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JPMorgan's Dimon survives shareholder referendum

...woman with a cardboard sign was spotted, but only briefly.The meeting was held off a highway exit populated mostly by gas stations and the Florida state fairgrounds. One shareholder complained at the meeting that it took two hours to find the venue...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-05-21/jpmorgans-dimon-survives-s
North Carolina fast-food chain adding Walton Way location

...and Development Director George Patty.The half-acre site, across from Tubman Middle School, used to house a Hess gas station that was demolished in October 2011.The restaurant serves milkshakes, barbecue, hamburgers and hot dogs.There...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2013-05-15/north-carol
US retail sales rise in April, boosted by cheap gas

...effect of lower gas prices, which reduced sales at gas stations 4.7 percent. The retail sales report is not adjusted for price changes.When excluding gas station sales, retail spending rose 0.7 percent. Core retail...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-13/us-retail-sales-rise-april-boosted-
Across Georgia

...The bomb threat was called in from a pay phone at a gas station less than a mile from the restaurant, Cobb County Sheriff's...Surveillance footage showed Wilson in the area of the gas station around the time the call was placed.He faces charges...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-05-08/across-georgia
Augusta set to begin single-day collection services

...switch service," he said.There's one other significant change with the new service. A new compressed natural gas station at 3035 Tobac co Road, where nearly all garbage trucks and any other CNG-powered vehicles can fill up, is nearly...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-05-04/augusta-set-begin-single
Five Very Simple Truths About Saving for Retirement

...little more freely if we have ample cash in our checking account. It's a lot easier to buy a bottle of soda at the gas station if you have plenty in checking. It's a lot easier just to roll through Starbucks when it's not going to grind...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/content/blog-post/simpledollar/2013-05-09/five-very
Pilot Flying J under investigation over rebates

...Haslam founded the Pilot Corp. in 1958 with a single gas station in Gate City, Va. He credits his sons with expanding the chain from mostly gas stations and convenience stores to a "travel center" concept...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-16/pilot-flying-j-under-inves
Augusta man arrested in Gordon Highway gas station robbery

An Augusta man has been arrested in a Gordon Highway gas station robbery Wednesday evening.Thaddeus Toreze Brown, 22, of the 2900 block of Meadowbrook Drive, was arrested Thursday in the...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-25/augusta-man-arrested-g
Police searching for convenience store robber

Police are searching for a man dressed in all black who robbed a Wrightsboro Road gas station at gunpoint Monday evening.According to the Richmond County Sheriff's Office, the man covered his face with a bandana and...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-04-23/police-searching-conve
Dunbarton: a town lost to the atom

...Like many rural Southern towns, Dunbarton was clustered along a rail line. It had two cotton gins, a lumber mill, gas station, a garage, a bank, churches and general stores.Though the arrival of the "bomb plant" meant prosperity for many...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-08/dunbarton-town-lost-atom