media late Monday. The order, which lasts for 14 days, al.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMar 24th, 2020

Biotech company Dendreon extends metro Atlanta lease

Dendreon Pharmaceuticals has signed a 10-year lease agreement to maintain its 155,000-square-foot immunotherapy manufacturing facility in Union City, Ga. Dendreon is the maker of Provenge, an immunotherapy treatment for prostate cancer. “Dendreon h.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsDec 18th, 2019

Longaberger baskets are coming back: New manufacturer to revive iconic brand

Longaberger baskets are making a comeback under a new owner. Dresden, Ohio-based Dresden & Co. has entered into a license agreement to manufacture the baskets again, in a deal with New York City consumer products conglomerate Xcel Brands, Inc. (NA.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsNov 13th, 2019

Michael Bloomberg filed paperwork to run in Alabama"s 2020 Democratic primary

Tim P. Whitby/Getty Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is making a late entrance into the 2020 Democratic primary field and filed pape.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 9th, 2019

Michael Bloomberg is planning to file paperwork to run in Alabama"s 2020 Democratic primary

Tim P. Whitby/Getty Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is making a late entrance into the 2020 Democratic primary field and plans to file paperwork for the Alabama primary at the end of this week.....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 7th, 2019

A British football club is refusing to pay for a player that died shortly after a transfer, and could now be banned from making further signings

Getty/Cardiff City FC Former Premier League club Cardiff City FC are still refusing to pay part of the transfer fee for the late Emiliano Sala. The Argentine died in a plane crash just two days after completing a $16.7 million move from FC Nantes in .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderNov 5th, 2019

Starbucks Delivers expands to 16 U.S. markets

Starbucks Corp. announced that it is expanding its delivery service to Atlanta, Denver, Phoenix, Philadelphia, and New Jersey. It's also making the service available to more parts of the New York City .....»»

Category: topSource: marketwatchOct 22nd, 2019

Sacramento, property owner settling suit over River District development site

Attorneys for the city of Sacramento and the owners of a potential development site in the River District appear to have come to an agreement over making the site safe......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsOct 7th, 2019

Bid to lure Nobel summit and brand Atlanta as "City of Peace" making progress

A high-powered group of Atlanta leaders have been working on the latest effort to host the Nobel Peace Laureates Summit for much of the past year. But the vision is far greater than just hosting one summit......»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsMay 10th, 2019

A man was running late for a business meeting in New York City, so naturally he decided to paddle board across the Hudson River in a suit

Scotty H/Instagram Scott Holt was running late for a meeting in New York City when he decided that his best bet at making it on time would be to paddle board across the Hudson River.  The 32-year-old comedian made his journey from New .....»»

Category: topSource: businessinsiderJun 25th, 2018

Atlanta gets first chief education officer

Metro Atlanta native Aliya Bhatia will become the city of Atlanta’s first-ever chief education officer, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms announced late Monday. Bottoms vowed during her inaugural address in January to create the Cabinet-level position.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJul 10th, 2018

Talk of a Kraft soccer stadium in Boston gets kicked around after offhand comment in video

Talk of the long-rumored possibility that the New England Revolution could build a stadium within Boston’s city limits got kicked up a notch late Monday in a video clip making the rounds of social media. Miami businessman Jorge Mas, who co-owns a .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJul 18th, 2018

Recording Reveals Trump, Cohen Discussing Payment to Playboy Model

Lawyers for President Trump and his former attorney Michael Cohen clashed Tuesday over whether Mr. Trump suggested making a cash payment late in his presidential campaign to buy the rights to a former Playboy model’s story of an affair with him......»»

Category: asiaSource: wsjJul 25th, 2018

Atlanta Developer Synonymous With Midtown Heads to Burgeoning West End

Pictured: Carter Chairman Bob Peterson.Carter, the Atlanta development firm whose late founder earned the unofficial title, "Mayor of Midtown," is relocating to the city's emerging West End neighbor.....»»

Category: dealsSource: nytAug 7th, 2018

5 Ways The Late Payment Economy Is Punishing Small Businesses

There are 5.7 million SME’s (small and medium sized businesses) in the UK, making up 99% of all figures. Yet despite this momentous figure, all businesses are facing an ongoing problem: .....»»

Category: blogSource: valuewalkAug 7th, 2018

RapidRatings scores backing from FTV Capital

New York-area startups and venture capitalists are making funding deals with the hopes of creating the next profitable company. Here's one deal announced late Tuesday: Who gets: RapidRatings, a New York City-based provider of financial health analy.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsSep 12th, 2018

Restoring Atlanta’s treasured buildings and making them viable is goal of JLL’s VP

Like many American cities, Atlanta has plenty of them — the hulking brick buildings that span more than a city block, with meticulously molded cornices, rows of yawning windows, soaring ceilings, and time-distressed company signs stretching the l.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsOct 3rd, 2018

City of Atlanta reaches funding deal on Gulch with Atlanta Public Schools

Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Atlanta Public Schools (APS) Superintendent Meria Carstarphen have reached an agreement to finalize the Gulch redevelopment deal the city council approved last fall. Under the agreement, which was announced .....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 4th, 2019

Nearly 14M people flew out of BWI last year. Here are the top destinations.

Around 13.6 million passengers boarded planes at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport last year. Roughly 881,000 of those passengers –– about 6.5 percent –– traveled to Atlanta, making the southern city BWI's top de.....»»

Category: topSource: bizjournalsJan 22nd, 2019