Primerica Inc. (NYSE: PRI) The Duluth, Ga.-based seller of insurance and investment products to lower-to middle-income Americans saw its profit decrease 30.8 percent in 2011. Notably, its profit in 2010 included a period that did not reflect the impact of Citi reinsurance and reorganization transactions. Primerica raised $320 million when it went public in A […]

Lender LNR Partners LLC took back Atlanta’s inconic Bank of America Plaza in a highly symbolic foreclosure Tuesday. Earlier this year, owner BentleyForbes and Miami-based loan servicer LNR Partners were unable to reach an agreement to restructure $363 million in debt. LNR proceeded with the foreclosure Tuesday with a $235 million credit bid. Click here for a […]

Charles Michael Vaughn was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Atlanta to more than eight years for his role in a $10 million Ponzi scheme. The 43-year-old Atlanta resident eight years and four months and was ordered to pay more than $8.8 million in restitution. He pleaded guilty to the charges on Oct. 24, 2011. According to U.S. Attorney Sally Quill […]

Several metro Atlanta hotels and restaurants have earned top ratings from the American Automobile Association. AAA gave Four and Five Diamond Award status for 2012 to 20 lodgings and 13 restaurants in metro Atlanta, according to a Tuesday announcement. The ratings are the travel authority’s highest designation for hotels and restaurants. The AAA Four and Fiv […]

Gov. Nathan Deal welcomed the premiers of Canada’s four Atlantic provinces to the Georgia Capitol Tuesday. The premiers are heading a delegation of 55 Canadian business leaders on a three-day trip to Atlanta to explore trade and investment opportunities. Deal called Canada Georgia’s “most important partner in business,” no exaggeration considering that Ameri […]

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