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Browse through the May 3rd digital edition

MBJ Staff — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:29:53 +0000

In this week’s edition of the MBJ, we look at upcoming hearings on military base closures around the country and how that might impact Mississippi. Read about that and much more … including: » Tornado recovery in Hattiesburg and at Southern Miss » Fierce competition changes the face of Southern Gaming Summit » Grisham sequel [...]

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Nissan is set to manufacture Sentra in Mississippi plant

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 18:53:23 +0000

CANTON — Nissan will start making the Sentra sedan in December at its plant in Canton, company officials said Thursday. The Japanese automaker will hire another 1,000 workers at the plant north of Jackson, bringing its worker total to nearly 5,000. The Sentra will be the seventh model produced at the plant, along with the [...]

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Chuck McIntosh – June 18, 2012

Chuck McIntosh — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 06:00:28 +0000

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Ricky Nobile – June 11, 2012

Ricky Nobile — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 06:01:14 +0000

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MBJ Editorial: UAW foothold in Mississippi would be bad for business

MBJ Staff — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 14:35:55 +0000

Congressman Bennie Thompson held a news conference recently to say he supports workers’ rights for a union. Well, we support that right, too. But that doesn’t mean it will be a good thing for all of Mississippi if the United Auto Workers convinces folks to start a union at the Nissan auto plant in Canton. [...]

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Union eyed by workers at Canton’s Nissan auto plant

Associated Press — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 12:45:00 +0000

CANTON — Elected officials and Nissan workers gathered in Canton over the weekend to discuss what it would take to establish a labor union at the plant. Congressman Bennie Thompson called a news conference Sunday to say he supports workers’ right to form a union. >> RELATED: Poll Question Employees said they approached the United [...]

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Trained workforce biggest challenge for state’s manufacturers

Lynn Lofton — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:01:27 +0000

A report card on the state of manufacturing in Mississippi includes the following facts, according to Jay Moon, executive director of the Mississippi Manufacturers Association: Manufacturing is holding steady with 12 percent of the state’s workforce employed in that sector. For every direct job in manufacturing, there are another two or three jobs that support [...]

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Eminent Domain: Good Business… or Bad?

Stephen McDill — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 08:31:50 +0000

Eminent domain remains a hotbed of discussion in the Mississippi business community. MBJ staff writers Ted Carter and Stephen McDill interview NFIB state director Ron Aldridge and Parkway Properties chairman and interim MDA director Leland Speed. PART 1 PART 2 PART 3

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MBJ Editorial: Jobs and eminent domain … letting fear strike us out

MBJ Staff — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 06:00:47 +0000

Economic development recruiters don’t use brass knuckles when they fight to get a big employer to come to their state. But they probably would if they could. That is the kind of pier six brawl recruiters walk into at the start of every economic development competition. The last one standing walks away with the deal [...]

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Jay Moon Q&A, Part 1

Stephen McDill — Mon, 27 Jun 2011 19:44:14 +0000

JACKSON- MBJ-TV interview with Mississippi Manufacturers Association director Jay Moon.

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