Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA) articles from July 2000

Savannah Morning News (Savannah, GA) archives from July 2000

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Business Etiquette Column.
July 1, 2000... Byline: Lydia Ramsey Jul. 1--Since the intent of the business dinner is successful business, you want to appear as confident and competent in handling the details of the meal as you are in managing the operation of your company and the...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Business Etiquette Column.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Lydia Ramsey Jul. 3--Few things are more impressive in business than the ability to remember names, but most people go around advertising the fact that they don't do this very well. And most people are convinced that this is a...

Savannah, Ga.-Area Business Owners Try to Keep Shops Safe From Robbers.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Erik Tryggestad Jul. 3--When the phone rings late at night, Johnny Youmans jumps. He knows who's calling, and he knows what they'll say. "Security Link detected an alarm going off at 2013 Waters Ave.," he said, repeating the...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Investing Column.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Lauren Rudd Jul. 3--Members of the Federal Reserve voted last week to leave interest rates unchanged. At the same time they also made it clear that the pause might very well be temporary. The Fed's mantra continues to be that the...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Marketview Column.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Lauren Rudd Jul. 3--Although stock prices moved up Monday, it really was not much of a day. The markets closed early at 1 p.m. and many of Wall Street's players were on vacation. Nonetheless, a rally by any other name is still...

New York-Based Firm Founder to Buy Luxury Yacht Maker.
July 3, 2000... Byline: Ben Werner Jul. 3--Luxury yacht-maker Palmer Johnson may have found a new owner in one of its customers. Andrew J. McKelvey, the 65 year-old founder, chairman and chief executive of New York-based TMP Worldwide, signed a letter...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Marketview Column.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Lauren Rudd Jul. 6--MARKETS TUMBLE UNDER WEIGHT OF TECHS: A flight of capital away from tech stocks pushed stock prices down across the board Wednesday, obliterating the gains achieved during the shortened trading day Monday. ...

Imperial Sugar Co. Bonds Downgraded as Debt Soars, Sugar Prices Stay Low.
July 6, 2000... Byline: Ben Werner Jul. 6--Imperial Sugar Co., the nation's largest sugar producer and parent company of Savannah Foods and Industries, will find it more expensive to borrow money as the company's debt continues to soar. Just before...

Savannah, Ga.-Area Forestry Community Still Wary About Regulations.
July 8, 2000... Byline: Lori Henson Jul. 8--Foresters successfully protested their industry's inclusion in rules that would regulate their projects, in some cases the same as a "point-source" of water pollution, such as a smokestack. In such cases, a...

Savannah, Ga., Officials Encourage Business Worker to Dress Casually.
July 10, 2000... Byline: Bret Bell Jul. 10--That necktie a bit constricting in the 95-degree heat? Sports jacket causing unsightly sweat stains? Panty hose making your legs feel like hot dogs on the barbecue grill? Just take them off, says the city of...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Business Etiquette Column.
July 10, 2000... Byline: Lydia Ramsey Jul. 10--Few things are more impressive in business than the ability to remember names, but most people go around advertising the fact that they don't do this very well. And most people are convinced that this is a...

Garden City, Ga., to Welcome Three New Employers Along Interstate Highway.
July 10, 2000... Byline: Ben Werner Jul. 10--Garden City's new employers: * H-H of Savannah Inc., the Anheuser Busch supplier for Chatham, Bryan and Effingham counties, is moving into an approximately 60,000-square-foot facility. H-H currently has...

Georgia Officials to Discuss Possible Deepening of Savannah River.
July 10, 2000... Byline: Gail Krueger Jul. 10--MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD: * The Georgia Ports Authority's Stakeholders Evaluation Group will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday in the Mighty Eighth Air Force Museum. The group is helping develop scientific studies about...

Georgia Companies Reap Profit from Marketing Directed toward Hispanics.
July 10, 2000... Byline: Lori Henson Jul. 10--Strange things started happening when Sonny Zapata started adding a phrase at the end of his S&S Housing TV commercial. "Hablamos Espanol, so bienvenidos!" he shouts, standing in front of a mobile home. The...

