Mississippi Business Journal » Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 24 May 2013 20:36:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Why some dropped or dropped off Mississippi 100 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/why-some-dropped-or-dropped-off-mississippi-100/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-some-dropped-or-dropped-off-mississippi-100 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/why-some-dropped-or-dropped-off-mississippi-100/#comments Sun, 21 Oct 2012 06:01:25 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=64155 The biggest challenge of the Mississippi 100 is finding out who the prospects are. “We have a lot of suspects and we have to find out the prospects,” Mississippi 100 researcher Wally Northway said. Almost every year there are new companies added and old companies removed based on their earnings or corporate changes. “One of [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/10/21/why-some-dropped-or-dropped-off-mississippi-100/feed/ 0 Entrepreneurs Corner: Vocational education a large part of construction business http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/vocational-education-a-large-part-of-construction-business/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vocational-education-a-large-part-of-construction-business http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/vocational-education-a-large-part-of-construction-business/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 06:00:21 +0000 Alan Turner http://msbusiness.com/?p=37413 MABC’s Edens says four-year university isn’t for everyone Very few people in the Magnolia State would quibble over the importance of education to the state’s future well-being, progress and prosperity.  As we all know, Mississippi gets too much negative press around the United States when it comes to education. Generally, when it comes to a [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/vocational-education-a-large-part-of-construction-business/feed/ 1 It’s the economy http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/19/it%e2%80%99s-the-economy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=it%25e2%2580%2599s-the-economy http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/19/it%e2%80%99s-the-economy/#comments Sun, 19 Dec 2010 06:00:22 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=34746 Mississippi’s bankers and lenders can’t seem to get out of each other’s way as state appears to be late in the recession and out Late both coming and going — that’s how economists of the future will detail Mississippi’s experience with the Great Recession. While tardy to settle into the economic slump that beset much [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/12/19/it%e2%80%99s-the-economy/feed/ 0 Basu: Key is ‘stimulus, stimulus, stimulus’ http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/14/basu-key-is-%e2%80%98stimulus-stimulus-stimulus%e2%80%99/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=basu-key-is-%25e2%2580%2598stimulus-stimulus-stimulus%25e2%2580%2599 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/14/basu-key-is-%e2%80%98stimulus-stimulus-stimulus%e2%80%99/#comments Sun, 14 Nov 2010 06:00:29 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=33140 With 2011 less than 60 days away, Mississippi’s builders and contractors must get accustomed to a less-than-inspiring prediction for next year’s business climate: ”Less worse but certainly not terrific.” “Less worse” came as close to actual encouragement as economist Anirban Basu could get in a presentation to several hundred members of the Mississippi Associated Builders [...]

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