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Tuesday, 16 May 2006 |
STAFF REPORT
| Brian Curin
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Atlanta-based Raving Brands, parent company of Moe’s Southwest Grill
and one of America’s largest and fastest-growing restaurant companies,
announces its $2 million, two-year commitment to the National Center
for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) as its largest annual
financial corporate donor through 2008. This partnership is part of a
larger initiative to leverage its extensive network of restaurants to
help increase safety and awareness coast-to-coast and as a
call-to-action for the entire restaurant industry to adopt simple,
effective measures to address key child-safety issues.
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Tuesday, 16 May 2006 |
STAFF REPORT
| Eblen Center for Social Enterprise
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Eblen Charities announced plans to build the Eblen Center for Social
Enterprise (ECSE), an $11.6 million, 72,000-square-foot, multi-use
facility on three acres of land in Avery’s Creek. Eblen raised more
than $3 million for the facility, and a capital campaign is under way
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Tuesday, 16 May 2006 |
by Mark H. Bloom
With immigrant labor so much in the news lately, WCBJ asked landscaping
firms to comment on this divisive issue. Not surprising, the answers
ran the gamut.
John Thelen of Landmark Landscaping said migrant labor was “crucial in
my industry as in construction. It’s hard to find Americans to do the
grunt work. Latinos are trustworthy, strong in character, hard-working,
good people.” Thelen travels to El Paso, TX, to help immigrants legally
enter the U.S. through Homeland Security’s H2B Guest Worker Visa
program. It’s an eight-month work visa, which just happens to coincide
with the landscaping season.
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Tuesday, 16 May 2006 |
STAFF REPORT
Higher demand in commercial truck manufacturing propelled ArvinMeritor,
Inc. to a $45 million net second quarter income—a turnaround from a net
loss of $33 million in the same quarter last year.
The automotive parts supplier operates a plant in Fletcher and is
listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ARM). The Troy, MI-headquartered
company has worldwide sales of $8.8 billion annually and operates 120
manufacturing facilities in 25 countries.
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