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More soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are avoiding explosives hidden alongside roadways thanks to detection equipment developed by Vicksburg-based Mav6, a 4-year-old “systems integrator” whose more than 900 percent revenue growth gave it a ranking of 373 for Inc. magazine’s 500 fastest growing private companies nationally.
Mav6 is proving you don’t have to reinvent the wheel [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: September 25,2011
Tags: Bank of America, banking, Citigroup, Citizens Financial Group Inc., Huntington Bancshares Inc., Joe Biden, JP Morgan Chase & Co., Karen Mills, Key Corp, M&T Bank Corp., Merrill Lynch, PNC Bank NA., Regions Bank, Small Business Administration, Sun Trust Banks Inc, TD Bank, US Bank, Wells Fargo
Regions Bank, Wells Fargo and 11 other large banks have committed to increase lending for small businesses by a combined $20 billion over the next three years.
The banks made the announcement at a press conference joined by Vice President Joe Biden and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills
John Asbury, head of Business Services for Regions, [...] [...]
OCEAN SPRINGS — When most people think about a consignment business, they assume it sells used clothing or furniture. But what about cars? For about the past 16 years, Michelle Cox has been selling pre-owned vehicles through her business Gulf Coast Consignment Sales.
Cox says her business in Ocean Springs has remained so popular because people [...] [...]
National economy has more and more people shopping at their local farmers market
In the early part of last decade, the Mississippi Farmers Market had become more commercial than local: vendors were buying produce wholesale and reselling at the market. Other problems plagued the market, as well. The location was in a bad part of town, [...] [...]
Coast stations seeing more fallout than the rest of Mississippi
It is hard to find anyone with a good word for BP these days as the nightmare of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to wash up over the Gulf Coast. But how does that affect the dozens of BP gas station owners in Mississippi?
National news stories [...] [...]
What does the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), better known as the stimulus plan, mean for small businesses in Mississippi? Among the plan’s provisions available to aid small businesses are an increase from 80 to 90 percent in loan guarantees, funding for increased access to broadband, computerized healthcare records and construction projects, investments in [...] [...]
With some people still boycotting Exxon due to the Valdez oil spill in Alaska 21 years ago, certainly there is talk about boycotting BP because of the Deepwater Horizon oil well blowout. But a BP boycott seems to have little support on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.
“We have received e-mails from organizations other than Sierra Club [...] [...]
According to the Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, Mississippi ranks last among the 50 states in small business startups. The index, compiled by the Kauffman Foundation of Kansas City, Mo., is a leading indicator of new business creation in the United States. It uses government data and information from new business owners for its analysis.
“I am [...] [...]
Women’s clothing store is one of the hottest places to shop in Oxford
That Lacey Franklin is the owner of the retail shop Ellie James in Oxford took a little bit of serendipity.
Franklin, 25 and a 2007 journalism graduate from the University of Mississippi, took a part-time job at the Ellie James boutique on the Oxford [...] [...]
Pet crematorium draws clients from three states
Gibson Sims had just settled into his chair after receiving the delivery of five bodies when someone came to his door. It was a client, who had come to pay his bill, and wanted to thank Sims for his handling of the arrangements of a recently-lost family member.
“She was [...] [...]
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