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Jo Gipson of Atlanta Intown Real Estate Services, shares how the real estate market is heating up in Atlanta, Georgia.
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WASHINGTON, May 6- The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly on Monday to give states the power to enforce their sales tax laws on online purchases, but the legislation faces a tougher fight in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.
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Faulty equipment has led to patients being burned or exposed to too much radiation, Jeffrey Shuren, director of the FDA's center for devices and radiological health, said in an interview.
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*Chung downplays market speculation of new U.S. plant for Hyundai or Kia. SEOUL, May 6- Hyundai Motor Group does not immediately plan to build a new car factory in the United States, Chairman Chung Mong- koo said on Monday, downplaying speculation that the South Korean automaker would soon announce production facilities in the key market.
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May 3- Swiss bank UBS AG's U.S. brokerage unit has named a new head for its private wealth management division, as the company looks to expand its business catering to clients with $10 million or more in investable assets. Mathews takes over the role from Jason Chandler, who had been overseeing both the unit and the wider Americas force of roughly 7,000 brokers.
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May 3- Swiss bank UBS AG's U.S. brokerage unit has named a new head for its private wealth management division, as the company looks to expand its business catering to clients with $10 million or more in investable assets.
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utility unit, Georgia Power, has returned two coal-fired units to service at its 3,166- megawatt Plant Bowen station, the company said on Friday. In an update, Georgia Power said it restarted Bowen Units 3 and 4 on Wednesday 1. Units 1 and 2 remain shut.
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*Announces closure of fragrances ingredients plant in Augusta, georgia. *Says production to be consolidated into existing ingredients' facilities. *Says will close the Georgia facility by July 2014.
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May 2- Duke Energy, the largest U.S. electric utility, said it notified regulators on Thursday that it will drop plans to build two new nuclear reactors in North Carolina due to slow growth in power demand.
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NEW YORK, May 2- New York- based private equity firm Lightyear Capital has emerged as the lead bidder to buy SunTrust Banks Inc's RidgeWorth Investments asset management unit, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters this week.
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NEW YORK, May 2- New York- based private equity firm Lightyear Capital has emerged as the lead bidder to buy SunTrust Banks Inc's RidgeWorth Investments asset management unit, three sources familiar with the situation told Reuters this week.
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NEW YORK, May 1- U.S. The Institute for Supply Management said its index of national factory activity fell to 50.7 from 51.3 in March and its employment index fell to 50.2 from 54.2, boding poorly for the Labor Department's national employment report due on Friday.
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May 1- IntercontinentalExchange Inc, in the process of buying NYSE Euronext for $8.2 billion, reported an 8 percent drop in first-quarter profit due in part to lower revenue from credit default swap trading and higher expenses. Excluding one-time items including transaction costs related to the NYSE deal, adjusted earnings were $2.03 per share.
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May 1- IntercontinentalExchange Inc, which is in the process of buying NYSE Euronext for $8.2 billion, reported an 8 percent decline in quarterly profit on Wednesday, due in part to lower revenues from credit default swap trading and higher expenses.
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*Announces acquisition of anesthesiology practice in Georgia.
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April 30- Southern Natural Gas Co said on Tuesday it would conduct expansion-related work in early May at the Enterprise natural gas compressor station located on its south line in Mississippi.
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April 30- Ameriprise Financial Inc has expanded its adviser footprint in six states with veteran teams from top U.S. brokerages Morgan Stanley Wealth Management, Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo Advisors, UBS Wealth management Americas and LPL Financial LLC.
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NEW YORK, April 30- U.S. single-family home prices rose more than expected in February, racking up their best annual rise since May 2006 in a fresh sign the housing recovery remains on track, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday.
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NEW YORK, April 30- U.S. single-family home prices rose more than expected in February, racking up their best annual rise since May 2006 in a fresh sign the housing recovery remains on track, a closely watched survey showed on Tuesday.
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April 30- Standard& Poor's on Tuesday released its Standard& Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index for February.
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BOSTON, April 30- U.S. money manager Invesco Ltd said on Tuesday its first-quarter profit jumped 14.6 percent, beating Wall Street expectations, as investors poured money into the firm's funds amid a buoyant stock market. Excluding certain items, Invesco earned 52 cents a share, better than the 47 cents expected by analysts, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.