October 2012 News

October 31, 2012

• Governor: Georgia Caterpillar Plant Magnet for Suppliers, Port Deepening Key

• Delta Extends Customer Ability to Change Travel Plans Affected by Hurricane Sandy

• Retail Seasonal Hiring Continues Trending Up

• Elite Companies Excel by Using Customer Complaint Data to Drive Improvement in Service & Product Quality

• Despite Rapidly Rising Rents, 25% of American Renters Never Want to Own a Home

• Disney Buys LucasFilm From George Lucas For $4B

• IT Worker Confidence Rebounds in Q3; Highest Level Among All Industries Tracked

• Consumers Increasingly Open To Exploring New Restaurant Technologies

• Apple Drops Top iOS, Retail Execs Forstall, Browett

October 30, 2012

• Albany Tech Launches New Operations Management Program

• Gas Prices Across Georgia Fall 13 Cents on Average

• Home Depot Closes Deal for U.S. Home Systems Merger

• Georgia Power completes Plant McDonough-Atkinson Conversion to Natural Gas

• Georgia's Mohawk Industries to Purchase Laminate Floor Maker Pergo

• UPS Expects 10% Holiday Shipping Uptick, Hiring 55,000 Seasonal Workers

• Markets Closed Due to Weather For Consecutive Days For FIrst Time Since 1888

• Ford Accelerates European Transformation

• LTE Generates 61% Subscriber Growth in First Half of 2012, LTE Vendors Expect to See Over $1.7 Billion in 4G This Year

• 60% of IT Pros Consider The IT Department Integral To The Business; Just 43% of Non-IT Feel The Same

• Many Young Voters Likely to be Missing in Action in November Election

October 29, 2012

• Georgia Power's Vogtle Project Reaches 10 Million Work Hours

• Newell Rubbermaid Posts $108M Q3 Profit, Announces Restructuring, 2,000 Job Curs

• Coca-Cola Investing $300 Million in Vietnam

• New Study Finds Public School Employment Far Outpacing K-12 Student Enrollment

• Georgia EMCs Send Crews to Help Restore Power from Hurricane Sandy