MADISON — Accounting firm Carr, Riggs & Ingram (CRI) continues to expand its Southern footprint. BowenPhillips LLP, an accounting firm in South Georgia with locations in Tifton and Valdosta, has joined the ranks of CRI.
With this merger, CRI has 30 locations strong with more than 700 professionals.
William H. Carr, chairman and managing partner of [...] [...]
by MBJ Staff Published: February 6,2012
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. will hold a special meeting of shareholders at Winn-Dixie’s headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla., March 9.
The purpose of the meeting will be to, among other things, consider and vote on a proposal to approve the previously announced agreement and plan of merger, dated as of Dec. 16, 2011, pursuant to [...] [...]
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The supermarket chain Winn-Dixie is being sold for $560 million to Bi-Lo LLC, the companies said today, creating a large grocery operator in the South.
The combined company will have about 690 stores and 63,000 workers in eight states in the southern U.S. Winn-Dixie Stores Inc. will become a privately held subsidiary and [...] [...]
Profits of Mississippi banks held more firmly at the outset of the nationwide banking crisis in December 2008, but today banks outside of Mississippi are out-performing those in the Magnolia State.
The good news, according to banking consultant Brandon Roberts, is that earnings appear to have reached the bottom for the nation and Mississippi and are [...] [...]
STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University’s Entrepreneurship Center and Office of Technology Commercialization now are merged in a move designed to enhance the university’s relationships with business and industry.
The new Office of Entrepreneurship and Technology Transfer continues efforts to boost efficiency and the land-grant institution’s efforts to capture, protect, manage and accelerate the commercialization of university-owned [...] [...]
GULFPORT – Just off its pre-Christmas announcement of a planned acquisition of Gulf South competitor Whitney National Bank, Hancock Holding Co. is reporting a fourth quarter net income increase of 14.6 percent over the previous quarter and 27.9 percent over the fourth quarter of 2009.
New Orleans-based Whitney Holding Corp., parent of Whitney National Bank, is [...] [...]
JACKSON — College Board president Scott Ross says the board has had no discussions about merging any of Mississippi’s public universities.
Ross told lawmakers yesterday that the board assumed Gov. Haley Barbour’s proposal to merge eight universities into five was “dead on arrival” because the House Universities Committee chairman opposes it.
Ross’ comments prompted murmurs of approval [...] [...]
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