Kelly Yamanouchi

Atlanta

Team Leader, Business at The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Journalist for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. This account shares our coverage of Delta, the Atlanta airport and the airline industry.

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Georgia-based Chart Industries to merge with Texas firm

3 days ago | ajc.com | Kelly Yamanouchi

Chart Industries, a company based near Ball Ground that makes cryogenic tanks and other thermal management equipment, is merging with Flowserve, an industrial firm based in Texas. The merged firm will be based in Dallas, Texas, according to the two companies in an announcement Wednesday. Chart CEO Jill Evanko said during an investor conference call that the combined company expects to maintain a presence in Atlanta.
Businesses whipsawed by tariff court rulings

1 week ago | thebrunswicknews.com | Kelly Yamanouchi

By Kelly Yamanouchi, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ATLANTA - Business owners who have been caught in the crossfire of the Trump administration's trade war welcomed a court ruling this week to block many of the president's new tariffs. Their relief lasted about 24 hours. On Thursday, a federal appeals court reinstated them, at least temporarily, leaving many business leaders uncertain about what to do.
Georgia businesses whipsawed by tariff court rulings

1 week ago | ajc.com | Kelly Yamanouchi

Georgia business owners who have been caught in the crossfire of the Trump administration’s trade war welcomed a court ruling this week to block many of the president’s new tariffs. Their relief lasted about 24 hours. On Thursday, a federal appeals court reinstated them, at least temporarily, leaving many business leaders uncertain about what to do.
‘We are ready to strike’: Kroger drivers at Atlanta area hub take vote

1 week ago | macon.com | Kelly Yamanouchi

Drivers at a Kroger fulfillment center in Forest Park are turning up the heat in labor negotiations by voting to authorize a strike, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union. The 30 drivers at the facility in Clayton County voted last year to join the Teamsters and have been negotiating for a contract ever since.
Drivers at Kroger fulfillment center in Forest Park take strike vote

1 week ago | ajc.com | Kelly Yamanouchi

Drivers at a Kroger fulfillment center in Forest Park are turning up the heat in labor negotiations by voting to authorize a strike, according to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters union. The 30 drivers at the facility in Clayton County voted last year to join the Teamsters and have been negotiating for a contract ever since.
Popular Starbucks at Ansley Mall that unionized set to close

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | Kelly Yamanouchi

The popular Starbucks location at Ansley Mall in Atlanta, which made headlines in 2022 whenworkers voted to unionize, is set to close next month. Workers at the store went on strike Friday.
Georgia stocks rally with U.S.-China trade deal

3 weeks ago | ajc.com | J. Scott Trubey |Kelly Yamanouchi

By J. Scott Trubey and Kelly Yamanouchi0 minutes agoMany top Georgia stocks rallied before the opening bell Monday, with an announcement by U.S. and Chinese officials of a deal to reduce recent tariffs and continue negotiations during a 90-day truce in their trade war. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq and S&P 500 were all up substantially in premarket trading Monday.
Pepsi makes incursion into Coca-Cola territory on National Have a Coke Day

1 month ago | macon.com | Kelly Yamanouchi |Olivia Wakim

Deep in the heart of Coca-Cola territory in Georgia, PepsiCo is launching a new front in the cola wars - with the return of the Pepsi Challenge blind taste test. The skirmish comes to the Peach State on Thursday - which is National Have a Coke Day, no less. This time, the longtime Coke rival is asking people out and about in Atlanta to sip from unmarked cups of Pepsi Zero Sugar and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar to decide which they prefer. PepsiCo says all who participate will get a free 20 oz.
Would an Atlantan ever choose Pepsi over Coke? Pepsi reboots its 'challenge'

1 month ago | ajc.com | Kelly Yamanouchi |Olivia Wakim

Editor’s note: This story has been updated. Deep in the heart of Coca-Cola territory in Georgia, PepsiCo is launching a new front in the cola wars — with the return of the Pepsi Challenge blind taste test. The skirmisharrived in the Peach State on Thursday — National Have a Coke Day, no less— and will run the next few days. This time, the longtime Coke rival is asking people out and about in Atlanta to sip from unmarked cups of Pepsi Zero Sugar and Coca-Cola Zero Sugar to decide which they prefer.
Could you work with your mom? This mother-daughter duo loves it

1 month ago | ajc.com | Kelly Yamanouchi

Manypeople would probably say they’d never be able to work with their mother. But for Patricia Townsend, it’s exactly what she feels she was meant to do. From childhood, Townsend watched her mother, Mary Ellen Garrett, build a team of financial advisers at Merrill Lynch called The Garrett Group. Out of its offices in the Pinnacle building in Buckhead, The Garrett Group provides wealth management advice to clients ranging from Fortune 500 executives to business owners, attorneys and doctors.