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Moreno-Bernal promoted

MBJ Staff — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 19:41:02 +0000

Verizon Wireless has named Norma Moreno-Bernal associate director-indirect sales for the Houston/Gulf Coast Region of Verizon Wireless. Moreno-Bernal brings to this position more than 14 years of wireless industry sales experience. She joined Verizon Wireless as field representative-indirect sales in 1997. In her most recent position as district manager-indirect sales for the Houston/Gulf Coast Region’s [...]

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WILLOUGHBY: C Spire’s Hankins adapts style to business

Martin Willoughby — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:13:53 +0000

Leadership theories tend to come and go like fads. However, one of the most enduring leadership concepts has been situational leadership. The Situational Leadership Theory was created in 1969 by Dr. Paul Hersey, the author of “The Situational Leader” and Ken Blanchard, the author of the international best seller “The One Minute Manager.” The theory [...]

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Bourne named president

MBJ Staff — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 06:01:50 +0000

Krista Bourne has been named president-Houston/Gulf Coast Region at Verizon Wireless. She replaces Kay Henze, who was recently named vice president-marketing for the Northeast Area. In this role, Bourne leads more than 2,500 employees and is responsible for directing sales, marketing, operations and financial performance across an area stretching from southeastern Texas along the Gulf [...]

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Good year for C Spire

Stephen McDill — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:03 +0000

It was a double-barrel of news with a kick that stunned the U.S. telecommunications industry. Cellular South, the Ridgeland-based company billed as the nation’s largest private wireless provider, announced in September that it was undergoing a massive corporate makeover. The end result was C Spire Wireless. Analysts saw the name change as signs that the [...]

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MBJ EDITORIAL: Big questions for Kemper County coal plant come down to who knew what and when

MBJ Staff — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 19:29:31 +0000

In May of 2010 we wrote, “For better or worse, the economic future for the next 40 years in southeastern Mississippi will be greatly impacted by the decision of Public Service Commissioner Leonard Bentz. “ Justices with the Mississippi Supreme Court may be asking now how he came to his decision when he changed his [...]

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FBI investigating Southaven mayor Greg Davis

Associated Press — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:54:14 +0000

JACKSON — The FBI has confirmed that it is investigating the mayor of Mississippi’s third largest city who was already ordered by state officials to pay more than $170,000 for travel, stress counseling and other personal expenses billed to taxpayers. >> SEE MBJ COLUMNIST NANCY ANDERSON’S COLUMN ON DAVIS Southaven Mayor Greg Davis had already [...]

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Beef plant trial will lay bare the inner workings of complete institutional failure

Clay Chandler — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:00:33 +0000

Trial set to begin on Dec. 5 Another layer of the beef plant collapse will be peeled back starting Dec. 5 in Hinds County Circuit Court. The state of Mississippi, its now-defunct Land, Water and Timber Board and the Mississippi Development Authority are suing Facility Construction Management Inc. in effort to recoup some or all [...]

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McKinnon-Hicks wins award

MBJ Staff — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:00:30 +0000

Lil McKinnon-Hicks, a Mississippi goldsmith/silversmith and jewelry artist who produces work under the business name of Lil McKH Jewelry, was recently recognized with the circa. URBAN ARTISAN LIVING ’2011 Best Artisan Gift Award’ for best gift item in the $25 – 75 price range. circa., located in the Historic Fondren District of Jackson, features American, [...]

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Q&A: Bo Pentecost, Solve Design Studio, Ridgeland

Amy McCullough — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:00:28 +0000

Working to dispel some of the great myths of our society Bo Pentecost is owner of Solve Design Studio in Ridgeland. He earned a degree in computer art from the University of Mississippi along with minors in business, journalism and music. Pentecost is passionate about design and marketing and serves on the board of the [...]

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SR 9 project incorporates a number of firsts

Wally Northway — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 06:00:28 +0000

At first glance, the State Route 9 reconstruction underway in Northeast Mississippi is simply a road improvement project supporting the new Toyota automobile plant at Blue Springs. However, officials say the project is bigger than even Toyota. In fact, plans for the project were hatched before Toyota announced it was coming to Mississippi. The project [...]

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