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Watershed, the Southern cuisine restaurant owned by Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, will open Thursday in Buckhead , reports Buckhead Patch. The 175-seat restaurant, now going by the name Watershed on Peachtree, is in The Brookwood condominium building at 1820 Peachtree Road. The popular restaurant closed at its longtime Decatur location in August. The ne […]

More than 200 Georgia law firms and legal organizations collected more than 600,000 pounds of food that will benefit seven of the state’s regional food banks, reports WABE. “This food is really essential for many Georgians that are really counting on help over the summer when their children don’t receive the free or reduced lunch during the school day, so I’ […]

The City of Augusta will sell 20 surplus properties, including two fire stations, a library, a train depot and more than 70 acres of vacant land, reports the Augusta Chronicle. The sales will be handled by two Augusta-area real estate firms, Blanchard & Calhoun and Sherman & Hemstreet, the newspaper reported. The total assessed value of the propertie […]

The Columbus City Council voted Tuesday night to accept $300,000 from the Georgia Department of Transportation for a study on the feasibility of passenger rail service between Columbus and Atlanta, reports the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer. Rail service to Atlanta would connect Columbus to 57 percent of the state's population, 60 percent of its jobs, and 70 […]

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) plans to lease 88 Boeing 717s that Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) got when it bought AirTran but doesn’t want, reports The Associated Press. Delta will start taking three 717s a month beginning in mid-2013 if its pilots approve a new labor contract, the news service reported. Delta would use the 117-seat planes […]

From shipping to electronic payments to navigating confusing regulations, these services can help companies do business overseas. […]

The small-business credit market has recovered since 2009, when lending had all but frozen. Banks are coming back to the market and seeing greater demand for loans from business owners. […]

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As part of National Small Business Week, we'll be moderating a live chat with SBA chief Karen Mills and winners of the SBA's video contest Wednesday in a Google+ hangout. […]

The future of gamification could include 'playbor' (play plus labor) and 'weisure' (work plus leisure). […]