AP Business

U.S. stocks are opening solidly higher as investors take their cue from big gains in Asia and Europe.

The annual Power of the Purse event was held Tuesday night at the Chattahoochee Country Club.

Japanese stocks posted their biggest gain in nearly seven years Wednesday, leading other world indexes higher, as Asian officials sought to counter pessimism about prospects for markets and economic growth.

Despite opposition to the project, Suwanee City Council has voted unanimously for approval of a $46.5 million mixed-use development in the Town Center area.

A unanimous recommendation to approve a rezoning request was given by the Hall County Planning Commission for a proposed 158-unit mixed-use assisted-living development at the intersection of McEver and Radford Roads.

Snake Day, Elachee Nature Science Center’s popular fall festival, returns for its 22nd year Saturday.

The Georgia Department of Labor (GDOL) will continue to help McDonald’s fill about 200 part-time jobs at restaurants in Hall and Gwinnett counties next week in Gainesville.

Billy Hendrix is the newest member of the board of directors of Safe Kids Gainesville/Hall County.

The Forsyth County Board of Commissioners recently approved a resolution enacting a moratorium on accepting applications to rezone property to the Multifamily Residential (RES6) zoning classification.