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State’s tax collections come in under expectations

Associated Press — Sun, 05 May 2013 18:56:29 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Mississippi tax collections were $46 million, or 8.2 percent, below the estimate for the month of April. Kathy Waterbury, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Revenue, said the majority of drop may be due to timing of receipts and processing. “We won’t know for certain until all of the income tax [...]

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Robinson receives promotion

MBJ Staff — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 14:39:35 +0000

Lee Robinson, lead economist of the Vicksburg District, was recently selected as the new lead economist for the Mississippi Valley Division. Robinson will be the lead for all economists throughout the six district offices in the Mississippi Valley Division. The Mississippi Valley Division is located in Vicksburg and oversees six district offices located in St. [...]

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Economic study touts virtues of offshoring

Ted Carter — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:01:11 +0000

Here’s a little something that might not go down easy for workers in Mississippi and elsewhere in the United States: Offshoring of jobs and the influx of immigrant labor into the country do not — on the whole — damage the U.S. labor force, says a new paper from the London School of Economics Center [...]

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Matthews accepts award

MBJ Staff — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:01:21 +0000

Delta State University’s College of Business recently awarded the Outstanding Faculty Teaching Award to associate professor of economics Dr. Michelle Matthews. A native of Tunica, Matthews graduated from the University of Mississippi in 1997 with a degree in banking and finance and in 2003 she received her PhD. in economics. She has been working at [...]

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Schools recognized for economic education

Associated Press — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 11:41:54 +0000

PURVIS — Lamar County School District’s efforts to give students a strong economics background is paying off. The district has been recognized as a state model for its comprehensive K-12 economics curriculum by the Mississippi Department of Education and the Mississippi Council on Economic Education. It has received the first Banner School for Financial Readiness [...]

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Southern Entrepreneurship Program

Stephen McDill — Wed, 05 May 2010 18:21:59 +0000

HATTIESBURG — MBJ-TV photojournalist Stephen McDill travels to Hattiesburg to visit with highschoolers gathered at the University of Southern Mississippi to compete for top honors in the Statewide Business Plan Competition for 2010.

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Miss. Council on Economic Education Winners’ Reception

Stephen McDill — Tue, 04 May 2010 00:15:43 +0000

JACKSON- MCEE’s top economics students from across Mississippi gather at Millsaps College in Jackson to receive awards for their academic accomplishments in the 2009-2010 year.

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