Mississippi Business Journal » Pine Belt http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Spirit in Action honors four Pine Belt residents http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/four-honored-for-spirit/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=four-honored-for-spirit http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/four-honored-for-spirit/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:16:55 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=74885 Four Pine Belt residents were honored for their commitment to caring for the community as winners of the Spirit in Action Awards, presented at the annual Spirit of Women Spring Event. Lynn Gammill has dedicated her entire life to helping make Mississippi and Hattiesburg a better place to live. Just a few examples of her [...]

The post Spirit in Action honors four Pine Belt residents appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/05/16/four-honored-for-spirit/feed/ 0 Academic, business expertise needed in next USM Lott Center chief http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/19/academic-business-expertise-needed-in-new-chief-for-usm-lott-center/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=academic-business-expertise-needed-in-new-chief-for-usm-lott-center http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/19/academic-business-expertise-needed-in-new-chief-for-usm-lott-center/#comments Sun, 19 Aug 2012 06:01:41 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=61384 The University of Southern Mississippi wants the new director of the Trent Lott National Center for Economic Development and Entrepreneurship to have both an academic and business development background. USM is about two weeks into its search for a replacement for Rick Duke, who left his director post in July two years after arriving from [...]

The post Academic, business expertise needed in next USM Lott Center chief appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/08/19/academic-business-expertise-needed-in-new-chief-for-usm-lott-center/feed/ 0 MBJ EDITORIAL: Questions we should ask the new chief of the MDA http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/25/mbj-editorial-questions-we-should-ask-the-new-chief-of-the-mda/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mbj-editorial-questions-we-should-ask-the-new-chief-of-the-mda http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/25/mbj-editorial-questions-we-should-ask-the-new-chief-of-the-mda/#comments Fri, 25 May 2012 12:43:27 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=57649 Last time the State of Mississippi went to Gainesville, Fla., to fill a job, it scored a winner in Dan Mullen, whom Mississippi State University lured away from the University of Florida football coaching staff to be head Bulldog in Starkville. Consecutive wins over Ole Miss and a pair of bowl victories have the folks [...]

The post MBJ EDITORIAL: Questions we should ask the new chief of the MDA appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/25/mbj-editorial-questions-we-should-ask-the-new-chief-of-the-mda/feed/ 0 Read the Feb. 20 issue of MBJ online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/17/read-the-feb-20-issue-of-mbj-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=read-the-feb-20-issue-of-mbj-online http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/17/read-the-feb-20-issue-of-mbj-online/#comments Fri, 17 Feb 2012 06:01:20 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=52555 In this week’s MBJ — High-Tech ‘Garden’ growth: Pine Belt set to harvest high-tech rewards from USM scientific research. By Ted Carter Also in this week’s paper: >> Growing interest: Interest in William Carey’s inaugural Osteopathic class off the chart — by Amy McCullough >> Tax reform stuck in middle of political taffy pull: The [...]

The post Read the Feb. 20 issue of MBJ online appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/17/read-the-feb-20-issue-of-mbj-online/feed/ 0 Beekeeping in Ellisville http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/04/beekeeping-in-ellisville/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beekeeping-in-ellisville http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/04/beekeeping-in-ellisville/#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:57:54 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=25122 ELLISVILLE- MBJ-TV travels to Ellisville for a beekeeping field exercise with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce’s Bureau of Plant Industry.

The post Beekeeping in Ellisville appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/04/beekeeping-in-ellisville/feed/ 0 Healthcare, education, military stirs economy http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/09/healthcare-education-military-stirs-economy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=healthcare-education-military-stirs-economy http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/09/healthcare-education-military-stirs-economy/#comments Sun, 09 May 2010 06:01:08 +0000 Laura Smith http://msbusiness.com/?p=23637 Hattiesburg has been named as one of the top 10 small metro areas in the nation   A strong healthcare system, universities and a military presence have helped economic development in the Hattiesburg area weather the economic downturn. “The Pine Belt has not been completely immune to the economic downturn. However, due to the diversity [...]

The post Healthcare, education, military stirs economy appeared first on Mississippi Business Journal.

]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/09/healthcare-education-military-stirs-economy/feed/ 2