Mississippi Business Journal » development 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 NVision expands through new agreement with QinetiQ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/07/nvision-expands-through-new-agreement-with-qinetiq/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nvision-expands-through-new-agreement-with-qinetiq http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/07/nvision-expands-through-new-agreement-with-qinetiq/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 11:23:17 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=74367 HANCOCK COUNTY — NVision Solutions Inc. has expanded its engineering services and capabilities through a strategic licensing agreement with QinetiQ North America Inc. (QNA) and the addition of personnel with expertise in underwater sensors and acoustic telemetry. Under its agreement with QNA, NVision will have the exclusive right to further develop and license to end [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/07/nvision-expands-through-new-agreement-with-qinetiq/feed/ 1 The Accelerator adds three new tenants, including GE Aviation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/07/the-accelerator-adds-three-new-tenants-including-ge-aviation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-accelerator-adds-three-new-tenants-including-ge-aviation http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/07/the-accelerator-adds-three-new-tenants-including-ge-aviation/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 11:20:19 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=74365 HATTIESBURG — The Accelerator, the University of Southern Mississippi’s technology commercialization center, has added new tenants GE Aviation, Radiance Technologies and Vatican Capital. GE Aviation, which just opened a new aircraft engine composite parts production facility in Ellisville has leased space at The Accelerator and is working with Mississippi Polymer Institute (MPI) and Jones County [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/07/the-accelerator-adds-three-new-tenants-including-ge-aviation/feed/ 1 Senator quizzes NASA administrator about test stand http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/senator-quizzes-nasa-administrator-about-test-stand/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=senator-quizzes-nasa-administrator-about-test-stand http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/senator-quizzes-nasa-administrator-about-test-stand/#comments Fri, 26 Apr 2013 12:31:01 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=73862 HANCOCK COUNTY – U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) wants NASA Administrator Charles Bolden to continue providing Congress information that will help ensure the upgrade of the Stennis Space Center’s B-2 test stand remains on schedule. Cochran addressed the NASA budget at a Senate Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee hearing where Bolden provided testimony on [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/26/senator-quizzes-nasa-administrator-about-test-stand/feed/ 0 Demolition to begin at sites for retail center, casino http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/demolition-of-homes-businesses-to-begin-at-site-for-retail-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=demolition-of-homes-businesses-to-begin-at-site-for-retail-center http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/demolition-of-homes-businesses-to-begin-at-site-for-retail-center/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 11:39:03 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72794 D’IBERVILLE — The city of D’Iberville is clearing the way for another major retail center along Interstate 10 and a casino on Back Bay. A developer has acquired nearly 80 acres at the I-10 junction with Interstate 110. The homes and businesses there will come down by the end of the year and Mayor Rusty [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/demolition-of-homes-businesses-to-begin-at-site-for-retail-center/feed/ 0 Old bowling alley getting new life as retail center http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/02/old-bowling-alley-getting-new-life-as-retail-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=old-bowling-alley-getting-new-life-as-retail-center http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/02/old-bowling-alley-getting-new-life-as-retail-center/#comments Tue, 02 Apr 2013 12:43:49 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=72685 VICKSBURG — Crews are clearing away the old Red Carpet Lanes bowling alley to make way for a retailing center on Clay Street. The Vicksburg Post reports the sale of the property closed last week. The new owners are Baton Rouge, La.-based developers Michael and Mitch Kimble of Kimble Development. Four buildings are in the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/02/old-bowling-alley-getting-new-life-as-retail-center/feed/ 0 Report gives impact of extension service, experiment stations http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/01/report-gives-impact-of-extension-service-experiment-stations/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=report-gives-impact-of-extension-service-experiment-stations http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/01/report-gives-impact-of-extension-service-experiment-stations/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:14:51 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=72212 STARKVILLE — The South’s extension service and experiment station systems are still relevant nearly a century after they were founded. This according to a new report released by an Ohio-based charitable trust. Battelle Technology Partnership Practice and BioDimensions, an independent research and development organization, released results of a study of the economic impact Extension Service [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/01/report-gives-impact-of-extension-service-experiment-stations/feed/ 0 State’s winter wheat crop struggling with cool weather http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/26/states-winter-wheat-crop-struggling-with-cool-weather/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=states-winter-wheat-crop-struggling-with-cool-weather http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/26/states-winter-wheat-crop-struggling-with-cool-weather/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:25:29 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=71926 ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Cool temperatures through March kept some Mississippians comfortable, but they slowed the development of wheat, the state’s only row crop grown through winter. Erick Larson, corn and wheat state specialist with the Mississippi State University Extension Service, said wheat acreage is high this year, with 420,000 acres planted in the fall. State [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/26/states-winter-wheat-crop-struggling-with-cool-weather/feed/ 0 Fight over controversial movie theater continues http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/22/fight-over-controversial-movie-theater-continues/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fight-over-controversial-movie-theater-continues http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/22/fight-over-controversial-movie-theater-continues/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 11:56:47 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=71835 OLIVE BRANCH — An Olive Branch community remains in the lurch about whether a controversial movie theater will be constructed near its homes. The Commercial Appeal reports the developer has filed an appeal in DeSoto County Circuit Court about Board of Aldermen decisions he said are preventing a theater from being developed near Wedgewood subdivision. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/22/fight-over-controversial-movie-theater-continues/feed/ 0 Court rules with city in zoning dispute with developer http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/18/court-rules-with-city-in-zoning-dispute-with-developer/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=court-rules-with-city-in-zoning-dispute-with-developer http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/18/court-rules-with-city-in-zoning-dispute-with-developer/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 13:44:32 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=68347 NATCHEZ — The Mississippi Supreme Court has sided with the city of Natchez in a zoning dispute with a developer. The dispute stemmed from the city’s denial of a request from Dallas-based Roundstone Development, LLC to rezone 25 acres for single-family homes. The company planned to build 65 single-family homes on nine acres, leaving the [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/18/court-rules-with-city-in-zoning-dispute-with-developer/feed/ 0 NASA awards Space Launch System grant to MSU http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/15/nasa-awards-space-launch-system-grant-to-msu/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=nasa-awards-space-launch-system-grant-to-msu http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/01/15/nasa-awards-space-launch-system-grant-to-msu/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:07:47 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=68217 STARKVILLE — NASA has awarded grants to nine universities for advanced development activities for the nation’s next heavy-lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS). The agency is providing approximately $2.25 million that will be shared by all the proposals under this NASA Research Announcement to seek solutions to evolve the launch vehicle from its initial [...]

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