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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Acquires Medical Office Buildings in ... - Sacramento Bee

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Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Acquires Medical Office Buildings in ...
Sacramento Bee
2, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II (formerly known as Grubb & Ellis Healthcare REIT II) announced today that it has acquired three medical office buildings in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina for an aggregate purchase ...
Griffin-American Healthcare REIT II Pays $25.1M for MOB TrioCitybizlist Real Estate
Investment trust acquires medical office buildingsGreenville News

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Crump Group, Inc. Announces Sale of Life and Property & Casualty Insurance ... - MarketWatch (press release)

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Crump Group, Inc. Announces Sale of Life and Property & Casualty Insurance ...
MarketWatch (press release)
ROSELAND, NJ, Feb 03, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Crump Group, Inc. (CGI) announced today that its life insurance and property and casualty insurance divisions are being sold to BB&T /quotes/zigman/180308/quotes/nls/bbt BBT +3.93% along with the rights to ...

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HC Grand Jury indicts 3 in roofing scam - Times-Georgian

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HC Grand Jury indicts 3 in roofing scam
Times-Georgian
by From Staff Reports Three men have been indicted by the Haralson County Grand Jury as a result of a joint investigation between State Insurance Commissioner Ralph T. Hudgens and Haralson County Sheriff Eddie Mixon with the cooperation of Tallapoosa ...

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Read Georgia judge's decision shooting down 'birther' challenge to Barack Obama - Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)

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Read Georgia judge's decision shooting down 'birther' challenge to Barack Obama
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
My AJC colleague Bill Rankin has the details on an administrative judge's decision today that President Barack Obama deserves a place on Georgia's Democratic primary ballot on March 6. I almost wish he had decided the President couldn't be on the GA ...

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University looking for 'creative' ways to address Georgia obesity - Red and Black

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Red and Black

University looking for 'creative' ways to address Georgia obesity
Red and Black
By AJ ARCHER on February 4, 2012 The University has launched an initiative to tackle a big-boned problem across the state of Georgia. University President Michael Adams announced an initiative against obesity last month, saying the problem has been ...

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Houser trial testimony focuses on Medicaid checks, to resume next week - Rome News Tribune

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Houser trial testimony focuses on Medicaid checks, to resume next week
Rome News Tribune
by Kim Sloan, staff writer George Houser signed over Medicaid checks sent to him by the Georgia Department of Community Health to pay for a real estate purchase, according to testimony Friday, Feb. 3, during the fifth day of his federal criminal trial ...

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Bearable Hugs seeks stuffed animals - Access North Georgia

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Bearable Hugs seeks stuffed animals
Access North Georgia
By Derreck Booth Staff ATLANTA - An Oakwood business is one of many in Georgia collecting teddy bears and other stuffed animals for a state program that impacts kids. The Bearable Hugs for Georgia's Children campaign collects the animals and gives them ...

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Hitachi Sponsors Georgia Tech Convergence Innovation Competition For Second Year - MarketWatch (press release)

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Hitachi Sponsors Georgia Tech Convergence Innovation Competition For Second Year
MarketWatch (press release)
ATLANTA, Feb 02, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Hitachi Communication Technologies America, Inc. (Hitachi CTA) today announced that Hitachi is a sponsor of the Georgia Institute of Technology's 2011-2012 Convergence Innovation Competition (CIC).

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Regulators Seize Banks in Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania - Wall Street Journal

Posted on Jan 20, 2012 (15 days ago)

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Regulators Seize Banks in Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania
Wall Street Journal
By JEFF BATER Regulators on Friday closed banks in Florida, Georgia and Pennsylvania, marking the first three bank failures of 2012, according to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. American Eagle Savings Bank of Boothwyn, Pa. was closed by the state's ...
Regulators shut down small banks in Georgia, Florida, Pennsylvania; first ...Washington Post
Banks closed in Ga, Fla, Pa; first failures of '12San Francisco Chronicle
The First State Bank, Stockbridge, GA, Closed By RegulatorsProblem Bank List
Gainesville Times
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Unemployment insurance to double for Georgia firms - Toccoa Record

Posted on Jan 19, 2012 (16 days ago)

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Unemployment insurance to double for Georgia firms
Toccoa Record
“Prior to this year, each employer (in Georgia) was paying $21 per year, per employee, in federal unemployment insurance taxes,” explained Georgia Department of Labor communications director Sam Hall. “Starting this year, when employers get their tax ...
Georgia's jobless rate falls for third consecutive monthAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Roswell's Unemployment Rate Lowest in StatePatch.com

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New Legislation Would Pad Health Insurance Coffers While Screwing Over Consumers - The Consumerist

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The Consumerist

New Legislation Would Pad Health Insurance Coffers While Screwing Over Consumers
The Consumerist
The bill, introduced by Senator Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and co-sponsored by John Isakson of Georgia, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska and Nebraska's Ben Nelson, is intended "to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance ...

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Three New Organizations Join Partner Up! for Public Health Campaign - Gwinnett Gazette

Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Three New Organizations Join Partner Up! for Public Health Campaign
Gwinnett Gazette
Now in its third year, the Partner Up! campaign, which is funded by Healthcare Georgia Foundation, is aimed at informing policy makers, stakeholders and the general public about the budget and operational challenges that have hobbled the state's public ...

