Posts Tagged ‘Gulf oil spill’

Construction economist sees strengthened recovery for state

by Ted Carter Published: November 27,2011

Tags: Anirban Basu, Associated Builders and Contractors, commercial construction, economist, Gulf oil spill

A commercial construction economist has delivered a half-cup of good cheer on Mississippi’s economic prospects for 2012 and predicted the state should return to its pre-Gulf oil spill pace. Anirban Basu, chief economist for the  Associated Builders and Contractors, set 2012 economic growth at 2.4 percent nationally and said he expects regaining momentum lost to [...] [...]

Blackwood to moderate panel discussion

by MBJ Staff Published: February 13,2011

Tags: Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, Gulf Coast Claims Facility, Gulf oil spill, Kelly R. Blackwood, Kenneth R. Feinberg, Mississippi College School of Law

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings, LLP, attorney Kelly R. Blackwood, a member of the firm’s Environmental & Toxic Tort practice group, will moderate a panel during a Feb. 18 Mississippi College School of Law symposium on the Gulf oil spill. The keynote speaker for the event is Kenneth R. Feinberg, administrator of the Gulf Coast Claims [...] [...]

Spill creates a river of concerns

by Wally Northway Published: June 13,2010

Tags: Gulf oil spill, Mississippi River, ports

  While the Gulf oil spill has the Coast waiting and wondering, it also has ratcheted up concerns along the Mississippi River. Handling hundreds of millions of tons of goods annually, a stoppage or interruption of river traffic could create an economic disaster for the state and nation on an industrial scale. So far, the [...] [...]

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