by MBJ Staff Published: December 10,2012
Tags: earnings, fabric, income, loss, publicly traded company, retail, revenue, sales, sew, sewing
BALDWYN — Hancock Fabrics Inc., during the third quarter ended Oct. 27, recorded net sales of $71.9 million, compared to $70.8 million for the third quarter of last year, and comparable store sales increased 2.3 percent, compared to a 3.5 percent decline in the previous year. The retailer reports an operating loss of $800,000, compared [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: November 30,2012
Tags: casino, construction, convention, drought, dry, entertainment, gamble, gambler, gambling, gaming, hospitality, hotel, hurricane, income, lodging, loss, low water, meeting, nightlife, publicly traded company, rain, restaurant, revenue, river, storm, tourism, tourist, tropical, visitor, Weather
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. recorded a loss of $4.3 million during the quarter ended Oct. 28, compared to a loss of $1 million the same quarter last year. Net revenues for the quarter were $223.2 million, compared to $231.4 million the same quarter last year. Consolidated adjusted EBITDA decreased $3.2 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 24,2012
Tags: athletics, bleachers, city, crime, damage, destruction, hardware, law enforcement, loss, municipal government, municipality, security, sports, steal, stealing, theft, thieves, youth psorts
MCCOMB — Officials say thieves have stolen more than $8,000 worth of equipment from the McComb Sports Complex. The Enterprise-Journal reports everything from nuts and blots to the very bleachers that fans sit in were taken from the park and from a nearby shed. The shed was also damaged. Mayor Whitney Rawlings said the city [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 24,2012
Tags: aid, assistance, cleanup, damage, debris, destruction, disaster, disaster recovery, emergency, federal government, flood, flooding, funding, grant, hurricane, loan, loss, natural disaster, rain, repair, small business, storm, surge, tropical, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Federal Emergency Management Agency has approved $11.1 million in grants across Mississippi for damage from Hurricane Isaac. That includes more than $9.5 million for housing assistance and $1.6 million for other needs such as personal property, damaged vehicles and medical expenses, FEMA spokesman Tim Tyson told The Mississippi Press. In addition [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 20,2012
Tags: claim, damage, disaster, disaster recovery, flood, flooding, home, homeowners insurance, house, hurricane, insurance, insurer, loss, natural disaster, property, rain, real estate, residence, residential, state agency, storm, tropical, Weather, wind
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Private insurers expect to pay more than $24.3 million in claims in Mississippi as a result of Hurricane Isaac, Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney says. Chaney says that as of yesterday, Mississippi’s 21 largest insurers had received 9,400 claims and paid $8.6 million. That’s tiny compared Hurricane Katrina’s $41 billion in insured damage [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 19,2012
Tags: candle, damage, destroyed, disaster, facility, fire, flame, loss, manufacture, manufacturer, manufacturing, plant
MOOREVILLE — A candle factory in Northeast Mississippi has been destroyed by fire. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reports the Wicks’n'More factory in Mooreville burned yesterday morning. Mooreville firefighters, along with help from other volunteer departments, fought the blaze from around 2 a.m. until 9 a.m. yesterday. Mooreville Fire Chief Ron White says the building [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 18,2012
Tags: COST, damage, disaster, distribution, elecvtricity, energy, flood, flooding, hurricane, light, line, loss, natural disaster, pole, power, rain, recovery, storm surge, tornado, tropical storm, tropical weather, utility, wind
NEW ORLEANS — Entergy Corporation has released an update on preliminary financial effects, liquidity resources and recovery initiatives after Hurricane Isaac. Total restoration costs for the repair and/or replacement of the electrical facilities in areas with damage from Isaac are estimated to be in the range of $400 million-$500 million. Each utility company is responsible [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 6,2012
Tags: center, claim, damage, flood, flooding, hurricane, insurance, loss, rain, repair, state agency, state government, storm, storm surge, tropical, Weather, wind
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI — As cleanup from Hurricane Isaac continues, the Mississippi Insurance Department is setting up two additional claims centers to assist residents with their claims. In addition to MID’s Coast Office in Bolton State Office Building in Biloxi, MID will be operating a claims center in Picayune at the National Guard Armory on Highway [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 4,2012
Tags: assistance, damage, disaster, disaster recovery, federal government, flood, flooding, hurricane, loan, loss, natural disaster, rain, severe weather, storm surge, tornado, tropical weather, Weather, wind
AROUND MISSISSIPPI — State officials say 4,325 people in four Mississippi counties have registered for federal individual assistance in the wake of Hurricane Isaac. Residents of Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and Pearl River counties are eligible for temporary housing aid, grants for serious disaster-related expenses not covered by insurance and low-interest disaster loans from the Small [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: September 4,2012
Tags: commodity, crop, damage, disaster, farm, farmer, farming, flood, flooding, forest, forester, hurricane, livestock, loss, lumber, natural disaster, rain, ranch, rancher, row crop, severe weather, storm, timber, tree, tropical storm, tropical weather, Weather, wind, wood
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — Even as the remnants of Hurricane Isaac were leaving Mississippi last Friday, Mississippi State University Extension agents were assessing its impact on crops that were so close to harvest. Lodging, or laying down, can be a significant harvest challenge in wind-blown fields, especially corn. Extension corn specialist Erick Larson is cautiously optimistic [...] [...]
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