Mississippi Business Journal » MBJ http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Read June 18, 2012 issue of the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/15/read-june-18-2012-issue-of-the-mbj/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-june-18-2012-issue-of-the-mbj http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/15/read-june-18-2012-issue-of-the-mbj/#comments Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:50:26 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=58606 >> INSURANCE INSTITUTE: Lack of codes makes Mississippi Coast … MOST VULNERABLE — By Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> LAST AGAIN: Insurance Institute gives state nation’s lowest grade for hurricane-resistant structures — by Ted Carter >> REPORT: 70,000 coastal properties at risk to storm — by Ted Carter >> AGRICULTURE: Southern senators: [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/15/read-june-18-2012-issue-of-the-mbj/feed/ 0 THE TECH 21 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/11/the-tech-21/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-tech-21 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/11/the-tech-21/#comments Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:29:44 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=49526 Mississippi’s tech scene is on the rise, thanks to flashy successes like Hu Meena’s blockbuster deal with Apple to get the iPhone for C Spire and Joel Bomgar, whose Bomgar Box is taking the world by storm. From Starkville to Ocean Springs, and everywhere in between, here are some of Mississippi’s leaders in the Tech [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/11/the-tech-21/feed/ 0 Read the October 24th issue of the MBJ online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/21/read-the-october-24th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-the-october-24th-issue-of-the-mbj-online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/21/read-the-october-24th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:15:01 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=47583 In this week’s MBJ — THE NATIONAL TELECOM TAKE ON C SPIRE: Stephen McDill asks national telecom experts what they think of the new marriage between Apple Inc. and Ridgeland-based C Spire. You might be surprised at what they told the Mississippi Business Journal. Also in this week’s paper: >> VOTER ID: Will the National [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/21/read-the-october-24th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/feed/ 0 Read the October 17th issue of the MBJ online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/13/read-the-october-17th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-the-october-17th-issue-of-the-mbj-online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/13/read-the-october-17th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:31:10 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=47255 EAT HEALTHY MISSISSIPPI … In this week’s MBJ, Amy McCullough takes a look at the new Eat Healthy Mississippi initiative, which will connect local growers to restaurants and promote healthy eating, is underway. The Mississippi Hospitality and Restaurant Association (MHRA) recently learned it had received a grant of more than $83,000 from the U.S. Department [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/13/read-the-october-17th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/feed/ 0 Read the October 10th issue of the MBJ online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/06/read-the-october-10th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-the-october-10th-issue-of-the-mbj-online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/06/read-the-october-10th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 19:12:59 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46863 In this week’s MBJ, Amy McCullough examines the explosion of solar companies in Mississippi and whether the companies can keep up with the technology. Only time will tell how Twin Creeks and Stion hold up as Mississippians have bet nearly $400 million on green energy companies Also in this week’s paper: >> ‘YES ON 26’ [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/06/read-the-october-10th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/feed/ 0 Read the October 3rd issue of the MBJ online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/30/read-the-october-3rd-issue-of-the-mbj-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-the-october-3rd-issue-of-the-mbj-online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/30/read-the-october-3rd-issue-of-the-mbj-online/#comments Fri, 30 Sep 2011 14:51:09 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46583 In this week’s MBJ, Clay Chandler examines whether there is a megasite available for a new Hyundai plant. The MDA’s Leland Speed says there are no sites available. However, the East Mississippi Business Development Corp. executive director Wade Jones says the 1,400-acre Kewanee site is still available for Hyundai or anyone else that wants it. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/30/read-the-october-3rd-issue-of-the-mbj-online/feed/ 0 Read the September 26th issue of the MBJ online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/read-the-september-26th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-the-september-26th-issue-of-the-mbj-online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/read-the-september-26th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/#comments Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:13:42 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46379 In this week’s MBJ, Stephen McDill broke the national news that Cellular South is changing its name to C Spire Wireless. Cellular South is the nation’s largest privately-owned wireless company. The official announcement was made on the website www.personalizedwireless.com. Speculation had run rampant all week that hat the company was making major changes to its [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/22/read-the-september-26th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/feed/ 0 Read the September 19th issue of the MBJ online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/16/read-the-september-19th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-the-september-19th-issue-of-the-mbj-online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/16/read-the-september-19th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:04:32 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=46181 In this week’s MBJ, Amy McCullough analyzes the recent saga at Parkway Properties and looks into the potential of its headquarters leaving Jackson. All of this is happening about 100 days after its combination with Eola Capital LLC as Parkway Properties Inc. announced CEO Steve Rogers’ retirement and succession by Eola chairman and Parkway board [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/09/16/read-the-september-19th-issue-of-the-mbj-online/feed/ 0 MBJ Editorial: Wording can ease business worries of house bill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/wording-can-ease-business-worries-of-house-bill/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=wording-can-ease-business-worries-of-house-bill http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/wording-can-ease-business-worries-of-house-bill/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 06:00:49 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=36721 We’re not sure who has the edge in the balance of trade between Mississippi and Arizona. But one Arizona export to the Magnolia State — the “show us your papers” immigration legislation — should be packed up and sent back. Yesterday. We can give you all sorts of reasons why. But here are a few: [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/06/wording-can-ease-business-worries-of-house-bill/feed/ 0 Where have all the parties gone? http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/20/where-have-all-the-parties-gone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-have-all-the-parties-gone http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/20/where-have-all-the-parties-gone/#comments Sun, 20 Jun 2010 06:01:31 +0000 Marty Wiseman http://msbusiness.com/?p=25876 There have been countless coffee shop conversations recently in which the participants have called for the destruction of both of the country’s major political parties.  Results so far in the 2010 mid-term elections seem to be giving us a glimpse of what political life would look like in a “post-party” world.   Let us remember [...]

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