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Global renewable energy companies buy building in Augusta

Two members of a global renewable energy group of companies recently purchased a building in Augusta, according to Jordan Trotter Commercial Real Estate. TEXEL Energy Innovations Inc. and Transition Energy Inc. bought an 11,000-square-foot garage/flex space located at 1228 Gordon Highway. The Finem Group with Meybohm Commercial Real Estate sold the building, which contains 1,500 square feet of office space. TEXEL, a Swedish-based company, has developed a 100 percent recyclable storage solution that charges within minutes and lasts more than 100 years, according to the company’s website. This technology was

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Josh Heath December 12, 2022 No Comments
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Mondays with Rick: The lucrative business of sports

  Dr. Rick Franza, Dean of the Hull College of Business, discusses a different, timely business topic each Monday in this column. This week, he talks about the business aspects of sports. The interview has been edited for clarity and impact. ABD: As fans, we generally think of sports as a form of entertainment (or life-and-death, depending on how into it we are) but behind the scenes, sports is a business. How should we, as fans process that? Rick: It depends on how you as an individual treat it. If

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Gary Kauffman December 11, 2022 No Comments
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Augusta University economist discusses job growth, possibility of recession

As an economics Professor at Augusta University, Dr. Simon Medcalfe has carefully studied the leading indicators that predict whether the U.S. will experience a recession in 2023, but those indicators are currently mixed. Yesterday, Medcalfe was the presenter for the Hull College of Business’s 15th annual Economic Forecast Breakfast. More than 100 business leaders and AU staff and faculty attended. Breakfast was provided by Wells Fargo. Medcalfe said Google Trends is currently predicting a recession is less likely to occur than it was in June and July 2022. Two of

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Josh Heath December 8, 2022 No Comments
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Simon Says: Companies I admire, Part 1

I was first introduced to Brewdog’s Nanny State alcohol-free beer by my brother four years ago. Since then, I have enjoyed their Hellcat IPA, a collaboration with Iron Maiden lead singer, Bruce Dickinson. I recently tried their Lost Planet First beer, which they claim is the first carbon-negative beer. They take more carbon from the air than they emit by using wind turbines and a bio plant to power their brewery and by planting trees. They have invested 15 million pounds (about $18 million U.S. dollars) in more than 9,000

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Dr. Simon Medcalfe, AU Economics Professor December 6, 2022 No Comments
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How to Spend Your End-of-Year Vacation

As we move through the first full week of December, we can begin to anticipate the end of the calendar year. Since Christmas Day and New Year’s Day fall on Sundays this year, many businesses are giving their employees the last week of the year off from work. In addition, most are also off on January 2, and many are taking days off in the week leading up to Christmas, particularly with Hanukkah running from December 18-26. Therefore, many of us have anywhere from one to two weeks away from

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Dr. Richard Franza December 6, 2022 No Comments
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Georgia nonprofit leader shares inspirational story with local business owners

Jon Jackson has found a way to turn his pain into a purpose of helping others. Jackson, a retired U.S. Army Ranger, sustained a traumatic brain injury in combat and now struggles with PTSD. In 2014, he founded STAG VETS Inc., a non-profit organization that uses farming to help rehabilitate and reintegrate veterans dealing with those same issues. The program offers veterans a variety of services, including treatment and agricultural job training. Jackson established Comfort Farms in Milledgeville, which was named after his friend, Capt. Kyle Comfort, who was killed

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Josh Heath December 6, 2022 No Comments
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Manufacturing mogul awards grant to Aiken Tech machinery programs

Haas Automation is the largest machine tool manufacturer in the United States. If the name Gene Haas doesn’t ring a bell, you may be familiar with his Stewart-Haas NASCAR team or his Formula One racing team. Aside from his businesses and sports endeavors, there’s the philanthropic side of Haas. His Foundation has donated millions in support of manufacturing training programs and computer numerically controlled (CNC) machine tool training programs throughout North America. Aiken Tech recently received a donation of $10,000 from the Gene Haas Foundation which will fund scholarships for

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Mitzi Oxford December 6, 2022 No Comments
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Scammers now use text messages to snare the unaware

Several months ago, I received an alarming text message: $699 had been charged to my PayPal account for a Pixel 6 phone! It was alarming for several reasons: I had purchased a Pixel 6 phone earlier in the year, and I only use PayPal to receive payments and knew I only had about $3 in the account. The text provided a phone number to call, purportedly to PayPal, if I questioned the purchase. I called, but after several minutes of the person at the other insisting I go online to

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Gary Kauffman December 5, 2022 No Comments
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