Category: Financial
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Georgia Department of Labor Labor Commissioner Rivera Holmes Issues Statement After Georgia Named No. 1 State for Business 12 Years in a Row
Note: The Department of Labor provided the following press release for publication on Today News Wire. -KtE Today, Georgia Labor Commissioner Bárbara Rivera Holmes released the following statement after Governor Brian P. Kemp announced that Georgia was once again named the No. 1 state for business: “Georgia has been named the No. 1 state for…
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GOVERNOR KEMP ISSUES COMMENDATION HONORING COLONY BANK’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY
FITZGERALD, GA. (September 4, 2025) – Colony Bank is honored to share that Georgia Governor Brian Kemp has issued an official commendation recognizing its 50th anniversary. The commendation celebrates five decades of dedicated service to customers, commitment to strengthening Georgia communities, and support for local businesses and economic growth. Since its founding in 1975, Colony…
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Applications for benefits for jobless note an uptick with latest update
The unemployment applications for benefits saw an uptick per the U.S. Department of Labor today. Figures released Thursday that represent numbers from the week ending August 30 saw an additional 8,000 applications for unemployment, which grew the figure up to 237,000 people who sought the help. Some 1.9 million or so people currently collect unemployment…
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Georgia Department of Labor Georgia’s Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.4% in July
Note: The following item is provided by the Georgia Department of Labor on Thursday, August 14, 2025. The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) announced today that Georgia’s July 2025 unemployment rate was 3.4%, down one-tenth from June. The unemployment rate was eight-tenths lower than the national unemployment rate. “More Georgians are stepping into the…
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Colony Bank rings the opening bell at the NYSE
Note: The following item was provided by Colony Bank for publication. FITZGERALD, GA. (July 18, 2025) – On Tuesday, July 15, Colony Bank had the honor of ringing the Opening Bell at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), marking a historic moment in the company’s journey. The event commemorated two major milestones: the bank’s 50th…
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Fed keeping interest rates in place amid tariff uncertainty
The Chair of the Federal Reserve announced that interest rates should stay right where they are, and explained his reasoning during a press conference today. The Fed’s position: the tariffs that are being proposed – and in some cases already imposed – on goods from neighbors and foes alike are causing all kinds of economic…
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Rally on Wall Street following talk on Tariff Deal with China, positive profit reports
This is one of those good news, bad news situations with the stock market. The nation’s financial thermometer is so far running the average temperature expected, rallying on news of profits posted by publicly traded firms like ServiceNow and Southwest Airlines say their 2025 earnings are better than originally forecasted. How long that lasts is…
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Markets rattled by tariff turmoil
Economic pain is beginning to be felt as markets are being rattled by the turmoil of on-again, off-again tariff decisions. Stocks started the week going down, down, down in the burning ring of fire when Monday selloffs saw market indexes – the Dow Jones Industrial Average, NASDAQ and S&P 500 – all fell by double…