Employers Should Stay Aware of Immigration Policies for Foreign Workers.
July 10, 2000... Byline: Mills Fleming Jul. 10--With unemployment at its lowest levels in 30 years, employers are clamoring to fill vacant jobs in all sectors of the labor market whether it be unskilled, skilled or managerial-level. With such low...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Streetwise Column.
July 10, 2000... Byline: Lauren Rudd Jul. 10--"There are only two types of forecasters, those who don't know and those who don't know they don't know." -- John Kenneth Galbraith As we move into the second half of the year, the Street's prognosticators...

Georgia Forestry Association's Annual Meeting Highlights New Technology.
July 11, 2000... Byline: Lori Henson Jul. 11--The foresters came for the Savannah scenery, but they learned a little about their industry, too. The Georgia Forestry Association updated more than 600 people on the new technology and legislation that...

Shipping Giant Maersk Sealand Starts Weekly Visits to Savannah, Ga.
July 12, 2000... Byline: Ben Werner Jul. 12--Just after noon, a little earlier than expected, shipping giant Maersk Sealand paid its first of weekly visits to Savannah. The Sealand Voyager's arrival signaled the start of Maersk Sealand's weekly Far...

Savannah, Ga., Officials to Hear Pitch for New 24-Hour Walgreen's.
July 12, 2000... Byline: Ben Werner Jul. 12--A corner lot at Abercorn and Victory is again getting closer to hosting a pharmacy after more than a year of planning, but the name has changed. The Metropolitan Planning Commission approved a plan Tuesday...

Savannah, Ga.-Based Specialty Cookie Firm President Talks about Success.
July 14, 2000... Byline: Lori Henson Jul. 14--It was a quick trip to the top of the specialty food market for Stephanie Lindley and her family's company, Byrd Cookie Co. The famous Savannah cookie maker grew more than 500 percent in the first three years...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Investing Column.
July 14, 2000... Byline: Lauren Rudd Jul. 14--I doubt anyone would disagree that the stock market's performance during the second quarter has been somewhat less than perfect. The major indexes have all ended the first six months of the year in negative...

Chatham County, Ga., Finds Hurdles in Search for Schools Head.
July 14, 2000... Byline: Kathleen Durham Jul. 14--Finding topnotch candidates can be daunting. This is particularly true when an employer is attempting to fill a key position that has a limited pool of excellent qualified candidates. Retaining topnotch...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Business Etiquette Column.
July 15, 2000... Byline: Lydia Ramsey Jul. 15--Rules for tipping at restaurants Tipping is an essential part of the service and restaurant industry. It is important to understand that tips make up a significant portion of the income of the people who serve...

Georgia Factories Continue to Slow While Exports Rise.
July 15, 2000... Byline: Walter C. Jones Jul. 15--ATLANTA--Buyers for Georgia factories report conditions continue to slow a tad as the Purchasing Managers' Index drops for the fourth straight month. At the same time, exports are increasing. "It's...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Business Reference Column.
July 16, 2000... Byline: Darren Grant Jul. 16--I think it was George Santayana who said, "Those who do not study history are doomed to repeat it." I know a few students for whom this statement has personal meaning! Business has its own history, of...

Savannah, Ga., Entrepreneurial Incubator Seeks to Help Those with Bright Ideas.
July 17, 2000... Byline: Tasha Gatlin Jul. 17--Troy Wright had an idea for a business. He did the research, used a host of business resources and with some help crafted a business plan that resulted in him getting a $50,000 business loan from one of the...

Georgia Co-Op Gets Grant from Federal Government to Help Sell Farm Goods.
July 18, 2000... Byline: Lori Henson Jul. 18--Lonnie Johnson's squash patch is having a rough year. It's enduring withering heat with precious few relieving drops of rain in a Long County field. Johnson has also weathered his share of hard times. His...

Elba Island, Ga., Residents Concerned with Proposed Natural Gas Pipeline.
July 18, 2000... Byline: Gail Krueger Jul. 18--A pipeline taking gas from the Elba Island liquified natural gas plant -- due to re-open in 2002 -- to Florida will cross about 50 miles of wetlands but eastside neighbors are more concerned about what it will...

