Tim Rausch

Dan Blanton is the chief executive officer of Southeastern Bank Financial Corp., which is the holding company for Georgia Bank & Trust, and also a board member for the American Bankers ...

International Flavors & Fragrances will close its Augusta ingredients facility by next summer as part of a consolidation effort.

Barry Storey to be elected to Synovus board of directors on Thursday morning during a shareholders meeting.

Georgia-Carolina Bancshares reported $2.3 million in profit Tuesday for the first quarter of the year.

If you retire in Augusta, your money should last longer than if you retire to Hilton Head or Virginia Beach. The Augusta Chronicle compared cost-of-living data with Census information to find ...

AT&T announced Thurs­day that its network in the Augusta area has been upgraded to 4G speed.

Comcast filed a mass layoff notice with Georgia's labor department Monday that it plans to lay off 68 workers in May. The cable company said it will try to put the workers into other positions.

Goodwill Industries will open a conference center on Friday at its Washington Road retail-teaching campus.

An Atlanta startup company will establish a recycling plant in Graniteville, generating 200 jobs.

The parent company for First Bank of Georgia posted profit of $1.3 million for the last quarter in 2012.

The parent company for Georgia Bank & Trust reported profit of $14.4 million for 2012.

International Paper is shutting down one of its three Augusta paperboard machines in February.

Dr. Peggie Koon, the director of strategy, partnership development and management at Morris Communications in Augusta, will be the vice president of audience for The Augusta Chronicle.

ESi, based in Augusta, was purchased by Florida-based Intermedix, which will leave the local operation in place.

For the third year since the end of the recession, permits to build new homes in the Augusta metro area remain steady.

Ruby Tuesday closed its Marlin & Ray's restaurant on Bobby Jones Expressway after only two months of operations.

One of Augusta's oldest private schools is now designing a 28-acre expansion campus that could have sports facilities and outdoor science classes. 

Episcopal Day School purchased 28 acres in west Augusta to be used as an expansion to its curriculum.

Augusta's economic development authority had to suddenly transfer to a new Web domain after the old one did not automatically renew.

Justin Bolin of VanderMorgan Realty said he thinks the firm should be ready to franchise to other parts of the country in about five years.