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ATLANTA (AP) -- A microchip maker will open a design center in Atlanta next month that it says will create 500 jobs.Idaho-based Micron Technology made the announcement Monday, saying it wanted its design center for memory chips to be near Georgia Tech and other Atlanta-area colleges.

ATLANTA (AP) -- Andre Dickens, who rolled to victory Tuesday in the Atlanta mayor's race, was told he was aiming too high once before.In 2013, he was an administrator at the Georgia Institute of Technology when he jumped into a race for a citywide seat on the Atlanta City Council.

COVINGTON, Ga. (AP) -- A South Korean company will build a factory to make glass parts for computer chips east of Atlanta, investing $473 million and hiring 400 workers.SK Group announced its plans Thursday, saying it will build the plant at the same site in Covington that hosts its plant named SKC that opened in 1996 making polyester films that can be used on solar panels, in packaging and for other uses.

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.