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Dollars & Sense: A Business blog by J.D. Sumner

Standard & Poor's bumps up SYNOVUS credit rating

http://www.albanyherald.com/users/photos/2013/mar/01/64763/ Synovus Financial (NYSE: SNV) and Synovus Bank, the parent company of SB&T, are ending February on a high note as Standard & Poor's decides to up the organization's longterm counterpart credit rating for both organizations. S&P bumped up Synovus Financial's rating to "B+" from a "B" and Synovus Bank's ...

Dollars & Sense: A Business blog by J.D. Sumner

Can this phone revolutionize the smart phone market?

What do you get when you take a Samsung Galaxy and slap a Kindle on its back?

Dollars & Sense: A Business blog by J.D. Sumner

New Waffle House going up near Darton

A new restaurant will bring some yummy goodness to folks near Darton State College.

Dollars & Sense: A Business blog by J.D. Sumner

MUTED: New law could end annoying TV commercial blaring

Have you ever been sitting in your living room, watching your favorite TV show when, as it heads to a sponsor's message, you suddenly find yourselves on the receiving end of a much louder -- blaring even -- commercial?

Dollars & Sense: A Business blog by J.D. Sumner

Want a pricey cup o' Java? Bring in the elephants

In Thailand, enterprising entrepreneurs have convinced...well...someone to pay upwards of $50 bucks for a cup of coffee.

Government 101

Some people take voting just a bit too seriously

Is voting this important?

Government 101

The world will not end no matter what happens with this election

"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time." -- Winston Churchill

Government 101

Discretionary tax fund 'list' a must for local leaders

Just exactly what is "Discretionary" when it comes to 25 percent of the T-SPLOST dollars?

Government 101

CRCT investigation a matter of right versus wrong

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character," Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Standing in front of the government center Thursday, former NAACP ...

Thought for the Day

If we...

If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves. - Thomas Edison

Government 101

Is the city set to kill the multimodal project?

Is the constroversial multimodal site doomed to a painful and tragic death? Looks like it's headed that way.

Government 101

So is Governor Deal coming or not?

There's a "big deal" going to happen in Albany on April 25 but no one, not even the governor's office, seems to know what it is.

Thought for the Day

Even fools...

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes. - Winston Churchill

Government 101

When did bashing a police officer become patriotic?

Sometimes people's zeal for a tangent issue blinds them to the real concern.

Government 101

Bridge ideas have challenges all

Thursday's presentation by Neil Clark, the architect behind Columbus's transformation of its 14th Street bridge from thoroughfare to pedestrian park was both thought provoking and inspirational.

Government 101

Oh the irony...legislators ban cameras from hearing on 'Open Government'

The Georgia General Assembly will decide this term whether to overhaul Georgia's Open Government laws.

Thought for the Day

When we are...

Lord, when we are wrong, make us willing to change. And, when we are right, make us easy to live with. -Peter Marshall http://www.albanyherald.com/users/photos/2012/feb/13/36495/

Government 101

Postell's 'Great wall' idea not a bad one

Ward VI Commissioner Tommie Postell has asked Mayor Dorothy Hubbard to add an item to the city commission's next work session to discuss the feasibility of erecting some sort of fence along Clark Avenue to shield the public from the remnants of Mimosa Trailer Park.

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