Macon Telegraph : Business News

Macon-based State Bank & Trust Co. closed a branch of a bank it acquired about three months ago.

The Aunt Zelda’s Furniture store in Warner Robins closed mainly after the economy and the co-owner’s health took a toll on the business.

I’m often amazed at the incredible stresses under which some people are able to perform.

WARNER ROBINS -- Community business members welcomed the new head of the Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce at a reception Thursday.

Sears still is not saying when its Macon Mall store will close. But signs of the store’s imminent shuttering are showing up, and the mall’s owners say they expect it could close in April.

Geico and its employees have pledged $939,030 for United Way of Central Georgia, the largest amount in its 90-year history. The amount, a 9 percent increase over last year, was announced Wednesday at a news conference held at the Geico office in Macon.

The “companionship services” exemption to the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is under attack. If the proposed regulation stands, third-party employers that provide home health care services will no longer be able to avoid the minimum wage and overtime laws for employees providing the companionship services.

Some Blockbuster stores in Middle Georgia will be closing, managers at the video rental outlets said Monday.

E-mail phishing scams using the Better Business Bureau’s name and logo continue to proliferate across the web. Most of the e-mails carry the famous BBB torch logo and come with the subject line “Complaint from your customers” or “Urgent: Your Prompt Reply is Necessary” but new subject lines are still popping up.

Some Blockbuster stores in Middle Georgia will be closing, managers at the video rental outlets said Monday.

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A Gwinnett County jury has awarded $2.3 million in damages after a judge determined that Kroger destroyed and manipulated key video evidence involving an injured customer.

The unemployment rates for the Macon and Warner Robins metropolitan statistical areas rose slightly in December from November. However, the rate is lower in both areas when compared to the same time last year.

A new business plans to open in downtown Macon as the winner of the Macon Mogul business competition by The Gateway Initiative.

It’s a little troubling to me how the political debate is being framed leading up to the November presidential elections.

Tina Jackson, of Byron, is not alone. She’s one of the state’s 9.7 percent of unemployed workers.

Jasmirree Johnson, Macon

DUBLIN -- A German auto parts manufacturer announced Tuesday that it plans to build a $39 million plant in Dublin that will bring 178 new jobs.

Three midstate companies were named to the 2012 Class of the Bulldog 100, a list of the fastest-growing companies either owned or run by University of Georgia alumni.