by Associated Press Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Alabama, energy, Georgia, John Thomas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, North Carolina, Securities and Exchange Commission, Tennessee, Tiger Woods, TVA, Virginia
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The Tennessee Valley Authority said a mild winter so far has reduced electricity sales by 5 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year and will cause the utility to reconsider expenditures for the rest of the year. The utility said in a news release on Friday that its first quarterly [...] [...]

by Amy McCullough Published: February 3,2012
Tags: Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Artis Capital Management, Biofuels Digest, CNBC, Columbus Mississippi, Fred Cannon, Frontier Capital Management Company, Gov. Haley Barbour, KIOR, Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mississippi Development Authority, Mississippi Technology Alliance, NASDAQ, Newton County, Pointe Innovation, Securities and Exchange Commission, Strategic Biomass Solutions, Sumesh Arora, Texas, Vinod Khosla, William Blair & Company
The eyes of the international renewable-fuels community are fixed on KiOR (NASDAQ:KIOR), a Texas-based company in which Mississippi has a large stake — specifically a $75 million interest-free loan administered by the Mississippi Development Authority. KiOR plans to build five plants in Mississippi that should convert wood chips to renewable crude through a process called [...] [...]

by Associated Press Published: October 5,2011
Tags: Abdulfattah Jandali, Alan Deutschman, Ames Research Center, Apple, Apple I, Apple II, Bill Gates, Buddhism, California, Clara Jobs, Creative Strategies, George Lucas, Hewlett-Packard, Homebrew Computer Club, Internet, iPhone, iPod, ITunes, John Sculley, Larry Ellison', Lisa, Los Altos California, Mac, Microsoft Corp., Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mona Simpson, Napster, NASA, New Age philosophy, Next, Oracle Corp., Paul Jobs, PBS, PC, Pepsi, Pixar, Portland Oregon, Reed College, Securities and Exchange Commission, Sillicon Valley, Stanford, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Steven Paul Jobs, Syria, Tim Cook, Time magazine, Triumph of the Nerds, Walt Disney Co., Windows, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
CUPERTINO, Calif. — In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker — eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It’s as if he’s on his first date with an entire generation of consumers. And, in a way, he is. It is Jan. 24, 1984, and a young [...] [...]

by Associated Press Published: October 5,2011
Tags: Abdulfattah Jandali, Alan Deutschman, Ames Research Center, Apple, Apple I, Apple II, Bill Gates, Buddhism, California, Clara Jobs, Creative Strategies, George Lucas, Hewlett-Packard, Homebrew Computer Club, Internet, iPhone, iPod, ITunes, John Sculley, Larry Ellison', Lisa, Los Altos California, Mac, Microsoft Corp., Mississippi, Mississippi Business Journal, Mona Simpson, Napster, NASA, New Age philosophy, Next, Oracle Corp., Paul Jobs, PBS, PC, Pepsi, Pixar, Portland Oregon, Reed College, Securities and Exchange Commission, Sillicon Valley, Stanford, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Steven Paul Jobs, Syria, Tim Cook, Time magazine, Triumph of the Nerds, Walt Disney Co., Windows, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
NAME: Steven Paul Jobs BORN: Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco DIED: Wednesday at 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. EDUCATION: Graduated from high school in 1972 and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after six months. FAMILY: Wife, Laurene Powell; their three children, Reed Paul, Erin Sienna [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: February 18,2011
Tags: Alabama, CADE, Cadence Bank, Cadence Financial Corp., Community Bancorp, Florida, Georgia, Jon Boydstun, Lewis Mallory Jr., Mark Abernathy, NASDAQ, Paul B. Murphy Jr., Securities and Exchange Commission, Tennessee
By Ted Carter The early March closing of an acquisition by Houston banking investment company Community Bancorp LLC will mark the end of Cadence Financial Corp. Chairman & CEO Lewis Mallory Jr.’s 47 years with the Starkville-based regional bank. Mark Abernathy, Cadence’s president, is expected to be elected CEO and Paul B. Murphy Jr., Community [...] [...]
TUPELO — Renasant Corporation has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The shelf registration statement, once the SEC declares it effective, will allow the company to raise capital from time to time, up to an aggregate of $150 million, through the sale of common or preferred [...] [...]