Here’s proof that things can seem horribly bad one week and just peachy the next. On March 18, employees of the Mississippi Department of Revenue endured the ear-splitting sound of a hail onslaught banging on a tin roof and aluminum walls. Seven days later, they heard the wonderful words they’ve awaited for nearly two decades: [...] [...]
WINNING Clinton snags Department of Revenue for old WorldCom site by Ted Carter SEMISOUTH CLOSES Starkville semiconductor company terminates operations by Wally Northway BEER After months of successful lobbying for brewing freedom, Raise Your Pints changes focus by Clay Chandler BIG GOSPEL Blackberry Records executive and entertainment lawyer talk about the past and future of gospel [...] [...]
Aggressive last-minute price cutting did the trick for Clinton’s South Pointe Business Park in the competition to become the new home of the Mississippi Department of Revenue, the state says. The selection came down to price, with representatives of the former WorldCom headquarters presenting a lease offer too attractive to pass up, said Kevin Upchurch, [...] [...]
Clinton Mayor Rosemary Aultman very much wants the Mississippi Department of Revenue to move its headquarters to the former WorldCom headquarters, now South Pointe Business Park. What Aultman says she doesn’t want, however, is for legislative politics to decide the outcome. If the DOR moves to Clinton’s South Pointe, she wants her town to win [...] [...]
Whiplash could be a consequence of watching recent action in the Legislature to determine the next home of the Mississippi Department of Revenue. The day before a bill to put the DOR headquarters in downtown Jackson’s Landmark Center via a purchase passed the Senate on a 48-2 vote, House Speaker Philip Gunn successfully pushed a [...] [...]
The building owner who wins the upcoming competition to lease 175,000 square feet to the Mississippi Department of Revenue must be willing to spend tens of millions of dollars to ready the building. And the owner must also be willing to move quickly to have the building ready for the DOR to move into by [...] [...]
A tug-of-war between two major office properties could occur in the 2013 legislative session as the Landmark Center and South Pointe vie to become the new headquarters of the Mississippi Department of Revenue. Both buildings will lose major tenants in the next few months and look to rebound by securing a long-term lease for several [...] [...]
T.J. McSparrin at the Clinton Chamber had a to do-list last Thursday morning that included a call to Automatic Data Processing, better known as ADP. Time to pitch the company on renewing its Chamber membership. You may want to scratch that from your list, I told her. ADP would soon be on a midnight train [...] [...]
At the 10th anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) that was passed by Congress after the Enron and WorldCom accounting scandals, Congress is considering modifications to the act. Still being debated is whether the act went far enough — or too far. Some pro business organizations have said the most damaging thing about the Enron [...] [...]
by Martin Willoughby Published: February 12,2012
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Leading up to Super Bowl XLVI, we heard a lot about Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis being the host facility. Lucas Oil, founded by Indiana native Forrest Lucas, is obviously committed to its community. The company paid $120 million for the naming rights to the stadium in 2006 for a twenty year period. As I [...] [...]
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