ATLANTA-Increases in both weekly rate and the average occupancy rate contributed to the increases in the company's revenue per available room, the locally based firm reports. Average daily occupancy to April was 80.5% versus 80% in the same period last year.

ATLANTA-Job growth slowed to dislodge the area from the top cities list for business and career advancement.

AUSTIN-Lee Hecht Harrison, a global job placement firm, has made its way to Austin, eyeing laid-off workers from the dot-com industry. The company is just settling into its office at The Esprit III in the city's southwest submarket.

AUBURN HILLS, MI-The Auburn Hills campus is the site of the seventh of 18 Michigan Technical Education Centers to open across Michigan to train workers in high-skill, high-wage, high-demand occupations.