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By Maria Saporta

Martin Luther King III and his sister, Bernice King, would like to reach a “global resolution” to settle all legal disputes between each other and their brother, Dexter King.

But so far, Dexter King has managed to prevent the three living children of Coretta and Martin Luther King Jr. from holding a board meeting of the King Estate to consider an out-of-court settlement.

But those legal maneuvers to prevent a meeting from taking place could end on Tuesday when attorneys for the King Center will ask Fulton County Superior Court Judge Todd Markle to lift a “Temporary Restraining Order” preventing the siblings from meeting to consider an out-of-court settlement.

By Maria Saporta

By forming an expanded executive team at Chick-fil-A – a move announced Thursday, CEO Dan T. Cathy has completed a leadership transition that began in earnest 14 months ago.

It was in November 2013 when he took over as the CEO – succeeding his late father, Truett Cathy, the founder of Chick-fil-A, who had served as the company’s top executive for more than 50 years.

Cathy added five new members to the company’s executive team – evidence of how strategic Chick-fil-A is about leadership transition and succession.

By Maria Saporta

Just when the legal differences between the children of Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King couldn’t seem to get more complicated, a new wrinkle was unveiled in Fulton County Superior Court on Tuesday.

The reason the siblings were in court Tuesday was for Judge Robert McBurney to hear summary arguments about who owns the late Civil Rights leader’s traveling Bible and his 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.

By Maria Saporta and Amy Wenk

Almost six years after moving its headquarters from Ohio to Georgia, financial technology company NCR Corp. is relocating again, this time to Midtown, bringing up to 3,500 to 4,000 jobs into the city.

NCR Corp. (NYSE: NCR) reported late Tuesday it will occupy a site at Centergy North at 8th and Spring streets, putting the company in the innovation district blossoming around Technology Square, anchored by Georgia Tech. NCR also plans to maintain a “significant” presence at a second campus in the northern suburbs.

By Maria Saporta

An estimated 2,000 Atlantans turned out for a “silent walk” Sunday afternoon as part of the “Je suis Charlie” global demonstration of sympathy for the massacre of more than a dozen Parisians on Jan. 7.

The killing including 10 journalists who worked at Charlie Hebdo, a weekly newspaper outside Paris, which had run editorial cartoons that caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. The newspaper, which was known to caricaturize people of all faiths and political leanings, knew it was a potential target of Islamic extremists and terrorists.

View a series of photos of “Je suis Charlie”sympathizers from Atlanta

By Maria Saporta

“Je suis Charlie”

Those three simple words now convey so much more. People all around the world have adopted that slogan as a sign of solidarity for freedom of speech, freedom of expression and freedom of press.

In Atlanta, we will have our own “Je suis Charlie” gathering on Sunday, Jan. 11 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.

The Alliance Francaise d’Atlanta is getting the word out that “a silent walk” is being organized from Piedmont Park at the 12th Street entrance to the Alliance Francaise offices at Colony Square – 1197 Peachtree St. NE.

By Maria Saporta

The opportunities for the revitalization of the Westside continues.

The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation and the Georgia Center for Nonprofits today are unveiling the Westside Neighborhood Prosperity Fund – along with an open application process to support capacity building in the community.

By Maria Saporta

After delivering a glowing “State of MARTA” address Wednesday morning, General Manager Keith Parker received his own reward.

MARTA board chairman, Robbie Ashe, announced that at Thursday’s board meeting, Parker’s contract would be extended by another two years. Then, almost as an after-thought, Ashe added – “assuming the majority of the board votes for it.”

By Maria Saporta

The U.S. Congress should use caution if it undertakes housing finance reform because of the complicated nature of the industry and because of the potential risks involved, according to Timothy Mayopoulos, president and CEO of Fannie Mae.

Mayopoulos was the guest presenter at Monday’s Rotary Club of Atlanta where he was interviewed by Rotarian Egbert Perry, founder of the Integral Group who also serves as chairman of Fannie Mae.

By Maria Saporta

The Atlanta Hawks may be for sale, but it’s premature to say that current Atlanta owners won’t continue to have a stake the team.

One of the Atlanta owners, Rutherford Seydel, said in a telephone interview Friday afternoon that the local group continues to be interested in being part of a future ownership team.

By Maria Saporta

It’s the modern-day return of rails on Atlanta’s streets.

A festive spirit welcomed the launch of the new Atlanta Streetcar on Wednesday as hundreds of people gathered in downtown at the historic intersection of Peachtree and Sweet Auburn.