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June 18, 2023

B2B Podcasting

Clients drive business success

Beman Real Estate’s Principal, Davis Beman, shares his philosophy about building business and providing Return on Investment at ABD’s Business EXPO last month.

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Consumer Stories

Huge hiring event coming this week

If you want to reach the summit of job opportunities, this is your chance. Almost 100 employers will be looking for thousands of employees this week at the annual Fort Gordon Career Summit. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Gordon Transition Assistance Program (TAP) are the hosts for the Hiring Our Heroes event on Thursday, June 22, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Gordon Catering and Conference Center. While the hiring fair is primarily intended for military members transitioning out of the service and military spouses,

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B2B Stories

Mondays with Rick: Companies need creative employment solutions as Boomers retire

Dr. Rick Franza, Professor of Management at the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, he talks about what the retirement of Baby Boomers might mean for businesses. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact. ABD: Have you noticed that the Baby Boomers are getting older? Rick: Yeah, every morning. I’m at the backend of that generation. ABD: The Baby Boom generation is generally listed as those born from 1946-64. About 10,000 of them retire every day, and

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Consumer Stories

Final Cut still isn’t announcing final closing date

It was a busy weekend for mostly ladies at Final Cut, sorting through 20% off sales on already marked-down women’s clothing starting at $5. If salesclerks knew when the next markdowns were or when the store would close in the former BI-LO, they would not say, while repeatedly getting asked at check-out. The 20% off sale has been in place since the going-out-of-business sale started. The other big seller was a BOGO deal on jewelry and does not allow you the additional 20% off. Ladies and men looked over higher-end

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Cyber Security

Download overload?

Your system may currently allow each employee to install any software they may need or want on their computer. Even with the best of intentions for these installations, if left unchecked, your system may be negatively impacted. If you are not in control of what is coming and going on your network, you are opening yourself up for hackers to take advantage of the situation. You may want to implement a policy to prevent employees from downloading software without admin consent. This simple procedure of requiring an admin to give

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