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British brothers John and Stephen O'Hare have been importing orthopedic shoes for more than a decade to the Marietta headquarters of their company, Pedors. But a new product from Sandy Springs-based UPS is allowing them to bring in a new shoe line from China, with more colors. Pedors was one of six companies that participated in a pilot of a UPS program that gives small companies bridge loans to import cargo. At a time when bank loans of any sort are harder to come by, the UPS loan helped Pedors expand. AT&T's U-verse customers can get improved DVR AT&T has started offering its improved digital video recorder technology to its U-verse customers in metro Atlanta. The new technology will let customers play back multiple high-definition shows on sets throughout a home. Company officials are touting the "Total Home DVR" as one way for cash-strapped consumers to save money on gas and entertainment costs outside the home. AT&T started selling U-verse to about 200 families in metro Atlanta in December as part of a test. Atlanta also was the starting point of AT&T's expanded rollout of U-verse throughout the Southeast. AT&T is displaying its new DVR product at its store in Marietta. Atlanta fliers embrace online booking, kiosk check-in Travelers at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport are increasingly booking tickets online and using kiosks to check in, at a rate higher than some other large airports around the world. A survey of passengers at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, Mumbai International, Charles de Gaulle in Paris, Moscow Domodedovo, Sao Paulo Guarulhos and Johannesburg was released recently by SITA, an air transport IT company with North America offices in Atlanta. Results are being presented Tuesday at a conference in Las Vegas. The survey found that in Atlanta, 18 percent of travelers check in online and 38 percent of travelers use kiosks for checking in, compared with 19 percent and 20 percent a year earlier. Coke teams up with Firehouse Subs, bumps Pepsi Atlanta-based Coca-Cola Co. has signed an agreement with Firehouse Subs, bumping Pepsi beverages from the sandwich chain. Firehouse, based in Jacksonville, Fla., has more than 340 outlets. The deal includes Coca-Cola fountain and bottled beverages. Firehouse had a national beverage agreement with Pepsi from 2001 through the end of August 2008. Magazine recognizes 'Top 25 Entrepreneurs' For the ninth year, catalystmag.com has released a list of Top 25 Entrepreneurs in the greater Atlanta area. The list recognizes leaders in Atlanta's small to mid-sized business community, said Drew Ermenc, associate publisher and editor of the online magazine. "If they aren't already there, these are the future entrepreneurial business leaders in Atlanta," he said. The Top 25 Entrepreneurs of 2008 are: Atlanta gas prices keep sliding lower Gas prices continued to plummet across metro Atlanta on Monday, with a gallon of regular unleaded selling for under $3 a gallon at some stations. But the average metro Atlanta price reported by gasbuddy.com — $3.34 a gallon — was still about 16 cents higher than the national average price. Prices across town Monday varied widely, topping out at $3.79 at a few stations. Columnist Krugman wins Nobel Prize in economics Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton University and an Op-Ed columnist for The New York Times, was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences on Monday. "It's been an extremely weird day, but weird in a positive way," Krugman said in an interview on his way to a Washington meeting for the Group of Thirty, an international body from the public and private sectors that discusses international economics. He said he was mostly "preoccupied with the hassles" of trying to make all his scheduled meetings on Monday and answer a constantly-ringing cell phone. Krugman received the award for his work on international trade and economic geography. In particular, the prize committee lauded his work for "having shown the effects of economies of scale on trade patterns and on the location of economic activity." He has developed models that explain observed patterns of trade between countries, as well as what goods are produced where and why. Traditional trade theory assumes that countries are different and will exchange different kinds of goods with each other; Krugman's theories have explained why worldwide trade is dominated by a few countries that are similar to each other, and why some countries might import the same kinds of goods that it exports. Gloomy earnings season likely, analysts say Nary a Wall Street investor is surprised that third-quarter earnings reports due in the coming weeks are predicted to be a washout. Those waiting for some good news in a market that lost more than $7 trillion over the past 12 months ought to be prepared to do just that: wait. Analysts forecast down earnings reports for the third quarter, the fourth quarter and probably the first quarter of next year. Turner CEO denies Hawks, Thrashers deal with Texan Turner Broadcasting System CEO Phil Kent testified Friday there was never a firm deal to sell 85 percent of the Atlanta Hawks, Thrashers and Philips Arena operating rights to Texas businessman David McDavid. Kent was on the stand in the second day of court arguments over McDavid's $500 million breach-of-contract lawsuit against the company. Turner has said it did nothing wrong when it decided to sell the teams and arena rights to an eight-man group known as the Atlanta Spirit in September 2003, even though it had been negotiating with McDavid since April. McDavid had offered $350 million. The Spirit group — which includes two relatives of Ted Turner, the founder of Turner Broadcasting — paid $250 million. Woman arrested at Hartsfield for refusing to leave plane Aliana Velazquez Rosa brought too many pieces of carry-on luggage onto her AirTran flight. But it was Atlanta two police officers who ended up carrying Rosa not the baggage off the airplane. Rosa, of Jackson Heights, N.Y., was charged Sept. 28 with criminal trespassing and taken to Clayton County Jail. If you want other news on this page, please email me the name and location, if known. |
