Mississippi Business Journal » Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Mon, 17 Jun 2013 23:49:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 EXPO honors Mississippi’s future http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/expo-honors-mississippis-future/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=expo-honors-mississippis-future http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/expo-honors-mississippis-future/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:05:35 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=72540 The 2013 Mississippi Business Journal Business & Technology EXPO wouldn’t be complete without its annual “Top 40 Under 40” awards luncheon. The popular program was recognized last year for its twentieth year of honoring the state’s young luminaries; the best and the brightest of both the private and public sectors. “It’s always a good class, [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/expo-honors-mississippis-future/feed/ 0 Breakfast recognizes past, present http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/breakfast-recognizes-past-present/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=breakfast-recognizes-past-present http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/breakfast-recognizes-past-present/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:39:31 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=72532 They say breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Combine that with some of the most important women in Mississippi, and you get the 2013 inaugural “50 Leading Business Women” alumni breakfast. The April 4 event is 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. at the Mississippi Trade Mart in Jackson. It will honor past winners [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/03/29/breakfast-recognizes-past-present/feed/ 0 iSad — Jobs’ death affects all http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/16/isad-%e2%80%94-jobs%e2%80%99-death-affects-all/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=isad-%25e2%2580%2594-jobs%25e2%2580%2599-death-affects-all http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/16/isad-%e2%80%94-jobs%e2%80%99-death-affects-all/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:00:19 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=47213 Where were you when Steve Jobs died? I was browsing iTunes when I got a text on my iPhone delivering the sad news. Now I am writing this post on my Power Mac G4. The pundits are comparing the late founder and CEO of Apple Computer to Thomas Edison. Jobs’ friend and longtime colleague Steve [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/16/isad-%e2%80%94-jobs%e2%80%99-death-affects-all/feed/ 0 Making of the Mississippi 100 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/16/making-of-the-mississippi-100/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-of-the-mississippi-100 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/16/making-of-the-mississippi-100/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 06:00:18 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=47204 Back in the early 1990s in an effort to improve the Mississippi 100 ranking of the state’s most successful private companies, a Mississippi Business Journal staffer went to the Eudora Welty Library in Jackson looking for research material. When asked for a good resource of privately held companies in the state, the librarian smiled broadly [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/10/16/making-of-the-mississippi-100/feed/ 0 Cartoons – May 30, 2011 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/29/cartoons-%e2%80%93-may-30-2011/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=cartoons-%25e2%2580%2593-may-30-2011 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/29/cartoons-%e2%80%93-may-30-2011/#comments Sun, 29 May 2011 06:00:04 +0000 For the MBJ http://msbusiness.com/?p=41758

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/05/29/cartoons-%e2%80%93-may-30-2011/feed/ 0 Meet the CEO: Charles Porter of Regions Insurance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/03/meet-the-ceo-charles-porter-of-regions-insurance/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=meet-the-ceo-charles-porter-of-regions-insurance http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/03/meet-the-ceo-charles-porter-of-regions-insurance/#comments Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:53:32 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=25120 RIDGELAND- MBJ-TV discusses the insurance industry with Regions Insurance CEO Charles Porter

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/03/meet-the-ceo-charles-porter-of-regions-insurance/feed/ 0 Barbour: Residue from BP oil spill has reached Petit Bois Island http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/01/barbour-residue-from-bp-oil-spill-has-reached-petit-bois-island/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=barbour-residue-from-bp-oil-spill-has-reached-petit-bois-island http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/01/barbour-residue-from-bp-oil-spill-has-reached-petit-bois-island/#comments Tue, 01 Jun 2010 22:06:49 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=24922 JACKSON- Gov. Haley Barbour announced in a Tuesday afternoon press conference that remnants of the nation’s largest oil spill have reached the Mississippi Barrier Islands. MBJ staff writer Clay Chandler has more about this latest development in the Magnolia Marketplace. See here for related video.

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/06/01/barbour-residue-from-bp-oil-spill-has-reached-petit-bois-island/feed/ 0 Miss. PSC eases Kemper restrictions http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/26/miss-psc-eases-kemper-restrictions/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=miss-psc-eases-kemper-restrictions http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/26/miss-psc-eases-kemper-restrictions/#comments Thu, 27 May 2010 01:12:32 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=24709 JACKSON- The Mississippi Public Service Commission passed another conditional approval of Mississippi Power Company’s $2.4 billion Kemper County clean coal plant, relaxing the financial restrictions imposed in its April order.

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/26/miss-psc-eases-kemper-restrictions/feed/ 1 Mastering Mixed-Use Developments, Part 2 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/19/mastering-mixed-use-developments-part-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mastering-mixed-use-developments-part-2 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/19/mastering-mixed-use-developments-part-2/#comments Thu, 20 May 2010 01:31:45 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=24378 COLUMBUS- Columbus developer Chris Chain talks with MBJ-TV about his company and how it is has transformed old boarded up buildings into residential and retail hot spots from the Golden Triangle to the Gulf Coast.

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/19/mastering-mixed-use-developments-part-2/feed/ 0 Mastering Mixed-Use Developments, Part 1 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/18/mastering-mixed-use-developments-part-1/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mastering-mixed-use-developments-part-1 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/05/18/mastering-mixed-use-developments-part-1/#comments Wed, 19 May 2010 01:19:14 +0000 Stephen McDill http://msbusiness.com/?p=24376 COLUMBUS- Columbus developer Chris Chain talks with MBJ-TV about his company and how it is has transformed old boarded up buildings into residential and retail hot spots from the Golden Triangle to the Gulf Coast.

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