In a new letter to employees on Tuesday, Scott Kirby rattled off a list of operational issues United faced in Q1 of 2019, but concluded the carrier’s eligible employees deserved a bonus anyway.
Atlanta Business Journal
United Airlines still giving employees performance bonus despite missing goals
Georgia tax collections were up 7 percent last month over March of last year, the second consecutive month of rising revenues after three straight months of decline.
The state brought in nearly $1.67 billion in revenue in March, $109 million more than during March of 2018.
Individual income tax receipts rose by 9 percent, driven by an 8.7 percent decrease in refunds issued and a 43.6 percent rise in tax return payments by non-Georgia residents.
Gross sales tax collections also were up by 6.7 percent…
Atlanta Business Journal
Georgia tax revenues up 7 percent in March
Stord Inc., an Atlanta-based warehousing and distribution startup spun out of Georgia Tech, has raised $12.4 million, the company reported April 5.
The new raise follows a $2.6 million funding round one year ago.
Stord was launched in 2015 by Sean Henry and Jacob Boudreau through Georgia Tech’s CREATE-X program. The company provides an on-demand warehouse service through a technology platform that links companies that need warehouse space with a network of independent, third-party warehouses.
Stord’s…
Atlanta Business Journal
Georgia Tech logistics startup Stord raises .4 million
The nation’s economy will save $282 million per year in transportation costs thanks to the project, according to a study by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and that’s just part of the improvements and additions that are coming to facilities of the Georgia Ports Authority.
Atlanta Business Journal
Georgia port improvements benefit thousands of businesses statewide
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