Michael E. Kanell
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta, GA, United States
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Recent articles by Michael:
Home Depot earnings no hint of economic chill
Home Depot on Tuesday reported better-than-expected sales and earnings for the most recent fiscal quarter. → Read More
Atlanta-based Angel Oak pays $1.75 million SEC fine
Atlanta-based Angel Oak Capital Advisors and one of its employees have agreed to pay fines to settle civil charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the company shifted money around to mislead investors in securitized loans used to buy, rehab and flip houses. → Read More
Grady EMS workers file unfair labor charges; hospital disputes complaints
Workers at Grady EMS have filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board, charging the hospital with unfair labor practices. → Read More
Lawsuit filed against Equifax over credit scores
A lawsuit filed this week against Equifax in federal court alleges that the company’s mistakes on millions of credit scores hurt consumers and violated the law. → Read More
Gas prices: the ups and downs, the ins and outs
What is causing high gas prices in Atlanta? Here's a look at current gas prices, along with a closer look at the many factors behind the price changes. With charts and maps to show you the gas price trends in Atlanta and Georgia → Read More
Equifax error led to incorrect credit scores for consumers
Equifax said a coding issue led to miscalculations of credit scores for some consumers over a three week period. → Read More
Atlanta-based Global Payments makes $4 billion purchase
Global Payments is acquiring EVO Payments. → Read More
Inflation and economy weigh heavily on Georgia voters’ minds
Gayle Daly suffers from sticker shock just about every time she visits the checkout aisle at her grocery store. Sometimes, she thinks the cashier rung her up wrong — until she takes a look at the bill. → Read More
State, locals offered $1.8B in incentives for Hyundai EV plant
State and local officials promised Hyundai Motor Group an incentive package that could grow to more than $1.8 billion to build a sprawling electrical vehicle factory near Savannah, the largest package of inducements Georgia has ever offered a corporation for the state’s biggest-ever jobs and investment deal. → Read More
Atlanta home price growth decelerates, but still rising
Sellers still have the upper hand in the metro Atlanta housing market, thanks to the mismatch between scarce supply and a surplus of wannabe buyers. But with mortgage rates rising, there are signs that a tentative and slow rebalancing has begun. → Read More
Atlanta labor flurry: A new union, a new contract, a one-day strike
In the past several days, union workers at one Norcross company approved a contract, workers at a second company voted to unionize and employees at an Atlanta Starbucks held a one-day strike. → Read More
Metro Atlanta gas prices have dropped the past month
Motorists and businesses are still feeling the sting of high fuel prices, but the cost of gasoline in metro Atlanta has fallen nearly every day for the past month. → Read More
McKinsey adding 700 jobs to nearly double Atlanta staff
Global management consulting company McKinsey & Company on Thursday announced plans to nearly double its Atlanta workforce, hiring more than 700 people by 2025. → Read More
Starbucks union push in Atlanta part of national organizing trend
The Ansley Mall store in mid-June became the third Starbucks in Georgia to vote for a union, part of what seems to be a low-key, yet undeniable ripple of union organizing. Between October and March, petitions to unionize jumped 57% nationally from a year earlier, according to the National Labor Relations Board. → Read More
Ga. Dept. of Labor wants out of settlement with lawyers for unemployed
Lawyers for Georgia Department of Labor late Friday asked a judge to pull out of the preliminary agreement, aimed at pushing the department to speed up its handling of jobless claims and make it easier for claimants to reach staffers with questions, about 24 hours after it had been publicly filed. → Read More
Midtown Atlanta’s iconic Varsity weighing redevelopment options
The family that owns Midtown Atlanta’s iconic Varsity restaurant said Friday it is weighing options for a possible redevelopment of its property. → Read More
Preliminary settlement reached in suit against Ga. Department of Labor
A preliminary agreement has been reached between the Georgia Department of Labor and attorneys who filed a class action suit aimed at pushing the department to speed up its handling of jobless claims and questions from claimants. → Read More
Ex-Equifax employee alleges he was fired for exposing law violations
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with comment from Equifax, which initially declined to comment. → Read More
Atlanta heads into Fourth with gas still above $4 a gallon
The average price of a gallon of regular in metro Atlanta hit $4.44 Wednesday afternoon. → Read More
Metro Atlanta jobless rate ticks up in May, remains near historic low
Metro Atlanta added 8,800 jobs in May. → Read More