Mississippi Business Journal » Brent’s Drugs http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Brent’s Drug Store preserves the feel of a bygone era http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/15/brents-drug-store-preserves-the-feel-of-a-bygone-era/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=brents-drug-store-preserves-the-feel-of-a-bygone-era http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/15/brents-drug-store-preserves-the-feel-of-a-bygone-era/#comments Sun, 15 Jul 2012 06:01:08 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=59733 The building housing one of the South’s oldest soda fountain drug stores was in danger of becoming vacant when the pharmacist owner sold Brent’s Drug Store to a chain in 2009, and the pharmacy part of the business was relocated. A local attorney and Fondren resident, Brad Reeves, who as a kid was taken by [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/08/21/the-help-leads-box-office/feed/ 0 Top 40 Under 40 Class of 2011 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/11/top-40-under-40-class-of-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-40-under-40-class-of-2011 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/11/top-40-under-40-class-of-2011/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:31:17 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=39702 JACKSON- MBJ-TV meets members of the Mississippi Business Journal’s “Top 40 Under 40″ class of 2011.

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