Mississippi Business Journal » factories http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Under-billing of factory costs utility $350K http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/10/under-billing-of-factory-costs-utility-350k/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=under-billing-of-factory-costs-utility-350k http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/10/under-billing-of-factory-costs-utility-350k/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:02:53 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=50442 GREENWOOD — Greenwood Utilities has taken a $350,000 hit after under-billing a local furniture factory for 15 years before the mistake was caught. The Greenwood Commonwealth reports it received the details of under-billing after filing a public records request. The newspaper said the city-owned facility last March notified the John-Richard furniture factory that its account [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/01/10/under-billing-of-factory-costs-utility-350k/feed/ 0 KI closing Pontotoc factory, laying off 70 workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/07/ki-closing-pontotoc-factory-laying-off-70-workers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ki-closing-pontotoc-factory-laying-off-70-workers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/07/ki-closing-pontotoc-factory-laying-off-70-workers/#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2011 15:07:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=49383 PONTOTOC and TUPELO — Furniture maker KI will lay off 70 employees in north Mississippi as it closes one factory and converts a second to a warehouse. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the company, based in Green Bay, Wis., will close its Pontotoc factory by June 1. It will also convert its Tupelo factory [...]

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