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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...Recent trends may threaten coaching diversity in college athletics
Saturday, May 19, 2012
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...Warren Buffett is investing in newspapers …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Here is some interesting news involving the future of newspapers … Why Warren Buffett Really Likes Newspapers By Devin Leonard on May 17, 2012 When Warren Buffett announced that his company, Berkshire Hathaway, was buying 63 newspapers from Media General on May 17, he issued a soaring statement about his belief in a beaten-down [...]
Continue reading...New president to be named at Delta State University
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Delta State University will get a new president after Dec. 31. Current president Dr. John Hilpert announced Thursday he will be leaving Cleveland, effective Dec. 31. There has been no announcement of a successor.
Continue reading...Ingalls awarded $133.7 million for Amphibious Dock LPD 27
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
PASCAGOULA — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $133.7 million, cost-plus-fixed-fee advance procurement contract modification from the U.S. Navy to provide long lead time materials for LPD 27, the 11th amphibious transport dock of the San Antonio (LPD 17) class. The funds awarded to Ingalls will be [...]
Continue reading...MSU sustainability leader Jeremiah Dumas receives TVA ‘pioneer’ honor
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State’s work to achieve a “greener” campus, as well as efforts of the university’s sustainability coordinator, are being recognized by the Tennessee Valley Authority. Jeremiah Dumas recently was named a “Campus Sustainability Pioneer” by TVA and the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy as part of the Green Power Switch Leadership Awards recognition [...]
Continue reading...Livingston Farmers Market launches its second season on May 17
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Livingston Farmers Market will commence for its second summer season at 4 p.m. on Thursday at the Town of Livingston location at the corner of Highways 463 and 22 and every Thursday after that through Oct. 4. This Thursday, Mississippi artist Ellen Langford will be at the market with her palette of paints, an easel [...]
Continue reading...STODDER: Natural gas vehicles, like Toyota Prius, face chicken-and-egg syndrome
Friday, May 4, 2012
While the push is under way in some states to provide roadside battery-charging for the thousands of electric cars on the highways, another alternative, the natural-gas-powered vehicle, mostly sits idle. Anyone who has watched television in the past decade knows about the Chevy Volt and hybrids like the Ford Fusion or the Toyota Prius. But [...]
Continue reading...Yuki Northington to star in “HGTV Design Star”
Friday, May 4, 2012
Gulf Coast businesswoman Yuki Northington, a celebrated artist and owner of the Social Chair boutique in Bay St. Louis, will star in the upcoming next season of “HGTV Design Star.” Since 2006, the reality competition show has highlighted talented interior designers, stylists and artists as they compete to win their own HGTV show. The 12 [...]
Continue reading...Opinion: Economic development can be a dirty word
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
In the wake of the Mississippi Business Journal story this week that Mississippi and 28 other states are making no effort to determine the true returns their states are gaining from tax incentives granted businesses in exchange for promises of jobs and capital investments, it’s important to remember if you google “economic development benefits,” you’ll [...]
Continue reading...- Regions sets debit card fees in bid to offset revenue losses
- Public retirement system study panel urges cost-of-living freeze
- Mississippi Medical Association: 'Personhood' initiative worries physicians
- Are you in poverty if you have an Xbox?
- Cellular South changes name to C Spire Wireless
- (In)justice court?
- CARTER: S.C.’s DeMint tells veterans they don’t deserve job help
- *update* MVSU votes to oust its president
- Incentives part of bid to keep Sears at Metrocenter
- Don’t believe everything you read in the ‘NY Times’
- Cindie Christoffer: hmmmm...
- Leone Royalty: Look, I'm not gonna say that I even think that the...
- NGV Solutions: When you research the supply chain for CNG fueling...
- PA Natural Gas: I also read that Hertz is allowing customers to re...
- RNButler: Because every state has a population of Single Mom...
- Creative economy caught on camera
- Repo man’s delight: Mississippi tops in tardy car payments
- Mississippi affiliates help Habitat become nation’s 6th largest builder
- Vermont takes symbolic stand with first fracking ban
- Recent trends may threaten coaching diversity in college athletics
- Toyota adding 125 jobs at Huntsville, Ala., engine plant
- Warren Buffett is investing in newspapers …
- New president to be named at Delta State University
- Companies in search of venture capital enter ‘Shark Tank’ Tuesday
- Where you @?
Monday, May 21, 2012
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