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Companies rush to blame bad news on payroll tax increase

...weather.He said things had looked promising for the restaurant chain in late 2012 until these "difficult macroeconomic...hardly the marginal purchases that mid-level restaurant chains must worry about, says Brian Sozzi, a retail industry...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-03-03/companies-rush-blame-bad-n
'The Job' promises not to humiliate contestants

...intent to humiliate people, producers said.The first two episodes feature candidates applying for jobs at the Palm restaurant chain and at Cosmopolitan magazine. Future featured companies include Major League Soccer, Epic Records, Live Nation...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/life/2013-01-14/job-promises-not-humiliate-contesta
Augusta area business owners fear proposed minimum wage increase

...address, could force Cunningham's business to eliminate jobs, he said.About half of the 150 employees across the restaurant chain earn the $7.25 federal minimum wage, Cunningham said. During the last wage increase in 2009, he lessened his...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-02-15/augusta-area-business-owne
Security costs diners extra at Waffle House in downtown Atlanta

...means I am going to be safe."The 2009 opening of a Waffle House in the heart of downtown Atlanta, home to the restaurant chain's corporate headquarters, was seen as a triumph. But it's also a high-crime area that makes a security guard...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-02-16/security-costs-diners-extra-w
Chain smoke: Barbecue restaurant chain tries to re-enter Deep South

Famous Dave's, which exited the Augusta market in 2009, is trying a comeback with a "shack" concept.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/your-business/2012-12-22/chain-smoke-
BullChicks opening in North Augusta on Friday

...restaurants.BullChicks will have 15 to 20 employees, and the franchisee is hiring, Kassam said.The Texas-based restaurant chain also has a BullChicks at 503 Highland Ave. in Augusta, which opened in January, closed briefly and reopened in...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/local-business/2012-08-29/bullchicks-
South Carolina fans show support for Marcus Lattimore

...he said. "But we don't get a lot of long runs around here. We're not an all-powerful team."A local restaurant chain promises free hamburgers to fans when the Gamecocks rush for more than 100 yards. Spurrier joked that they might...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/usc/2012-11-10/south-carolina-fans-show-supp
Family connections common on Georgia boards

...professional connection to the boards they serve on seems remote in most cases. Joe Rogers is the CEO of the Waffle House restaurant chain, not a transportation company. The Tarbuttons' railroad has the same interest in education as any employer...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2012-08-11/family-connections-commo
Business briefs

Chick-fil-A out of marriage debateATLANTA - A Georgia-based restaurant chain that drew national attention when its owner reaffirmed his opposition to same-sex marriage says it's leaving the debate to...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-09-19/business-briefs
Forbes 400: Gates, Buffett are still richest Americans

...founder of health records firm Epic Systems, at No. 285; Andrew & Peggy Cherng, the husband and wife team behind restaurant chain Panda Express, at No. 239; and Twitter creator Jack Dorsey at No. 392.There are 45 women on the list, up from...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2012-09-19/forbes-400-gates-buffett-a