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Tom Frye has a new boss

CB Richard Ellis has named John Ferguson, one of the senior vice presidents in its Atlanta office, the executive managing director of its Southeast region. Ferguson will oversee the company's outposts in the Carolinas and Nashville, where Tom Frye leads a group of more than 40 professionals.

Jan 11, 2011 9:09 AM

Gas pipeline into town is maxed out

Colonial Pipeline has told customers that demand for its petroleum distillates pipeline from Atlanta to Nashville is outstripping its capacity. It will pro-rate clients' requests. SEE ALSO: Richard Lawson's October 2008, post-Hurricane Ike column touching on this topic

Dec 21, 2010 7:28 AM

Buddy Lee buys in Atlanta

Buddy Lee Attractions, the 46-year-old booking agency, has acquired Metro Talent Group, an Atlanta firm that represents Edwin McCain, Corey Smith and other artists. The latter's founder, Cass Scripps, will work from Music Row full-time after a transition period.

Dec 1, 2010 7:10 AM

The Doves fly south for a year

The historic Fox Theatre in Atlanta will host next year's Dove Awards ceremony hosted by the Gospel Music Association. The deal is for one year and echoes the Country Music Association's strategy to expand its award show's footprint by leaving Nashville for a while.

Jul 28, 2010 8:19 AM

Hotlanta hotels take on Opryland

A number of Atlanta-area hotel operators have begun to jointly markets their properties in order to better appeal to large groups who have traditionally visited facilities like the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center.

Jul 22, 2010 7:55 AM

Vandy gets cyber secured

Vanderbilt University has snagged some cyber security software by Atlanta-based Damballa to help protect it against botnet breaches and other cyber attacks. According to the tech company's presser, Vandy is deploying its software across all its colleges and schools, including the medical center and various research operations.

Jul 6, 2010 10:29 AM

CVB finds out who its friends are

Liz Garrigan has a heart-to-heart with Butch Spyridon about some of the low-ball — literally — tactics being used by some of Nashville's hospitality competitors to lure flood-displaced group meetings. SEE ALSO: Vegas soaking up flood-affected groups

Jun 10, 2010 10:58 AM

Father Ryan grad elected to Atlanta bank board

Atlanta's Fidelity Bank has added Millard Choate, a graduate of both Father Ryan and Vanderbilt, to its board of directors. Choate runs Choate Construction, which helped build the Icon in The Gulch and Rhythm condo towers. Fidelity's parent company (Ticker: LION) has about $1.8 billion in assets and two dozen offices in Georgia and Florida.

Apr 22, 2010 7:14 AM

David Osborn on the NMTC

David Osborn, general manager of the Nashville Medical Trade Center, spoke with Modern Healthcare at last week's Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Atlanta. Click here for video of the interview, in which Osborn gives a project overview and talks about a potential partnership with the HIMSS organization.

Mar 8, 2010 10:05 AM

HMS launches interoperability product

Nashville's Healthcare Management Systems today said its launching a new interoperability product that allows hospitals to exchange clinical information between their IT systems, health information exchanges and public registries. The product, HMS Connex, will help hospitals meet first-level "meaningful use" criteria for electronic health records in order to qualify for reimbursement funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. HMS made its announcement from the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) conference in Altanta. The 101:

HMS Connex is designed to help customers achieve Stage 1 Meaningful Use interoperability requirements, specifically reporting hospital quality measures to CMS, exchanging key clinical information among providers of care (Continuity of Care Document standards), submitting lab results to public health agencies, and submitting data to immunization registries.

Mar 1, 2010 12:57 PM