by Ted Carter Published: April 29,2012
Tags: American Europcopter, Baxter Healthcare, Howard Industries, Jim Hood, Mississippi State Auditor's Office, Nissan North America, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pharma Pac, Southaven Towne Center, Stacey Pickering, Viking Range
The State of Mississippi gives but can also take away when it comes to handing companies tens of millions of dollars in bond money to build or expand their operations in the state. The money from the Mississippi Economic Development Bond Project comes with conditions and if those conditions are not met, the State insists [...] [...]

The 2011 Mississippi 100, the state’s only ranking of Mississippi private companies, is available now. Find out if the top five revenue producers from the 2010 list are the same. Also see which companies are making their first appearance on the list and which one’s made the biggest jumps. Flip through the digital version below: [...]
JACKSON — The sentencing hearing for the only company executive convicted following the nation’s largest workplace raid on illegal immigrants was postponed again after federal prosecutors in Mississippi filed sealed motions in the case. Jose Humberto Gonzalez, the former personnel director of Howard Industries, was the only executive charged in relation to a massive federal [...] [...]
HATTIESBURG — Sentencing is scheduled for Thursday in U.S. District Court in Hattiesburg for a Howard Industries executive who was charged with conspiracy following the nation’s largest workplace raid on illegal immigrants. The Hattiesburg American reports Jose Humberto Gonzalez was the only company executive charged following the August 2008 raid on the company’s Jones County [...] [...]