Alpharetta News Blog

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — U.S. stocks fell for a second day as a slump in commodity producers overshadowed gains in airlines and consumer companies after oil slid to a five-month low. Alcoa Inc. , Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. tumbled more than 3 Read more

Sept. 2 (Bloomberg) — The following companies had unusual price changes in U.S. markets. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and share prices are as of 4 p.m. in New York. Energy and commodity companies slumped after Hurricane Gustav spared drilling Read more

Regions Financial Corp.’s share prices surged 14 percent in early morning trading Tuesday, prompted by news of the company’s recent acquisition of deposits at a failed Georgia bank. Regions shares rose to $10.58 at 11 a.m., up 14 percent compared to Read more

INDIANAPOLIS - Shares of AtheroGenics Inc. sank 33 percent to sell at 43 cents Tuesday after the drug developer said it would default on payment for 2008 convertible notes due Sept. 2,and it would miss interest payments. The Alpharetta, Ga.-based Read more

Companies: Lazard LTD. | Bucyrus International Inc | Chesapeake Energy Corp | Gilead Sciences Inc | Regions Financial Corp | Sciele Pharma Inc | Carnival Corp | Staples Inc | Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co | Prudential Financial Inc | AMR Corporation Read more

Shares of Regions Financial Corp. jumped Tuesday after the regional bank assumed $900 million in deposits from a failed Atlanta area bank. Shares surged $1.78, or 19.2 percent, to $11.05. The stock is down about 53 percent this year. Late Friday Read more

ALPHARETTA, Ga. , Aug. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — F3 Technologies (Pink Sheets: AUMN) today announced that it will unveil the Knowledge Sharing module in the Ascend(TM) Global Business System. Knowledge Sharing has innovative, easy-to-use features More Alpharetta news

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Fulton County high school students had the second highest SAT average in the state, according to test results released by the Georgia Department of Education Tuesday. Additionally, scores from seven of the 15 Fulton County high schools were in the More Alpharetta news

Mildred S. Thran loved to come home to Atlanta as much as she loved to leave it. She stayed in touch with friends from her Druid Hills girlhood and still uttered a sigh every time she spotted the city skyline around the bend. But as a girl, her More Alpharetta news

LITTLETON, MA–(Marketwire - August 11, 2008) - Dover Saddlery Retail, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Dover Saddlery ( NASDAQ : DOVR ), will celebrate the Grand Opening of its new store in Alpharetta, Georgia, during the weekend of October 10-12 More Alpharetta news

Dexter Fowler and Casey Weathers took different routes in baseball. Fowler was a 2004 14th-round draft pick out of high school, while Weathers was a 2007 first-round pick out of Vanderbilt University by the Colorado Rockies. camp,” he said. “I was More Alpharetta news

ATLANTA, Aug. 11 /PRNewswire/ — Siemens Energy & Automation today announced it will deliver turn-key automated conveyor systems and the end-of-line testing systems for BMW’s new Assembly North Facility in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The conveyor More Alpharetta news

A discount organic food store could open in Alpharetta before the year’s end. Natural Foods Warehouse has signed a letter of intent to take about 20,000 square feet in the Silos at North Farm Marketplace. The Silos shopping center is a renovation of More Alpharetta news

It’s sure not bling like the flashy jewelry that characterized Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick’s early days, but the new black plastic GPS tether the mayor is now wearing around his ankle is the latest in electronic monitoring device technology, able More Alpharetta news

“We are pleased and encouraged by the measurable progress we have made in all three of our core antiviral development programs during the first half of 2008, most notably the clinical advancement of our shingles compound, FV-100,” said Russell H More Alpharetta news