
If it weren’t for EXPO the staff at BCI might not have anything to wear. Maybe that’s a stretch, but according to BCI marketing director Wendi Garrison, clothes were one of her company’s many networking success stories to come right out of the Mississippi Business Journal’s Business & Technology EXPO. The event plus the power [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: January 8,2012
Tags: AJA Management & Technical Services, Andy Taggart, Atmos Energy, ATT Mississippi, BancorpSouth, BankPlus, Baptist Health Systems, Butler Snow, Community Bank, Entergy Mississippi, Garrett Enterprises, Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, Grogan & Crews Insurance & Employee Benefits, Health Management Associates Inc., Hederman Brothers Printing, Horne CPA Group, Jackson State University, Knox Ross, Ma, Mangia Bene, Mayo Flynt, Millsaps College, Nissan North America, Nucor Steel, Pelahatchie, People Lease, Reddix Medical Group, Regions Bank, Specialty Metals Supply Inc., St. Dominic Health Services, Taggart Rimes & Usry, TempStaff Inc, Trustmark, University of Mississippi Medical Center
In accordance with the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership by-laws, chairman Paul Moak appointed a nominating committee chaired by Clay Hays. This committee reported their actions to president Duane O’Neill, who in turn is authorized to notify the entire membership of the nominating committee’s report. Candidates to serve a three-year term expiring December 2014 are: Freddie [...] [...]

by Stephen McDill Published: December 11,2011
Tags: Apple, Bill Rayburn, Bomgar Box, Chris Cope, CYBERSPACE, David Moore, David Palmer, Fred Haise, Gary Butler, Gerard Gibert, Hartley Peavey, Hu Meena, iPhone, Jill Beneke, Jim Barksdale, Joe Stratinger, Joel Bomgar, John Palmer, Kelli Booth, Matthew Graves, Mayo Flynt, MBJ, Nuno Goncalves Ferreira, Sage Gerard, science, Stephen Johnston, tech 21, technology, telecom, THE Business, Tom Hinds
Mississippi’s tech scene is on the rise, thanks to flashy successes like Hu Meena’s blockbuster deal with Apple to get the iPhone for C Spire and Joel Bomgar, whose Bomgar Box is taking the world by storm. From Starkville to Ocean Springs, and everywhere in between, here are some of Mississippi’s leaders in the Tech [...] [...]

It’s a call that has the entire U.S. telecommunications industry on hold. The Federal Communications Commission last week stopped the clock on a review of T-Mobile USA’s proposed $39-billion mega-merger with AT&T after an antitrust Senate subcommittee criticized the deal as being anti-consumer and urged that it be blocked. If Washington approves the merger it [...] [...]
JACKSON- Miss. Public Service Commission chairman Brandon Presley discusses his role as a utilities regulator and gives updates on the commission’s recent rulings and initiatives. [...]

Flynt believes Mississippi can compete on any level, anywhere in the world and he can prove it Roger Mayo Flynt, III was not the first in his family to step into the wireless waters. His father, Roger II, worked for BellSouth Corporation for more than 30 years, including as Mississippi president for the “Ma Bell” [...] [...]

Among the most successful and admired companies of the past century, Google rarely makes a move without extreme amounts of fanfare that often borders on chaos. Its latest venture has produced the same result. The tech giant received more than 1,100 responses from cities and town across the U.S., in response to a request [...] [...]
April 1, 2010 – AT&T Mississippi president Mayo Flynt talks about who the best wireless carrier is and his company’s plans for 2010. [...]
March 29, 2010 – AT&T Mississippi president talks with MBJ-TV and the Mississippi Business Journal editorial staff about his return to Mississippi and his role as chairman of the board for the Mississippi Economic Council. [...]
March 27, 2010 – MBJ-TV and the editorial staff of the Mississippi Business Journal visit with AT&T Mississippi president Mayo Flynt. [...]