Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the capital and most populous city in the state of Georgia. It is the county seat of Fulton County, although a portion of the city (the 1909 annex) is located in DeKalb County. According to the latest census estimates, the city has a population of approximately 419,122 and the Atlanta metropolitan area totaled 4,708,297. Atlanta has long been considered the economic powerhouse of the Southern United States and is arguably a poster-child for cities worldwide experiencing rapid urban sprawl, population growth, and commercial development.

1 The local economy
2 Recent Atlanta Business News
3 See also
4 External links

The local economy

Despite romantic associations, Atlanta has always been more a commercial city than an ante-bellum monument. It is the major center of regional commerce, and boasts an especially strong convention and trade show business. According to the ranking of world cities undertaken by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group & Network (GaWC) and based on the level of presence of global corporate service organisations, Atlanta is considered a "Gamma World City."

Several major national and international companies are headquartered in Atlanta or its nearby suburbs, including four Fortune 100 companies: The Coca-Cola Company (started in Atlanta), Home Depot (started in Atlanta), BellSouth, and United Parcel Service in adjacent Sandy Springs. Delta Air Lines is also headquartered in Atlanta and is a major employer. Newell Rubbermaid is one of the most recent companies to relocate its headquarters to the metro area (Sandy Springs).

Just west of Midtown, a former Atlantic Steel plant has been redeveloped as Atlantic Station, a mixed-use urban renewal project combining housing, retail, and office space, and promoted as part of the solution to Atlanta's serious traffic and air quality problems. The metro area has one of America's longest average daily commutes, and is one of the most car-dependent cities on the planet due both to suburban sprawl and underfunded mass transit systems.

The city is a major cable television programming source; CNN Center, headquarters of the Cable News Network, is in Atlanta where the network was founded by Ted Turner, and The Weather Channel broadcasts from just outside of town. In addition to CNN, Time Warner's other networks from Atlanta include Cartoon Network/Adult Swim and companion channel Boomerang, TNT, Turner South, CNN International, CNN en Español, CNN Headline News, CNN Airport Network, and TBS. Atlanta's WTBS channel 17 (originally WTCG) was Turner's start in television in the 1970s; after he bought the struggling UHF TV station, he turned it into a "Superstation" broadcasting both locally and nationally on the emerging cable providers. Atlanta's WSB was the first AM radio station in the South.

Source - Wikipedia: Atlanta, Georgia

Recent Atlanta Business News

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Former ADW Reporter, Editor William A. Fowlkes Dies At 94: Fowlkes worked for decades at the Atlanta Daily World as a reporter and later as the city editor.
MARTA Projects Billion Dollar Loss in Coming Decade: Rescuing MARTA could come with a billion dollar price tag. Monday MARTA released new numbers that project more than a billion dollars in losses over the next decade.
Political motives hide under charitable label: Atlanta voters elected Ivory Lee Young Jr., Joyce Sheperd and Ceasar Mitchell to the City Council to set policy, not to beg businesses for thousands of dollars in "charitable" donations so they can finance ...
Freight company buys Sandy Springs site for its HQ: Sandy Springs will be the new home of JAS Forwarding Worldwide, currently headquartered in Atlanta.
Franklin touts accomplishments in final State of the City address: Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin will leave her city in better shape when she steps down later this year than when she took office, Franklin declared Monday in her final State of the City address.
BentleyForbes Announces 91,103-Square-Foot Lease with Hunton &...: BentleyForbes, owner of Atlanta's iconic Bank of America Plaza office tower, today announced that international law firm Hunton & Williams LLP has renewed their office space lease at the tower with a new ...
New store: It won't be long until Odessa has two new Kent Kwik stores, both of which will have some extras.
Russian man removed from flight to remain in custody until Wednesday: The Telegram Sergey Kotsur, 39, from Russia will spend at least another couple days in custody in Gander after being removed from an international flight Sunday that was diverted to the central Newfoundland ...