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ATLANTA (AP) -- One of the world's largest elevator towers will soon be opened to test elevators of the future as well as current ones high above the Atlanta suburbs.TK Elevators' 420-foot (128 meters) tower is set to become fully operational early next year, company executives said this week on a tour of the new research lab and elevator testing facility.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Cisco says it will expand its presence in Georgia by opening a new 700-employee office in midtown Atlanta.The California-based tech giant is investing $41 million to open in a massive complex developed on land owned by Georgia Tech.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Payment processor Visa Inc. said it will expand its operations in Atlanta, growing to about 1,000 employees at a new office in the city.Atlanta has emerged as a center of financial technology and payment processing, one draw for San Francisco-based Visa to expand in Georgia.

BetterUp, a reskilling and coaching platform for employees before and beyond the C-suite, is getting in touch with its emotions. This week, the richly funded unicorn startup announced a pair of acquisitions in the emotional artificial intelligence and people management space: Motive and Impraise. The terms of the deal weren't disclosed.

Natasha and Mary Ann and Alex were all aboard this week under the guidance of Chris and Grace, which meant we had the full team. And speaking of teams, Mary Ann is joining the Friday show on a weekly basis now. She's been a friend for years, and a colleague now twice-over for Natasha and Alex and we could not be more [...]

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With around $3 billion invested in the first half of 2021, already around a 50% gain on 2020's full-year figures, it's clear Atlanta is seeing an unprecedented wave of venture investment.

The Coca-Cola Company is joining Engage--a collaborative innovation and corporate venture program comprised of Fortune 500 corporations, enterprise startups and research universities--to pursue a shared mission to elevate Atlanta and the Southeast as a leading technology and innovation hub. The investment fund in support of the Engage program, managed by Tech Square Ventures, is backed by 14 Atlanta-based corporations representing 13 unique industries, including Delta Air Lines, Invesco, C...

The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way we live, and several studies have documented how those widespread changes in human behavior have impacted the environment. NASA scientists and others using data from NASA and our partner satellites have shown that air pollution levels dropped significantly during COVID-19. A new, NASA-funded study, conducted by scientists at The George Washington University (GW) in Washington, D.C., zoomed in on the 15 largest metropolitan areas in the United States to see how the drop in air pollution differed from neighborhood to neighborhood. The paper was published July 20 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The Georgia-based nonprofit system is set to grow from 11 to 17 hospitals thanks to a pair of purchases announced in May. The nursing union said it's concerned that these and other provider deals across the state are harming competition and will increase the price of care for residents.

Georgia has seen the highest percentage of venture funding going to Black founders of any other state in the country since 2016, per Crunchbase figures. Only California and New York have seen more total dollars go to Black founders than Georgia -- which has witnessed $749 million flow to Black founders in the last five-plus years.

Mastercard and Major League Baseball (MLB) today announced a multi-year extension of their partnership and Mastercard's ongoing role as Presenting Sponsor of the All-Star Game. This builds on Mastercard's more than 20-year history of delivering Priceless experiences and innovation to baseball fans in stadiums as well as across MLB viewing channels. Through the partnership, Mastercard is also providing MLB fans with enhanced payment technologies at the game and throughout the season by w...

Workers are trading jobs, enticed by the guarantee of flexible schedules and continued work from home

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/PRNewswire/ -- In a landmark real estate deal being praised as a stimulus to the city's most promising communities, the Local Redevelopment Authority Board of...

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