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Georgia Tax and Spending by the Numbers - Gwinnett Gazette

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Georgia Tax and Spending by the Numbers
Gwinnett Gazette
A deeper analysis highlights areas where Georgia is high or low relative to other states. In terms of revenue, insurance premium taxes (6th), alcoholic beverage taxes (8th), higher education charges (43rd), motor fuel taxes (43rd), motor vehicle ...

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Commentary: Europe, Greater Than Its Parts? - GlobalAtlanta

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Commentary: Europe, Greater Than Its Parts?
GlobalAtlanta
Margaret Sherman; Kelsey Scantland, a senior at Georgia Sate; Phil Bolton, GlobalAtlanta publisher; Annelies De Jongh and Annik Dirkx of the Antwerp Port Authority standing on an aerial photograph of the port. I recently returned from a business trip ...

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Komen reverses move to cut Planned Parenthood funding - Reuters

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Komen reverses move to cut Planned Parenthood funding
Reuters
Planned Parenthood provides a variety of services - including reproductive healthcare, sex education, cancer screenings and information on sexually transmitted diseases - but its abortion role has put it at the forefront of the national debate.
Komen withdrawal of funds leaves Handel in spotlightAtlanta Journal Constitution
KATHLEEN PARKER: The cost of conscienceFall River Herald News
Standing Tall for Planned ParenthoodPatch.com
Gothamist
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Brunswick Ga. Could Get Low-Cost Health Care - Insurance News Net (press release)

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

Brunswick Ga. Could Get Low-Cost Health Care
Insurance News Net (press release)
The proposed Federally Qualified Community Health Center would provide health care, including pre-natal and pediatric care, immunizations and health screenings and other services, regardless of a patient's insurance coverage.

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Morris,Manning & Martin Adds to Healthcare Team - Citybizlist (press release)

Posted on Feb 1, 2012 (3 days ago)

Citybizlist (press release)

Morris,Manning & Martin Adds to Healthcare Team
Citybizlist (press release)
Honors include inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America, Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business and Georgia SuperLawyers. He returned to the firm February 1. Boling represents major hospitals, academic medical centers, healthcare ...

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Redefining Mental Disorders Could Have Implications for Treatment, Insurance ... - Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

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Juvenile Justice Information Exchange

Redefining Mental Disorders Could Have Implications for Treatment, Insurance ...
Juvenile Justice Information Exchange
The changes could prove crucial to the estimated 1.5 million children and adults in the United States affected by autism spectrum disorders, as the DSM is often used as a guideline to establish treatment, insurance coverage and access to healthcare and ...

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The 4th Annual HTAA Healthy Trucking Summit will be the Trucking Industry's ... - PR Web (press release)

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The 4th Annual HTAA Healthy Trucking Summit will be the Trucking Industry's ...
PR Web (press release)
The Healthy Trucking Association of America (HTAA) is proud to announce the details of the 2012 HTAA Healthy Trucking Summit in Atlanta, Georgia. The HTAA Healthy Trucking Summit is the trucking industry's most important annual health and wellness ...

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Graymark Healthcare Partners With Emory University Hospital of Atlanta ... - MarketWatch (press release)

Posted on Jan 17, 2012 (18 days ago)

Graymark Healthcare Partners With Emory University Hospital of Atlanta ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The hospital is part of Emory Healthcare, the largest health care system in Georgia, with a total of 1184 licensed patient beds, 9000 employees and more than 20 health centers located throughout Atlanta. Graymark replaces the hospital's previous ...

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Three South Georgian's to be honored at Celebrate ABAC - WALB-TV

Posted on Jan 31, 2012 (4 days ago)

Three South Georgian's to be honored at Celebrate ABAC
WALB-TV
Former students of Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College will be honored at the annual ABAC Alumni Association awards ceremony as a part of the Celebrate ABAC weekend on March 3 at 11 am at the Georgia Museum of Agriculture and Historic Village on the ...

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Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and 2011 Results - MarketWatch (press release)

Posted on Jan 24, 2012 (11 days ago)

Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation Reports Fourth Quarter and 2011 Results
MarketWatch (press release)
MOULTRIE, Ga., Jan 24, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Southwest Georgia Financial Corporation (the "Corporation") /quotes/zigman/1469471/quotes/nls/sgb SGB -0.86% , a full-service community bank holding company, today reported net income of $396 thousand for ...

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White House Not Backing Down on Contraception - National Journal

Posted on Feb 2, 2012 (2 days ago)

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White House Not Backing Down on Contraception
National Journal
... it is undeterred by widespread protests from the US Catholic hierarchy over rules on providing contraceptives, promising not to back down from its controversial decision to require health insurance policies to provide contraceptive services.
The White House Defends Requiring Insurance Companies to Cover Contraception ...ABC News (blog)

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State Bank closes Fayetteville branch - Macon Telegraph (blog)

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State Bank closes Fayetteville branch
Macon Telegraph (blog)
On Oct. 21, Community Capital Bank based in Jonesboro, with a branch office in Fayetteville, was closed by the Georgia Department of Banking and Finance which appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. as receiver. The FDIC then entered into a ...

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USCCB: White House Misrepresents its Own Contraceptive Mandate - Sacramento Bee

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