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James Rollins new CEO at BancorpSouth

Associated Press — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:18:30 +0000

TUPELO — James D. Rollins III has been named chief executive officer of BancorpSouth Inc., a financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo. Rollins will succeed Aubrey B. Patterson, BancorpSouth’s current CEO, on Tuesday. The 53-year-old Rollins has served as president and chief operating officer at Prosperity Bancshares, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, since April 2006. [...]

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Bryant criminalizes Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Associated Press — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:53:50 +0000

JACKSON — Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant on Monday signed a law that will put new regulations on the state’s only abortion clinic, starting July 1. The Republican said he’s not bothered by the possibility that the clinic’s owner will sue to try to block the new mandates. “If it closes that clinic, then so be [...]

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FORECLOSURE SETTLEMENT — AG concedes legislators likely to decide where $14.1M goes

Ted Carter — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:01:39 +0000

Mississippi legislators will be the deciders in how to use a $14.2 million direct payment from a $25 billion national mortgage fraud settlement. Attorney General Jim Hood hopes legislators will allocate the money for such things as housing counseling, mortgage-education efforts and for programs to guide victimized homeowners through the settlement process. He concedes, however, [...]

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HOME GROWN ONLY PLEASE — Merchant with a mission sells only products made in America

Becky Gillette — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 06:01:21 +0000

OCEAN SPRINGS – Lynne Bassier and her husband, Joel Bassier, emigrated from South Africa to the U.S. in 2000, bringing only two suitcases each with them at the time. And although Mrs. Bassier wasn’t born in the U.S., this is a merchant with a mission to help employment and the economy of the country she [...]

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Mississippi included in Michael Foods egg recall list

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:15:29 +0000

MINNETONKA, Minn. — A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination. Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use in 34 states. The eggs carry six brand names: Columbia Valley Farms, GFS, Glenview Farms, Papetti’s, [...]

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Crop insurance rates skyrocket after summer floods

Associated Press — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 11:52:18 +0000

Midwestern farmers who saw their land swamped by summer flooding may be socked again with steep increases in their crop insurance premiums, the expensive result of the failure to fix broken levees before the winter snow and next spring’s rains. The Missouri River rose to record levels this year after the U.S. Army Corps of [...]

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Feds assess sites for renewable energy potential

Associated Press — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 14:19:31 +0000

Determining the potential of former landfills, brownfields and Superfund sites around the country to host solar panels and other renewable energy projects is the focus of a new assessment federal researchers announced Friday. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Colorado plan to spend the next year to 18 months [...]

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Tornado victims often uninsured

Associated Press — Thu, 26 May 2011 15:48:33 +0000

The regions that most need insurance after tornadoes are often the exact places that don't have much of it.

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