DESTIN, Fla. — Steve Spurrier is sticking with his plan to pay players. South Carolina’s outspoken coach first floated the idea at the Southeastern Conference’s spring meetings last year. Fellow coaches and league administrators listened, but it made little, if any, progress. He trotted out his stipend plan again this week and said Wednesday that [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 31,2012
Tags: Alcorn County, Catch-A-Dream Foundation, Joey Fillingane, Mississippi, Mississippi Bow Hunters Association, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Golf Association, Mississippi State University, Sisters With A Throttle Motorcycle Club, Southern Pines Animal Shelter, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Tuskegee Airmen
JACKSON — Jerry Latch isn’t interested in shelling out extra money to express himself with a car tag promoting a particular group or cause, but he knows plenty of people who do. “My wife has a specialty tag of some kind, but I don’t know what it is,” Latch said Wednesday from the shoe store [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 31,2012
Tags: Bobby DeLaughter, Eaton Corp, Ed Peters, Frisby Aerospace, Greg Davis, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, North Carolina, Philadelphia, technology, Triumph Aerospace, William Barbour
JACKSON — Federal prosecutors in Mississippi have dropped criminal cases against five aerospace engineers who had been accused of stealing trade secrets. Senior U.S. District Judge William Barbour dismissed indictments against the men Wednesday. The charges of taking trade secrets from Eaton Corp. when they left to go to work for what is now called [...] [...]
LUMBERTON — Lumberton Mayor Miriam Holder said she realizes that Leanne Igo, owner of Gold Coast Skydivers, needs to be able to make a living off her weekend business at I.H. Bass Jr. Memorial Airport. Igo said she can understand the cash-strapped city looking somewhat askance at renewing a contract that had her company paying [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 30,2012
Tags: airplanes, aviation, employees, expnsion, groundbreaking, investment, jets, jobs, l capital investment, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, military, workers
SHANNON — General Atomics’ Electromagnetic Systems Group (GA EMS) broke ground today on an expansion to its existing 127,000-square-foot facility in Shannon. The expansion project represents a $12 million corporate investment and will create 25 additional direct jobs over the next three years, according to the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA). From its Shannon location in [...] [...]
MADISON — Phosphate Holdings Inc. (PHI) reported a first quarter 2012 net loss of $1.1 million, compared to net income of $16,000 for the same period in 2011. The company incurred an operating loss of $1.9 million for the first quarter of 2012, compared to operating income of $53,000 for the prior-year period. Earnings before [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 30,2012
Tags: banking, Banks, checking accounts, criminals, debit cards, deposits, finance, financial insitutions, savings accounts, scam, state agency, theft, thieves
TUPELO — Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley is warning Mississippi consumers of a weekend series of scam calls claiming to be BancorpSouth asking customers to either validate or re-instate their debit cards. Presley said his office contacted officials with BancorpSouth and verified that the calls were indeed a scam. Similar calls went out a few [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 30,2012
Tags: agriculture, colleges, education, environment, forestry, forests, habitat, higher education, military, military base, military training, timber, timberlands, trees, universities
FORREST COUNTY — A 352-acre tract of Forrest County timberland is now part of Mississippi State University’s Bulldog Forest program and the state’s only Army Compatible Use Buffer-designated property. Known as the Davis and Ann Mortensen Forest, the area is located in proximity to Camp Shelby, and is a joint project between MSU, MSU Foundation, [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: May 30,2012
Tags: competition, glass, glass production, manufacturer, manufacturing, new venture, startup companies, technology, telecommunications, texting, venture capital
RIDGELAND and JACKSON — Ridgeland-based Texting Leader, LLC and Jackson-based Pearl River Glass Studio Inc. both received first place in separate divisions of the Mississippi Technology Alliance’s (MTA) Fifth Annual Mississippi New Venture Challenge at the Jackson Convention Complex. The New Venture Challenge is a business plan competition that provides an opportunity for aspiring innovators [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: May 30,2012
Tags: elected officials, elections, parties, party affiliation, political parties, politicans, Politics, public officials, voters, votes, Voting
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Republican Party says at least seven local elected officials are switching to the GOP. State party spokesman Brett Kittredge says in response to a question from The Associated Press that the officials are from Leake, Jones and Newton counties. Party chairman Joe Nosef will announce the names of the new [...] [...]
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