Mississippi Business Journal » Randy Burchfield http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:02:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Refinance activity strong in state as people take advantage of record low rates http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/03/refinance-activity-strong-in-state-as-people-take-advantage-of-record-low-rates/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=refinance-activity-strong-in-state-as-people-take-advantage-of-record-low-rates http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/06/03/refinance-activity-strong-in-state-as-people-take-advantage-of-record-low-rates/#comments Sun, 03 Jun 2012 06:01:02 +0000 Becky Gillette http://msbusiness.com/?p=57981 The flip side of the housing bubble burst is that interest rates are as low as people are likely to see in their lifetimes. That combined with the government’s HARP II program to help distressed homeowners stay in their homes are reducing mortgage amounts, and contributing to increased revenues at banks. Regions Bank chief financial [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/04/01/between-the-aisles/feed/ 0 Main Street Matters kicks off with development goal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/21/main-street-matters-kicks-off-with-development-goal/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=main-street-matters-kicks-off-with-development-goal http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/11/21/main-street-matters-kicks-off-with-development-goal/#comments Sun, 21 Nov 2010 06:00:43 +0000 Ted Carter http://msbusiness.com/?p=33678 Effort enlists business leaders to bring more industry and tourism to Main Street communities The Mississippi Main Street Association has launched a five-year economic and community development program for the State of Mississippi dubbed “Main Street Matters.” The initiative to underwrite the effort grew out of ideas and suggestions from nearly 100 business leaders over [...]

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