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Small business owners take picture perfect advantages with Instagram

Stephen McDill — Fri, 17 May 2013 20:20:10 +0000

Instagram, a smartphone application that allows users to shoot, edit and publish photos online, was bought last spring by Facebook for $1 billion, and its no small wonder the social media giant was eager to gobble up the technology startup and its dozen employees. Founded by Stanford University alums Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, the [...]

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Banks can assist small businesses with a variety of services, programs

Lynn Lofton — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:17:48 +0000

Banks can be small business owners’ best friends, providing a range of services, advice and a shoulder to lean on. The definition of a small business can vary, depending on how much activity a business runs through a bank, according to Art Stevens, president of retail banking for Trustmark National Bank. “Accounts can trigger based [...]

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October 1, 2012- Chuck McIntosh

Chuck McIntosh — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 16:50:47 +0000

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Every piece is unique at Midnite Pottery

Becky Gillette — Sun, 27 May 2012 06:01:19 +0000

Midnite Pottery got its name because it was started by family members who had full-time jobs, and took up pottery making with a passion that left them often working until midnight or later. “My brother, Dean Webb, started the business,” said Midnite Pottery owner Jennifer Shelton. “He had just taken a pottery lesson. He didn’t [...]

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SBA honors mayor for helping community recover from tornado

MBJ Staff — Wed, 23 May 2012 17:00:32 +0000

SMITHVILLE — A Mississippi mayor who led recovery efforts after a tornado destroyed the entire town has earned a Phoenix Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Mayor Gregg Kennedy of Smithville received the Phoenix Award for Outstanding Contributions to Disaster Recovery by a Public Official. SBA wrote: “When they heard the tornado warning sirens [...]

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Deadline nearing for SBA drought-related disaster loans

MBJ Staff — Wed, 16 May 2012 17:43:20 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Small Business Administration is reminding small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and most private non-profit organizations of all sizes that June 14 is the filing deadline for federal economic injury disaster loans available in Mississippi as a result of the drought and excessive heat that occurred [...]

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DHS presents small business award to Madison Services

MBJ Staff — Sun, 13 May 2012 16:02:29 +0000

MADISON — Madison Services recently received the 2011 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Achievement Award. The award recognizes Madison Services’ outstanding work in support of the FEMA Temporary Housing Mission in Mississippi. Kevin Boshears from DHS Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization noted that the company’s work was conducted on time and under the [...]

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Main Street to unveil new look, plan for Coast business district

MBJ Staff — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 23:22:25 +0000

LONG BEACH — Members of the Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) Economic Development Resource Team will reveal a new look and plans for the central business district of Long Beach April 16. The public presentation will be held at 5:30 p.m. at the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park Campus in the Fleming Education Center, [...]

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Grand opening of Insight Park set for next week

MBJ Staff — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:12:03 +0000

OXFORD — University of Mississippi officials are set to celebrate the grand opening of Insight Park, a world-class research park, at 3 p.m. April 5 on Insight Park Avenue (formerly Hathorn Road). The research park provides a place where technology and research-based companies can work with the university’s research faculty and students to take advantage [...]

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State House passes inventory tax legislation

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:26:59 +0000

JACKSON — Businesses that pay inventory tax would get a financial break under a bill making its way through the Mississippi Legislature, where the issue has stalled in the past several years. Supporters say the plan could spur economic growth by helping small businesses keep more of their own money that they could use to [...]

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