Business

Ramada Plaza, once Macon’s largest hotel, to be auctioned

The Ramada Plaza, Macon’s major downtown hotel for nearly four decades, is back on the market.

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• Design review board cancels its meeting

• New credit card rules kick in

• Faces and places: Carlyle employees receive professional certifications

• To alcoholic: Employment depends on seeking help

• Tax Guide: New deductions, credits for 2009 returns

• Tax Guide: Understanding homebuyer credit can be trying

• Tax Guide: Energy efficiency can mean lower taxes

• P&Z to revisit retirement complex plan near Bowden Golf Course

• Minding your Business: Digitized, wired and ready

• Midstate high school students explore careers at Perry event

• Geico is largest United Way donor — again

• Fundraising, nonprofit conference to be held Feb. 19

• ‘Ask what you can buy for Vista’

• Tough economy spurs shift to cheaper liquor

TECHNOLOGY

Online ad improvement seen in IAC's 4Q loss

Internet company IAC/InterActiveCorp lost $1 billion in the fourth quarter because it wrote down the value of its search business, but the results beat expectations and offered the latest indication that the online advertising market is improving.

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• Summary Box: New attack shows security chip hole

• Trident Microsystems' losses widen on write-off

• Spain's Telefonica considers charging Google

• Electronic Arts shares dive on weak outlook

• Google cuts fee to break Nexus One contract

• Security chip that does encryption in PCs hacked

• MySpace Music experiments with audio ads

• Atmel's losses widen; shares climb on better sales

• SAP CEO resigns, replaced by 2 co-chief executives

• PayPal halts certain payment transactions in India

• Correction: AT&T-iPhone Sling story

• Earnings Preview: Electronic Arts

• Correction: Symbian Foundation story

• Panasonic books 3Q profit on better overseas sales

FROM THE BUSINESS WIRES

• Toyota to recall over 50,000 Prius in Europe

• Molson Coors' 4Q profit rises on tax benefits

• Stock futures climb ahead of opening

• UBS makes Q4 profit, but withdrawals continue

• Drivers, cars are ill-equipped when panic sets in

• Japan Airlines rejects Delta, stays with American

• German exports down most in 60 years in 2009

• UK retail sales rise 1.2 pct in January

• Nissan returns to profit in Oct-Dec quarter

• Pulte Homes posts loss for Q4

• MillerCoors 4Q profit rises on savings

• Faulty elevator to blame for Dubai tower shutdown

• European stocks up cautiously on hopes for Greece

• SAS to raise cash, cut 700 jobs after Q4 loss

• Opel asks for billions in restructuring plan

FINANCIAL

• Japan Airlines rejects Delta, stays with American

• Strong overseas sales put fizz in Coca-Cola's 4Q

• LHC Group announces another acquisition

• UPS: Pilots must agree to more cost savings

• Judge: Pratt can't move jobs out of Conn.

• Beazer Homes posts a $48 million profit for Q1

• Is the US swine flu epidemic over?

• US carriers not planning Haiti flights yet

• Delta may shut Cincinnati crew base, shift flying

• A list of Toyota recalls and the affected vehicles

• Toyota dealers extend hours to fix faulty pedals

• GM Jan. sales rise 14 pct; Toyota sales drop

• UPS 4Q profit nearly triples from year earlier

• Northwest code officially retired

• Toyota tells dealers parts on way to fix pedals