by Associated Press Published: November 26,2012
Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, BancorpSouth, banking, Florida, James Rollins, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas
TUPELO — James D. Rollins III has been named chief executive officer of BancorpSouth Inc., a financial holding company headquartered in Tupelo. Rollins will succeed Aubrey B. Patterson, BancorpSouth’s current CEO, on Tuesday. The 53-year-old Rollins has served as president and chief operating officer at Prosperity Bancshares, Inc., headquartered in Houston, Texas, since April 2006. [...] [...]
NEW YORK — Entergy Corp.’s net income rose 16 percent in the second quarter after the power company received favorable tax terms on financing costs for fixing damage to lines and equipment caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The increase also reflected stronger sales to Entergy’s utility customers. The New Orleans-based company reported Tuesday that [...] [...]
WASHINGTON — Oil giant BP is paying $5.4 million to settle claims that some of its contractors refused to hire women to help clean up the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission says the agreement with BP Exploration & Production Inc. covers female workers in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 17,2012
Tags: abortion, Arizona, Gov. Phil Bryant, Groundhog Day, Illegal immigration, Legislature, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, republican, Senate, South Carolina, Texas, U.S. Justice Department
JACKSON — The Mississippi Legislature is moving to the end of its 2012 session, and interest groups are being reminded of a universal truth in politics: You can’t always get what you want. People who say the U.S. borders are too porous were upset when an immigration-enforcement died in a Senate committee, after passing the [...] [...]
by Clay Chandler Published: February 26,2012
Tags: agriculture, Austin, Breck Hines, CNN, CNNMoney.com, Darrah Horgan, Duckworth Realty, Eastover, Guy Boyll III, Highland Village, JACKSON, John Mackey, Luke Lundemo, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Old Canton Road, Portland Oregon, Rainbow Natural Grocery Cooperative, Texas, The District Land Development Company, Whole Foods, Whole Foods Effect
Not quite a year ago, the folks who operate Highland Village got a phone call that brought some very good news for the shopping center in Northeast Jackson. On the line were officials from Austin, Texas-based Whole Foods Market, which sits at the top of the A-list of health food grocers. Whole Foods had decided [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Columbia Valley Farms, Florida, Georgia, GFS, Glenview Farms, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michael Foods, Michigan, Minnesota, Minnetonka, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Papetti's, Pennsylvania, Silverbrook, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Utah, Wakefield, Washington, Wholesome Farms, Wisconsin
MINNETONKA, Minn. — A Minnesota food company is widening its recall of hard-cooked eggs because of a potential for listeria contamination. Michael Foods, of Minnetonka, is recalling eggs in brine sold in 10- and 25-pound pails for institutional use in 34 states. The eggs carry six brand names: Columbia Valley Farms, GFS, Glenview Farms, Papetti’s, [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Artis Capital Management, Biofuels Digest, CNBC, Columbus Mississippi, Fred Cannon, Frontier Capital Management Company, Gov. Haley Barbour, KIOR, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Technology Alliance, NASDAQ, Newton County, Pointe Innovation, Securities and Exchange Commission, Strategic Biomass Solutions, Sumesh Arora, Texas, Vinod Khosla, William Blair & Company
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 [...] [...]
by Amy McCullough Published: February 3,2012
Tags: American truffles, Bailey's Irish Cream, caramel popcorn, chocolate-covered strawberries, chocolates, divinity, English toffee, fudge, Houston, JACKSON, Kansas, Maraschino cherries, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mr. Kegg, Nancy King, Nandy's Candy, pralines, Texas, truffles, Valentine's Day
To open the door of Nandy’s Candy in Jackson is to beoverwhelmed with the smell of real chocolate. Rich, dark, velvety chocolate. Not the overly sugared, artificially flavored, cheap disappointment. Nandy’s is the real deal. Display cases filled with American truffles, amaretto truffles, Bailey’s Irish cream, walnut clusters, pecan, cashew and almond clusters, marzipan, chocolate [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: December 18,2011
Tags: agriculture, Bryant-College Station, chickens, commodities, Coyt West, farming, Hazlehurst, Laurel, McComb, Mississippi Poultry Association, Mississippi State University, MSU, poultry, Sanderson Farms, soybeans, STARKVILLE, Texas
Fifty-one years after graduating from Mississippi State University, Coyt “Bud” West returned to his alma mater to be honored by the industry he served. On Nov. 17, West’s colleagues, friends, family, and MSU faculty and administration gathered at the university’s poultry science building to honor West as he was inducted into the Mississippi Poultry Association’s [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: December 5,2011
Tags: Alabama, Iowa, ITC Holdings Corp., Joseph L. Welch, Louisiana, Michigan, Mississippi, New Orleans, Rnterrgy, Texas
Utility holding company Entergy Corp. plans to spin off its electric transmission business and merge it into ITC Holdings Corp., which operates power transmission lines in the Midwest. Entergy, based in New Orleans, said Monday that it will receive about $1.78 billion in cash, and its stockholders will receive shares of a new company created [...] [...]
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