Mississippi Business Journal » consolidation http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Legislation advances that would consolidate school districts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/legislation-advances-that-would-consolidate-school-districts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=legislation-advances-that-would-consolidate-school-districts http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/legislation-advances-that-would-consolidate-school-districts/#comments Fri, 01 Feb 2013 13:18:58 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69008 OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — Some House members want to merge the Starkville and Oktibbeha County school districts. The House Education Committee has advanced House Bill 716, which would combine the two districts on July 1, 2015. It goes to the House for more debate. Rep. Toby Barker, a Hattiesburg Republican sponsoring the proposal, says students in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/01/legislation-advances-that-would-consolidate-school-districts/feed/ 0 USPS closing processing center, relocating to Memphis http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/usps-closing-processing-center-relocating-to-memphis/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=usps-closing-processing-center-relocating-to-memphis http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/usps-closing-processing-center-relocating-to-memphis/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:41:01 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68790 TUPELO — The mail processing center is closing this week in Tupelo, and the workload is being transferred to Memphis. The move is a part of the U.S. Postal Service’s effort to right its business model by consolidating processing centers. USPS spokeswoman Enola Rice tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal no one should notice a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/29/usps-closing-processing-center-relocating-to-memphis/feed/ 1 Board approves sweeping revamp of city’s schools http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/24/board-approves-sweeping-revamp-of-citys-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=board-approves-sweeping-revamp-of-citys-schools http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/24/board-approves-sweeping-revamp-of-citys-schools/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:30:20 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68581 GREENVILLE — Plans to consolidate two schools in Greenville and convert a middle school into a magnet school have been approved by the Greenville School Board. The Delta Democrat Times reports the board this week approved combining T.L. Weston Ninth-Grade Academy with Greenville-Weston High School. The new Greenville High School will have grades 9-12. The [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/24/board-approves-sweeping-revamp-of-citys-schools/feed/ 0 Manufacturer moving operations from Indiana http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/14/manufacturer-moving-operations-from-indiana/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=manufacturer-moving-operations-from-indiana http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/14/manufacturer-moving-operations-from-indiana/#comments Mon, 14 Jan 2013 13:45:11 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=68159 SENATOBIA — Chromcraft Revington Inc.’s board of directors has approved the consolidation of the company’s Delphi, Indiana Distribution Center operations into its Senatobia manufacturing and distribution operations in the first half of 2013. The company said it is considering various options regarding the facility and equipment in Delphi. The purposes of this consolidation are to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/14/manufacturer-moving-operations-from-indiana/feed/ 0 Senate passes bill realigning, condensing court district http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/24/senate-passes-bill-realigning-condensing-court-district/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senate-passes-bill-realigning-condensing-court-district http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/24/senate-passes-bill-realigning-condensing-court-district/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 17:19:50 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=63087 NORTH MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Senate has approved legislation supported by Senators Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) that will realign the federal judicial boundaries for the Northern District of Mississippi, condensing the existing four divisions into three. The Senate by unanimous consent approved the Divisional Realignment Act of 2012 (HR.5512), a measure to [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/09/24/senate-passes-bill-realigning-condensing-court-district/feed/ 0 Cadence consolidating call centers; laying off workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/12/cadence-consolidating-call-centers-laying-off-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cadence-consolidating-call-centers-laying-off-workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/12/cadence-consolidating-call-centers-laying-off-workers/#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:37:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=59526 STARKVILLE — Cadence Bank will lay off 17 workers at its operations center in Starkville. President Mark Abernathy tells the Starkville Daily News the layoffs will occur at the end of September. Abernathy says the Starkville operations will be consolidated with the center in Birmingham, Ala. He says the exact date is not firm. Abernathy [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/07/12/cadence-consolidating-call-centers-laying-off-workers/feed/ 0 Cartoon- February 20, 2012 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/cartoon-january-20-2012/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cartoon-january-20-2012 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/cartoon-january-20-2012/#comments Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:01:59 +0000 Ricky Nobile http://msbusiness.com/?p=52570

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/19/cartoon-january-20-2012/feed/ 0 Senate passes bill to consolidate Delta county schools http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/09/senate-passes-bill-to-consolidate-delta-county-schools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senate-passes-bill-to-consolidate-delta-county-schools http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/09/senate-passes-bill-to-consolidate-delta-county-schools/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:01:37 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52098 SUNFLOWER COUNTY — Legislation to consolidate administrations of three Sunflower County school districts passed the Mississippi Senate yesterday. The measure is the first item from Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves’ legislative agenda to be considered by the Senate. Senate Bill 2330 combines the administrations of Drew, Sunflower and Indianola school districts, which are currently under conservatorship [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/09/senate-passes-bill-to-consolidate-delta-county-schools/feed/ 0 OMNOVA to end manufacturing operations in Columbus http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/omnova-to-end-manufacturing-operations-in-columbus/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=omnova-to-end-manufacturing-operations-in-columbus http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/omnova-to-end-manufacturing-operations-in-columbus/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 15:10:36 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=49686 COLUMBUS — OMNOVA Solutions of Fairlawn, Ohio, has sold certain assets of its North American commercial wallcovering business to J. Josephson Inc., a private commercial wallcovering producer based in New Jersey. The sale includes printing cylinders, certain equipment, trademarks, contracts and other assets associated with OMNOVA’s domestically-produced commercial wallcovering brands. The sale excludes OMNOVA’s Columbus [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/15/omnova-to-end-manufacturing-operations-in-columbus/feed/ 1 Instead of consolidating, Furniture Transport closing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/26/instead-of-consolidating-furniture-transport-closing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=instead-of-consolidating-furniture-transport-closing http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/26/instead-of-consolidating-furniture-transport-closing/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:34:42 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=46487 PONTOTOC — Furniture Transport Group is shutting down operations in Pontotoc. The Mississippi Department of Employment Security says it has received notice that FTG is closing Nov. 30. According to the notice, 56 employees will be affected by the move. The High Point, N.C.-based company is a transporter of home furnishings. Just a few weeks [...]

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