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Mild temps reduce electricity sales for TVA

Associated Press — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:09:58 +0000

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority said a mild winter so far has reduced electricity sales by 5 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year and will cause the utility to reconsider expenditures for the rest of the year. The utility said in a news release on Friday that its first quarterly [...]

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ANALYSIS — Mississippi has big money invested in KiOR’s financially challenged project

Amy McCullough — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:01:02 +0000

The eyes of the international renewable-fuels community are fixed on KiOR (NASDAQ:KIOR), a Texas-based company in which Mississippi has a large stake — specifically a $75 million interest-free loan administered by the Mississippi Development Authority. KiOR plans to build five plants in Mississippi that should convert wood chips to renewable crude through a process called [...]

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The World-Changer: Steve Jobs knew what we wanted

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:07:20 +0000

CUPERTINO, Calif. — In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker — eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It’s as if he’s on his first date with an entire generation of consumers. And, in a way, he is. It is Jan. 24, 1984, and a young [...]

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Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:50:38 +0000

NAME: Steven Paul Jobs BORN: Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco DIED: Wednesday at 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. EDUCATION: Graduated from high school in 1972 and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after six months. FAMILY: Wife, Laurene Powell; their three children, Reed Paul, Erin Sienna [...]

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Mallory carrying out 3-year-old agreement to retire as Cadence Bank CEO & chairman

Ted Carter — Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:00:07 +0000

By Ted Carter The early March closing of an acquisition by Houston banking investment company Community Bancorp LLC will mark the end of Cadence Financial Corp. Chairman & CEO Lewis Mallory Jr.’s 47 years with the Starkville-based regional bank. Mark Abernathy, Cadence’s president, is expected to be elected CEO and Paul B. Murphy Jr., Community [...]

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Renasant Files with SEC

MBJ Newswires — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:40:50 +0000

TUPELO — Renasant Corporation has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The shelf registration statement, once the SEC declares it effective, will allow the company to raise capital from time to time, up to an aggregate of $150 million, through the sale of common or preferred [...]

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