Georgia-Pacific to Buy Struggling Rival Tissue Maker.
July 18, 2000... Byline: Ben Werner Jul. 18--Georgia-Pacific Corp. hopes Brawny paper towels and Quilted Northern toilet paper will cushion its balance sheet. The company is shifting its focus from building products, pulp and paper to the more stable...

Army Corps of Engineers, Georgia Ports Authority Move to Dismiss Lawsuit.
July 19, 2000... Jul. 19--The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says a federal lawsuit over a $230 million project to deepen the Savannah River is premature and should be tossed out of court. The Georgia Ports Authority weighed in on the side of the Corps and...

Georgia-Based Aerospace Company Founder Dies.
July 20, 2000... Jul. 20--Allen E. Paulsoncq, the self-made man who founded Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., died of cancer Wednesday night at about 9 p.m. at Scripps Hospital in La Jolla, Calif. He was 78. Paulson, who was born on a 40-acre farm in Clinton,...

Texas Court to Decide Case on Privacy Rights of Contributors to Message Boards.
July 20, 2000... Jul. 20--Do you Yahoo? If so, you also better watch what you say. Savannah Foods' parent company, Imperial Sugar Co., is taking Web directory Yahoo to court to discover the real names of people who leave messages on the site's message...

Savannah, Ga., Police Arrest Greenpeace Protesters.
July 25, 2000... Byline: Gail Krueger Jul. 25--Seven Greenpeace activists were arrested and some were threatened with deportation Monday after five of them boarded a ship carrying what they say was a cargo that included illegally harvested timber. An...

American Eagle to Start Round-Trip Flights Between Savannah, Ga., Miami.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Ben Werner Jul. 26--The lack of air service south from Savannah, long considered a thorn in an otherwise rosy airport recovery, is about to change. Starting Sept. 6, American Eagle, the regional affiliate of American Airlines,...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Business Etiquette Column.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Lydia Ramsey Jul. 26--RUDENESS IS RAMPANT: Is rudeness more commonplace today or does it just seem that way? While it appears that some people go out of their way to be rude, the truth is that the majority of folks want to do...

Two New Plants to Make Emanuel County, Ga., Home.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Lori Henson Jul. 26--STATESBORO, Ga.--Two businesses destroyed by fire are rebuilding from the ground up in Emanuel County, near Stillmore. Crider Inc. chicken processing plant, already employing 800 people in Stillmore, will...

Savannah, Ga., River Ferry Prices Increase.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Tasha Gatlin Jul. 26--The Savannah River didn't get wider, but the cost to cross it via water ferry recently got steeper. Starting July 1, water ferry users had to pony up an extra dollar to ride across the river. The trip now...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Living and Working Column.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Kathleen Durham Jul. 26--ARE YOU SUPERVISING SLACKERS? Do you have slackers working for you? If yes, have you considered how they got to be slackers? Or do you believe some people are just that way and there's nothing you can do...

Savannah, Ga., Begins Project to Restore Natural Flow to River.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Gail Krueger Jul. 26--The money to restore a more natural flow to the Savannah River was secured last year; on Monday they had the party. Congressman Jack Kingston, Mayor Floyd Adams Jr. and a host of city dignitaries were on...

Savannah, Ga., Builds Business Incubators to Develop High-Tech Industry.
July 26, 2000... Byline: Ben Werner Jul. 26--Simply add images of bicycle racks, cappuccino breaks, casual dress and shooting hoops with computers and high bandwidth to see where Savannah's high-technology industry could grow. Two proposed local...

Savannah Morning News, Ga., Living and Working Column.
July 31, 2000... Byline: Kathleen Durham Jul. 31--SOME ADVICE FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE REPS: Customer service reps who have learned how to deal with "bad customers" are worth their weight in gold. Unfortunately, there are too many service reps who think "bad...

Young Developers See Bright Future for Blighted Savannah, Ga., Area.
July 31, 2000... Byline: Kate Wiltrout Jul. 31--Drive down Whitaker or Drayton streets and you'll see hints of a revitalization in the troubled but promising south Victorian District. A new porch here, a new roof there: will it all add up to another...