Creative economy caught on camera
You’ve heard the term “creative economy,” right? Where entrepreneurs with some talent or skill use it to manufacture a unique product or service. I get to see a lot of that producing videos for MBJ-TV. I’ve included a few recent stories below. Just a few creatives growing their small businesses. No economic developers, no lobbyists- [...]
Continue reading...23. May 2012
Repo man’s delight: Mississippi tops in tardy car payments
Here’s a dubious list that Mississippi leads: Late car payments. The list by credit reporting agency TransUnion is sure to bring anguish to lenders and joy to repo men. TransUnion says an analysis found that Mississippi had the highest auto loan delinquency rate nationwide, with 0.77 percent at the end of the first quarter. This [...]
Continue reading...21. May 2012
Mississippi affiliates help Habitat become nation’s 6th largest builder
Habitat for Humanity affiliates in Mississippi built or fixed up 188 homes in 2011, helping to make Habitat the nation’s sixth largest homebuilder. The Christian-based organization has 40 affiliates in the state and more than 1,500 nationally. “I am profoundly impressed by the ongoing faithfulness, ingenuity and hard work of our affiliates,” said Trey Jones, [...]
Continue reading...21. May 2012
Vermont takes symbolic stand with first fracking ban
If the much-hyped dream of U.S. energy independence must involve hydraulic fracturing (also known as fracking) to extract natural gas from shale deposits deep underneath the surface of the earth, the State of Vermont wants no part of it. Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a law May 16 banning fracking, a practice that involves injecting [...]
Continue reading...19. May 2012
Recent trends may threaten coaching diversity in college athletics
By DAVID BRANDT, The Associated Press College basketball has long been dominated by African-Americans on the court. The same can’t be said for the sidelines. And the numbers of minority coaches aren’t getting much better — they’re stagnant or even declining at the Division I level. George Mason coach Paul Hewitt — who also [...]
Continue reading...18. May 2012
Toyota adding 125 jobs at Huntsville, Ala., engine plant
Toyota plans to expand its Huntsville, Ala., engine production facility by investing an additional $80 million and adding at least 125 new jobs, the company announced Friday. The expansion will bring total investment at Toyota’s Alabama plant to more than $700 million and the total number of jobs to more than 1,150. By spring of [...]
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