The National Mediation Board has dismissed the International Association of Machinists (IAM) application for an election among Delta Air Lines Inc. flight attendants, following the union’s notice it is delaying a drive at the airline after some worker authorization cards were submitted with "insufficient information or questionable signatures.
In a letter accompanying the dismissal, the mediation board says it "has reason to believe that some unknown person or persons knowingly submitted authorization…
Benton Travel Group Inc. owner Oscar Lee Benton will spend up to 10 days in jail and pay a $360,000 fine for scamming customers and failing to refund the money he had been ordered repay.
Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens said Benton will also pay back the remaining $4,335 in restitution.
Benton Group Travel provided travel services to consumers over the internet and telephone. The Governor’s Office of Consumer Protection received and investigated complaints dating back to 2011 against the company…
Dunwoody’s Two Ravinia Drive has sold to Franklin Street Properties for a gross purchase price of $78 million.
Wakefield, Mass.-based Franklin Street (NYSEMKT: FSP) anticipates planned building capital investments (excluding leasing costs) of approximately $4.8 million to occur over the next three to four years, Franklin said in a prepared statement.
The property was owned by Orlando-based Parkway Properties (NYSE: PKY). Parkway purchased the tower in 2011, as part of a $462 million deal with…
Wonya Lucas will be the new president and CEO of Public Broadcasting Atlanta – the entity that oversees WABE-90.1 FM and -Channel-30.
Lucas, an Atlanta native, will succeed Milton Clipper, who has been in that position since 1994. She was selected from a national search assisted by BoardWalk Consulting that ended up with 20 prospective candidates.
Lucas has spent most of her career in the media and broadcasting industry, working for eight years at CNN and Turner Broadcasting System before going…
