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Don’t miss a pitch at MSU games; order concessions from your smart phone

Frank Brown — Thu, 16 May 2013 20:39:50 +0000

Two recent Mississippi State graduates have found a way to “keep fans in the game” so they don’t miss crucial moments of play while waiting in concession lines. This baseball season at the university’s Dudy Noble Field/Polk-Dement Stadium has been the inaugural season for SportSnax, a company that claims “waiting in line is old school.” [...]

Ag Department offering farmers help with safe produce certification

Ted Carter — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 20:09:10 +0000

Mississippi vegetable and fruit growers who want to reap the benefits of the nation’s growing appetite for fresh produce need to show they use safe and sanitary harvesting and crop handling practices. The industry standard is U.S. Department of Agriculture certification through Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Good Handling Practices (GHP) audits. The testing certifies [...]

Rooster’s holding food & music benefit Sunday for slain detective’s family

Ted Carter — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 17:26:11 +0000

Rooster’s Restaurant in Fondren will hold a benefit Sunday for the family of late Jackson Police Detective Eric Smith, who was slain by a homicide suspect at police headquarters April 4. The fundraising event will be Sunday from 11a.m. to 5 p.m. Nathan Glenn, owner of the restaurant at 2906 N. State St., says plates [...]

2014 to bring new push for required financial literacy instruction

Ted Carter — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:20:49 +0000

There’s always next year, says Mississippi Treasurer Lynn Fitch of her campaign to require financial literacy training in the state’s public schools. The effort gained easy passage in the House but failed to get a vote in the Senate, a circumstance she thinks could be related to a misconception that financial literacy is already widely [...]

MEC’s annual meeting to put focus on car making, defense contracting

Ted Carter — Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:15:51 +0000

Updates on two of Mississippi’s main economic drivers – car manufacturing and defense contracting – will highlight the Mississippi Economic Council’s annual meeting Thursday in a gathering at the Jackson Convention Complex. The event’s luncheon includes remarks from Gov. Phil Bryant and Maj. Gen. Augustus Collins, commander of the state’s National Guard and Air Guard. [...]

MBJ’s Business & Technology EXPO celebrates 30 years with big bump in exhibitors

Ted Carter — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 16:55:43 +0000

Nearly 100 Mississippi businesses showcased their products and services Thursday at the Mississippi Business Journal’s Business & Technology EXPO, the state’s largest business-to-business networking event. Visitors filled the exhibition aisles at the Mississippi Trade Mart throughout the daylong EXPO which reached its 30-year milestone this year with a 20 percent increase in exhibitors over last [...]

Openings remain for Entrepreneur Academy in Natchez

Frank Brown — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 18:09:56 +0000

For anyone who has the dream of opening their own business, or wants to improve their current small business, a few openings are still available for the upcoming Entrepreneur Academy in Natchez. The Entrepreneur Academy is a combined effort among Alcorn State University, Natchez, Inc., and the Mississippi Development Authority. The three-month program begins April [...]

SBA, AARP to present entrepreneur business forum on Gulf Coast

Frank Brown — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 16:25:12 +0000

The Small Business Administration’s Mississippi District Office and Mississippi AARP will host an Encore Entrepreneur Business Forum from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on April 17 at the Westside Community Center, 4006 8th St. in Gulfport. The free event is targeted at entrepreneurs 50 and over to provide these “encore entrepreneurs” with resources to start or [...]

White House shows new flexibility on Medicaid expansion options

Ted Carter — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:42:38 +0000

The White House is encouraging skeptical state officials to expand Medicaid by subsidizing the purchase of private insurance for low-income people, even though that approach might be somewhat more expensive, federal and state officials say. Ohio and Arkansas are negotiating with the Obama administration over plans to use federal Medicaid money to pay premiums for [...]

Sequester could ground subsidized commercial service to state’s regional airports

Ted Carter — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:02:29 +0000

Air travelers accustomed to catching Silver Airways flights out of Hattiesburg, Meridian, Greenville and Tupelo may soon have to rethink their travel plans. As with a series of other disruptions occurring at airports large and small around the country, the culprit is the federal budget sequester, a series of across-the-board cuts brought about by the [...]