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New education trend? District marketing schools

Associated Press — Tue, 07 May 2013 11:26:37 +0000

TUPELO — Noting the competition that exists when parents choose where to send their children to school, first-year Tupelo superintendent Gearl Loden has begun a campaign to aggressively market the school district. From billboards to newspaper advertisements to a student-produced program that airs on WTVA-TV in Tupelo, the district has actively tried to share its [...]

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Poultry producers face myriad of challenges this year

MBJ Staff — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:22:54 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The impact of last year’s drought on feed costs is not the only challenge poultry growers face in 2013. Production costs, expansion issues, waste regulations, competition from other meat sources and the next grain crop are major factors impacting the poultry industry this year. “Some of the corn produced last year had [...]

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Ag grad students to compete in farmer-judged competition

MBJ Staff — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:06:47 +0000

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University graduate students studying applied row crop agriculture will present their research findings before industry representatives at a new contest. The first Future of Agriculture Graduate Student Competition will begin at 7:55 a.m. Feb. 7 at the Bost Extension Center. The master’s competition features two groups speaking from 8 a.m. to [...]

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Entergy cleared to buy plants, but antitrust investigation continues

Associated Press — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:42:08 +0000

JACKSON — Federal officials say Entergy Corp. can buy two power plants from KGen Power Corp. for $523 million, but say the antitrust investigation of Entergy is not over. >>> Entergy utilities receive green light for MISO — Regulators clear path for projected customer savings In making the announcement yesterday, the Department of Justice’s antitrust [...]

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National coon-hunting competition coming to state

Associated Press — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:47:35 +0000

BATESVILLE — The United Kennel Club will hold its Winter Classic Coon Hunt in Batesville. The three-day event had been held in Albany, Ga., for the past 25 years. The event will be held on its traditional weekend, from Jan. 25-27, 2013, at the civic center. Officials tell the Panolian the Winter Classic typically draws [...]

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Texting Leader, Pearl River Glass win MTA’s New Venture Challenge

MBJ Staff — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:39:50 +0000

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 [...]

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Study: Ballet competition brought $10.2M into Capital City

Associated Press — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:08:25 +0000

JACKSON — The USA International Ballet Competition’s economic impact leaped into double-digit millions for the first time when it was last in Jackson, with the event’s $10.2 million impact on the state, a recently released study shows. Compiled by the University of Southern Mississippi’s Department of Economic and Workforce Development, the numbers offer an “apples [...]

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Judge to approve Bank of America settlement

Associated Press — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 12:03:41 +0000

NEW YORK — A federal judge said yesterday he would reluctantly approve an amended $150-million settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission and Bank of America to end civil charges accusing the bank of misleading shareholders when it acquired Merrill Lynch. But U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff called the revised pact “half-baked justice [...]

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