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Tire executives say plant needed to meet global demand

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:04:40 +0000

WEST POINT — Executives with Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. say they will build a new tire plant in Mississippi because they see a global supply shortage for tires. State and company officials gathered Monday at the Ritz Theater & Conference Center in West Point to celebrate the company’s plans to build a factory. Later, Gov. [...]

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Four injured when SUV crashes through doctor’s office

Associated Press — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 11:57:16 +0000

OCEAN SPRINGS — Four people were taken to the hospital after the driver of an SUV drove through a doctor’s office in Ocean Springs. Office administrator Donna Heitzman tells The Sun Herald at about 9:30 a.m. yesterday a man drove his Jeep Cherokee through the wall of Ocean Springs Internal Medicine. Heitzman says four people, [...]

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Automaker’s workforce to get pay raise this fall

Associated Press — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:16:23 +0000

CANTON — Nissan Motor Co. will raise pay for its employees in Mississippi and Tennessee. The company has told its employees it will increase their wages starting in October at its Canton and Smyrna, Tenn., assembly plants, as well as its Decherd, Tenn., engine plant. Nissan says pay will go up by 55 cents an [...]

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Va. gubernatorial candidate ‘quietly’ resigned from GreenTech

Associated Press — Mon, 08 Apr 2013 12:05:14 +0000

HORN LAKE — Democratic Virginia gubernatorial nominee Terry McAuliffe quietly gave up his position as chairman of a company that makes small electric cars in December, but never announced his departure. The former Democratic National Committee chairman’s exit from GreenTech Automotive under growing media scrutiny was first reported by Politico. McAuliffe’s campaign never disclosed his [...]

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Insurers see more than 40,000 hailstorm claims; Chaney expects more

MBJ Staff — Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:43:50 +0000

METRO JACKSON — Mississippi’s major insurance carriers have reported to the Mississippi Insurance Department that as of late March they have received over 40,000 homeowner and automobile damage claims as a result of the March 18 hailstorm that hit Jackson and the surrounding area. They have paid out over $25 million in claims, according to [...]

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Legislators discussing bonds for Nissan or supplier

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:31:18 +0000

CANTON —-Mississippi lawmakers are considering giving a Madison County development agency $100 million in bonding capacity that would be used to construct buildings for Nissan Motor Co. or a supplier of the automaker. The Madison County Economic Development Authority would issue the taxable industrial development bonds, which the occupant would repay. Officials say that creditors [...]

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Insurers setting up in Fairgrounds to meet post-storm demand

MBJ Staff — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:43:52 +0000

JACKSON — Due to the large volume of auto claims being filed following last Monday’s hailstorm, the Mississippi Insurance Department has arranged for insurance companies to use the Mississippi State Fairgrounds as additional damage inspection stations. These sites will be in addition to the multiple locations companies have set up across the area to inspect [...]

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Eighteen counties, state agencies see damage from storm

MBJ Staff — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:19:35 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency and other state agencies continue to assess damages from severe weather that moved through the state Monday, bringing damaging winds and large hail. Seven state agencies, including MEMA, have reported damage. They are: • MEMA: Damage to 34 fleet vehicles, satellite radio communication systems, additional response equipment [...]

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University, steelmaker strike new R&D partnership

MBJ Staff — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:38:43 +0000

STARKVILLE —Mississippi State University and steelmaker Severstal North America (SNA) has established a research partnership aimed at helping grow the region’s high-tech manufacturing economy and foster national and international participation in ferrous alloy education and development. MSU’s Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems and SNA recently launched the Steel Research Center to establish and operate a [...]

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Choctaws to break ground on vehicle maintenance facility

Associated Press — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 13:19:20 +0000

PHILADELPHIA — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is scheduled to break ground tomorrow for a vehicle maintenance facility to serve the East Mississippi area. Tribal Chief Phyliss J. Anderson and Central District Transportation Commissioner Dick Hall are scheduled to speak at the event. Officials say once complete, the Choctaw Transit Authority could provide services [...]

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