Mississippi Business Journal » veterans http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Fri, 17 May 2013 22:01:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Associate director at VA hospital arrested for prescription drug fraud http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/28/associate-director-at-va-hospital-arrested-for-prescription-drug-fraud/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=associate-director-at-va-hospital-arrested-for-prescription-drug-fraud http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/28/associate-director-at-va-hospital-arrested-for-prescription-drug-fraud/#comments Mon, 28 May 2012 16:11:06 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=57695 JACKSON — An associate director at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Mississippi has been arrested and charged with prescription fraud as part of an ongoing investigation, authorities said Thursday. Dorothy White-Taylor, 59, the associate director of patient care services at the G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery VA Medical Center in Jackson, was arrested Tuesday and released on [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/05/28/associate-director-at-va-hospital-arrested-for-prescription-drug-fraud/feed/ 1 GE to open plants, hire 5,000 veterans http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/13/ge-to-open-plants-hire-5000-veterans/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ge-to-open-plants-hire-5000-veterans http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/13/ge-to-open-plants-hire-5000-veterans/#comments Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:01:59 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=52377 ELLISVILLE — General Electric Co. plans to hire 5,000 veterans over the next five years and invest $580 million to expand its aviation business. The announcements today were part of a four-day event that the global conglomerate is hosting with partners in Washington, D.C., that focuses on issues such as manufacturing and job creation in [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2012/02/13/ge-to-open-plants-hire-5000-veterans/feed/ 0 Biloxi VA completes largest-ever expansion http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/19/biloxi-va-completes-largest-ever-expansion/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=biloxi-va-completes-largest-ever-expansion http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/19/biloxi-va-completes-largest-ever-expansion/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 18:22:05 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=49850 BILOXI — A crowd of veterans and their supporters were on hand when the Biloxi Veterans Affairs medical care facility marked the completion of five new buildings and other improvements with a dedication ceremony. WLOX television reports that the expansion was the largest in the history of the Biloxi VA. The $310 million improvement project [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/12/19/biloxi-va-completes-largest-ever-expansion/feed/ 0 Division, district recognized for small business program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/division-district-recognized-for-small-business-program/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=division-district-recognized-for-small-business-program http://msbusiness.com/blog/2011/02/27/division-district-recognized-for-small-business-program/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:27:13 +0000 Wally Northway http://msbusiness.com/?p=37592 VICKSBURG — The Chief of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Lieutenant General (LTG) Robert Van Antwerp, recently recognized the Mississippi Valley Division and the Vicksburg District for their significant contributions to the Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Program (SDVOSB). The SDVOSB is a Department of Defense program to assist small businesses that are [...]

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