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Georgia low on family doctors
This spring, 385 students graduated from Georgia's medical schools, but only two of them chose to remain in the state to pursue a family medicine residency. Overall, 20 students, or 5 percent, chose to go into family medicine — half the number that it was just five years ago. "The decline in the percentage of medical school graduates entering family medicine is cause for concern," said Kelly ...
Read more News Source - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Publish date - 01:19:19 07/20/08

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The area student loan market is steady now, but student debt is likely to increase as tuition, other costs rise
The tremors that shook the student loan industry and had private lenders threatening to abandon the business have quieted, but students are now likely to have to borrow more for higher education, experts said.
Read more News Source - Chattanooga Times Free Press
Publish date - 04:19:11 07/20/08

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Georgia Bancshares, Inc. Reports Six Months Earnings, Announces Cash Dividend
PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.----Georgia Bancshares, Inc., , the parent company of The Bank of Georgia, today announced net income of $.2 million or $0.07 per share for the six months ended June 30, 2008, a 88.3% decrease when compared to $1.7 million or $0.60 per share for the same period in 2007.
Read more News Source - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
Publish date - 16:59:30 07/18/08

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Motorcycle museum goes whole hog
A banker held beloved motorcycle-maker Harley-Davidson's fate in 1984. He could agree to refinance the $90 million loan that executives took out a few years before to buy the company back from American Machine and Foundry Co., or make them declare bankruptcy. The banker let the company refinance - at the last minute - preserving Harley's folklore for decades to come.
Read more News Source - The Myrtle Beach Sun News
Publish date - 05:15:50 07/20/08

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Marion County: A blessing in disguise
Thirty miles beyond the city of Americus and through the long, winding roads of rural Georgia lay miles of heritage and breathtaking rolling hills, a tranquil and serene view visitors are sure to enjoy.
Read more News Source - Americus Times-Recorder
Publish date - 03:06:12 07/20/08

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Ga. Tech students help Alabama farm plan its expansion
The graduate students could have raked in pricey consulting fees, but the Harman family instead brought their favorite form of currency — tomatoes. The students in Georgia Tech's global executive MBA program in Atlanta have pooled their talents to help develop a business plan and Web site for the family's tomato farm in Opelika, Ala. The Harmans started the project two years ago to raise more ...
Read more News Source - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Publish date - 15:04:18 07/19/08

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PRESS RELEASE: Fitch Rates Georgia's BTA Bank B
Fitch Ratings-London/Moscow-17 July 2008: Fitch Ratings has today assigned Georgia-based BTA Bank (BTA Georgia) ratings of Long-term Issuer Default (IDR) 'B', Short-term IDR 'B', Individual 'D/E' and Support '4'. The Long-term IDR is placed on Rating Watch Positive.
Read more News Source - Nasdaq
Publish date - 11:35:48 07/17/08

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Harley opens museum in Milwaukee
Milwaukee - A banker held beloved motorcycle-maker Harley-Davidson's fate in 1984. He could agree to refinance the $90 million loan that executives took out a
Read more News Source - New London Day
Publish date - 10:37:32 07/19/08

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Bad-mouthing banks? You might be breaking the law
In case you're wondering whether growing pressure on the nation's financial institutions could cause your neighborhood bank to crack, you might want to keep it to yourself. That's the message of little-known statutes on Georgia's and many other states' law books that threaten fines and imprisonment for falsely stating that an individual bank is in financial trouble or is about to fail. Georgia's ...
Read more News Source - Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Publish date - 23:04:49 07/18/08

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Charter Financial Reports Fiscal Third Quarter Earnings
- Net income of $1.7 million - Core capital of CharterBank twice required level - Net charge-offs of $114,000 - $600,000 provision for loan losses - Sold one million Freddie Mac shares after quarter end
Read more News Source - Fox News
Publish date - 16:32:56 07/18/08

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Uncertain times for Synovus
Write-offs for loan losses. A sliding stock price. Cuts in some back-office operations. Possible staff reductions. And plenty of financial uncertainty and pain moving into 2009.
Read more News Source - Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
Publish date - 07:36:09 07/19/08

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Michigan briefcase
Walsh College is accepting applications for an Adams Entrepreneurial Fellowship that begins Sept. 1. The deadline to apply is 5 p.m. July 31. The fellowship is a one-year work/study program that includes a full-time position with stipend and tuition for up to six credit hours.
Read more News Source - Detroit Free Press
Publish date - 07:30:50 07/20/08

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Red Shield gets loan to pay laid-off workers
Red Shield Environmental LLC and RSE Pulp & Chemical LLC got final approval in U.S. Bankruptcy Court on Wednesday to borrow roughly $1.25 million to help pay laid-off employees, who could be back at work in the next two weeks.
Read more News Source - Bangor Daily News
Publish date - 10:11:56 07/18/08

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BB&T sees 6.6% dip in 2Q earnings
BB&T Corp., the third-biggest bank based in North Carolina, said Thursday that second-quarter profits declined 6.6 percent on mounting losses on loans to homebuilders and developers. Earnings fell to $428 million, or 78 cents a share, from $458 million, or 83 cents, a year earlier, the Winston-Salem-based bank said. BB&T more than tripled the amount it set aside for future loan losses, mainly ...
Read more News Source - The Charlotte Observer
Publish date - 13:14:06 07/18/08

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Diablo Grande project has a devil of a time
In a state where water is growing ever more scarce, gasoline is flirting with $5 a gallon and home prices are in a free fall, the sprawling Diablo Grande land development stands out as a 20th century dream turned to a 21st century nightmare. Nested in bone-...
Read more News Source - San Francisco Chronicle
Publish date - 07:29:28 07/20/08

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