Mississippi Business Journal » Mike Beebe http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 05:01:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Businessman promising $1.1B steel plant in Arkansas fails to deliver Mississippi projects http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/businessman-promising-1-1b-steel-plant-in-arkansas-has-failed-to-deliver-on-big-projects-announced-in-mississippi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=businessman-promising-1-1b-steel-plant-in-arkansas-has-failed-to-deliver-on-big-projects-announced-in-mississippi http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/businessman-promising-1-1b-steel-plant-in-arkansas-has-failed-to-deliver-on-big-projects-announced-in-mississippi/#comments Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:40:14 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=69421 John D. Correnti, the businessman Arkansas is counting on to deliver “the largest economic development project in the state’s history,” a proposed $1.1-billion steel mill in Mississippi County in Northeast Arkansas, has recently failed to deliver on promises for big projects in Mississippi. Recently, Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe announced that Correnti’s Big River Steel, LLC, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/08/businessman-promising-1-1b-steel-plant-in-arkansas-has-failed-to-deliver-on-big-projects-announced-in-mississippi/feed/ 1 Masingill confirmed as DRA co-chair http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/04/masingill-confirmed-as-dra-co-chair/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=masingill-confirmed-as-dra-co-chair http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/07/04/masingill-confirmed-as-dra-co-chair/#comments Sun, 04 Jul 2010 06:00:56 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=26466 The U.S. Senate has confirmed the appointment of a top aide to Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe as head of the Delta Regional Authority, a federal agency that works to enhance the economy of the impoverished Mississippi Delta region in eight states. The Senate confirmed Chris Masingill as federal co-chair of the panel, a full-time post [...]

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