January 2025 Features

• Survey: As 2025 Begins, CEOs Are Most Worried About a Trade War and Recession

  January 14, 2025

  As the new year begins, what will keep the world's executives up at night? CEO's globally rank intensified trade wars as the top geopolitical risk to their companies. They say tensions between the US, EU, and China will have the greatest geopolitical impact, according to a new survey from The Conference Board.

• Georgia Lawmakers Ready to Take Up Usual Mix of Old Business and New

  January 13, 2025

  The General Assembly will convene under the Gold Dome today with the usual mix of old and new business on its plate.

• How Georgia Communities Help Attract Film Production

  January 10, 2025

  Georgia is a global production hub: In 2024 alone, film and TV productions spent $2.6 billion, sparking economic growth in cities and towns statewide.

• Exploring the Role of Purpose in Company Culture and Personal Fulfillment

  January 09, 2025

  goBeyondProfit, a first-of-its-kind business leader initiative that inspires business generosity, sat down with Shane Jackson, president of Jackson Healthcare and co-founder of goBeyondProfit, to discuss the importance of personal purpose and what role, if any, a business can play.

• Georgia Named No. 1 for Best Business Climate by Site Selectors

  January 09, 2025

  In case you missed it, a survey of site selection experts recently published by Site Selection Magazine named Georgia the No. 1 state for Best Business Climate.

• "There's Still a Lot of Uncertainty": Atlanta Fed President Bostic Looks Back on 2024

  January 08, 2025

  Today we're going to talk with President Bostic—or Raphael, as he always insists everyone call him—about this year in the economy and monetary policy, and a little more generally about what it's like to be a monetary policymaker in the world's largest economy.

• President Carter: A Life Dedicated To Giving His Best

  January 08, 2025

  Former President Jimmy Carter died last week, but only after truly living for more than a century. He was a peanut farmer, a graduate of the Naval Academy, a nuclear engineer, a State Senator, Governor, and President. He was also a Sunday School teacher, humanitarian, poet, author, and holder of the Nobel Peace Prize.

• Georgia Public Broadcasting Unveils 2030 Strategic Plan and Rebrand Coinciding with 65th Anniversary in 2025

  January 07, 2025

  On Monday, Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) debuted a new visual identity, sonic logo, and other branding updates across its 20 radio and nine television channels throughout the state.

• Georgia Power Encourages Customers to be Vigilant of Scams in 2025

  January 06, 2025

  Scams of various types often increase around the holidays and during the first of the year as post-holiday bills begin to arrive and as tax season approaches. Georgia Power, the state’s largest electric utility, encourages customers to beware of scams in 2025, especially those threatening power disconnection.