
by Becky Gillette Published: January 31,2013
Tags: 38 Studios, Amory, Arkansas, Arkansas Democrat Gazette, Arkansas Teachers Retirement System, Bethlehem Steel, Birmingham Steel Corp, Boston Red Sox, Bradford Research Inc., Calisolar, Charles Bradford, Clif Chitwood, Columbus, Columbus Commercial Dispatch, Curt Schilling, economic development, George Hopkins, Good Jobs First, Greg LeRoy, Harry Sanders, John Correnti, Lowndes County, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, New York, Nucor Corporation, Rhode Island, Silicor, ThyssenKrupp
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. Tuesday Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe announced that Correnti’s Big River Steel [...] [...]
NEW YORK — Americans get too many calories from soda. But what about alcohol? It turns out adults get almost as many empty calories from booze as from soft drinks, a government study found. Soda and other sweetened drinks — the focus of obesity-fighting public health campaigns — are the source of about 6 percent [...] [...]
The economic damage from Sandy, which meteorologists and scientists dubbed “Frankenstorm” before and during her strike on the Northeastern U.S. last week, will likely take months to calculate. Mississippi State University economists said that, like the storm surge in Manhattan and along the Jersey Shore, Sandy’s financial impact could be historic. Part of that will [...] [...]

by Becky Gillette Published: February 26,2012
Tags: ABC News, Atlanta, Bully Tools, Diane Sawyer, F.A.B. America, FEMA, For America by American, Hurricane Katrina, Indiana, Joel Bassier, Lynne Bassier, Maine, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ocean Springs Mississippi, Ohio, Rada Cutlery, South Africa, Tolerance Americanism and Patriotism, Walmart
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 [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 5,2011
Tags: Aerojet General Corp., Arizona, biomass, brownfields, California, Chevron Corp., Chicago, Chino Mine, Colorado, Delaware, Deming, energy, Exelon City, Gail Mosey, Georgia, geothermal, Grant County, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, RE-Powering America's Land Initiative, Sacramento County, senior energy analyst, solar, Superfund sites, transmission lines, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, utility support, Vermont, Washington, wind
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 [...] [...]