Macon Telegraph : Business News

Name: Diana Blair

Question: I’m having trouble adjusting to my new job as the office manager for a small business. My biggest problem is that one of the owners, “Emily,” behaves very erratically. Emily is highly emotional, constantly fluctuating between enthusiastic support and crushing criticism. Sometimes she is encouraging, but at other times she becomes obsessed with insignificant details. She is like this with everyone, including her business partner.

Willie Veal had big-league dreams.

A building at a former school on Rocky Creek Road may be filled again with children.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A frigid Florida winter is taking its toll on your sandwich. The Sunshine State is the main U.S. source for fresh winter tomatoes, and its growers lost about 70 percent of their crop during January’s prolonged cold snap.

Ray De Riggi, president of Dole Fresh Vegetables, will be speaking at Macon State College at 5:30 p.m. Thursday.

The Greater Macon Chamber of Commerce’s annual meeting Friday night was not only a time to reflect on the past year and go over plans for the future but also to award people who have contributed to the community.

WARNER ROBINS — The Houston County market has more than weathered the real estate storm but still faces some challenges, speakers told a gathering of brokers and agents Friday. One of those challenges is a looming shortage of new homes — long a driving force in real estate sales in the area.

The former Holiday Inn hotel on Riverside Drive near the Interstate 75 exit and Tom Hill Sr. Boulevard is now a Days Inn hotel.

Representatives from Cisco, Dell, HP, Microsoft and other leading technology companies will join Sphinx Global Networks for a free network technology show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today.

You may have heard during the last couple of weeks the state’s poultry industry is lobbying hard to replace the state bird — the noble brown thrasher.

PERRY — When Ceaser Gorman re-opened the doors of his family’s restaurant in April, the indoor eating area had been overtaken by women’s suits, large hats and accessories.

When your computer is not in use, it may be completely shut down, hibernating or in stand-by. Each has its advantages and disadvantages.

The downfall of the former Macon-based Security Bank Corp. was created by many of the same things that have plagued other struggling or failed banks: a focus on commercial real estate lending with an emphasis on acquisition, development and construction, according to a recent audit.

The Georgia Department of Labor says the state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate rose to a record 10.4 percent in January, and Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond says the job crisis is getting worse.

DETROIT — Ford posted a 43 percent jump in February U.S. auto sales and outsold General Motors for the first time in nearly a dozen years as it grabbed sales from struggling Toyota.

Midstate foreclosure program scheduled

Drug abuse continues to raise serious concerns in America’s workplaces. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that of 12.3 million current users of illicit drugs, 77 percent are employed in either a full-time or part-time capacity. Notably, the highest rates of drug use are found in industries involving food preparation and service, construction, material moving and transportation — all industries in which health and safety are of the utmost importance. Is it not possible for an employer to guarantee that he or she will never hire a drug user, but, within certain parameters, you can seek information that reduces the likelihood of making this mistake.

A Macon lawyer has been appointed as U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge for the Middle District of Georgia.