The Mississippi Business Journal articles from March 2004

The Mississippi Business Journal archives from March 2004

Lickety-split: workforce training legislation speeding toward implementation.
March 1, 2004... JACKSON -- Gov. Haley Barbour's workforce training legislative proposal to centralize workforce training programs in hopes of maximizing millions of federal dollars and raising the skill level of Mississippi's workers has clipped through the...

Furniture powerhouse names Foy president/COO: analysts note depth of leadership talent.(John T. "Tom" Foy )
March 1, 2004... TUPELO -- In a more described as part of an "orderly process of succession at the senior level of the company," Tupelo resident John T. "Tom" Foy was named president and chief operating officer of furniture-industry powerhouse Furniture Brands...

Call center offshoring still an experiment, prof says in new book.
March 1, 2004... HATTIESBURG -- With call centers and back offices springing up across Asia to serve businesses based in the U.S. and UK., there have been concerns that the next big flight of jobs offshore will be white-collar workers. One study has predicted...

Second District competitor could make history with wins: summers-O'Neal could be first female African-American Republican in Congress.
March 1, 2004... When Stephanie Summers-O'Neal was a child, she traveled the globe with her father on mission trips for the World Mental Health Organization. Developing relationships with people on every continent except Australia from an early age laid...

Childcare on the agenda.(Perspective)
March 1, 2004... Low-income childcare is an issue garnering increased attention from the Mississippi business community. That's a good thing. For far too long, the working poor have been left to contend with, at best, limited options on childcare. In...

What was I thinking? What were they thinking?(As I See It)(Column)
March 1, 2004... There's a popular country song 'on the charts which lays out some really stupid choices a man made, each one ending with the chorus of "What was I thinking?" I was reminded of that song by a recent Wall Street Journal article about the...

Defining the American Dream not so simple.(From the Ground Up)(home ownership)
March 1, 2004... What is the American Dream? Ask the average person walking down the street to define The American Dream and chances are good that the response will be, "Owning a home of your own." The term "American Dream" was coined by author James...

Delta Industries Inc.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Les Howell, P.E., chief engineer at Delta Industries Inc., parent company of Jackson Ready Mix in Jackson, has recently been selected as president of American Concrete Industry, Mid-South Chapter for 2004. Howell is a civil engineer and...

Office of the State Auditor.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Mick Bullock has been named the public relations director for the Office of the State Auditor. Bullock takes the place of Pete Smith, who left to take a position as Gov Haley Barbour's press secretary. Bullock, native of Columbia, earned a...

Hol-Mac Corp.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Robert "Bob" Nicholas has joined the sales team of Hol-Mac Corp. in Bay Springs as their vice president of sales and marketing/product development for the PAC-MAC Refuse and Recycling Equipment Division. Joining the sales team of Nicholas, Erie...

Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour signed a proclamation declaring 2004 as a year of awareness for women to know their risk for heart disease, the number one killer of women in Mississippi and the nation.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour signed a proclamation declaring 2004 as a year of awareness for women to know their risk for heart disease, the number one killer of women in Mississippi and the nation. Partners of the Mississippi Heart Truth...

City of Biloxi.(People to Watch)(Chairman of Gulf Regional Planning Commission)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... David Staehling, director of Biloxi's department of community and economic development, has been elected chairman of the 2004 board for the Gulf Regional Planning Commission. Elected along with Staehling were Pascagoula representative Betty...

The Guice Agency.(People to Watch)(Guice and Guice Advertising)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Walt Denton has joined The Guice Agency as vice president of account management for the Biloxi-based advertising and public relations firm. Denton, 30, leaves his position as senior account executive with GodwinGroup in Jackson, While at...

Dr. Warren Jones (l) and Robert Clark (r), former House Speaker Pro Tem, were honored with special recognition by the board of trustees of the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL).(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Dr. Warren Jones (l) and Robert Clark (r), former House Speaker Pro Tem, were honored with special recognition by the board of trustees of the state Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL). The Black History Awards were presented by Dr. D. E....

Stewart Sneed Hewes/ BancorpSouth Insurance.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Kenneth L. "Ken" Ray has been promoted to vice president of marketing for employee benefits at Stewart Sneed Hewes/BancorpSouth Insurance. Ray has 28 years of experience in the insurance services industry. A native of Jacksonville, Fla., he...

Kossen Equipment Inc.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Hershell Morgan has been named vice president, systems sales, at Kossen. Morgan, a native of Mendenhall, has been with Kossen for 16 years. He is currently working in the Bessemer, Ala., branch. Steve Duke of Brandon has been named rice...

Durham Auctions Real Estate, LLC.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Bill Cook of Durham Auctions Real Estate, LLC, in Ocean Springs recently attended classes in Atlanta toward earning the Accredited Auctioneer Real Estate (AARE) designation offered by the Institute. Only 228 auctioneers throughout the United...

Northrop Grumman Corp.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Northrop Grumman Corp. has promoted Samuel Alsgood Jr. to vice president of finance and controller for its ship systems sector, Alsgood has 20 years of financial management experience in the defense industry. He most recently was director of...

Specialty Contractors & Associates.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Dave Dennis, president and CEO of Specialty Contractors & Associates Inc. in Gulfport, has been appointed chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta's New Orleans branch for a second one-year term after serving as...

North Mississippi Medical Center (NMMC).(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Dr. Pauline Abbott has been named medical director of NMMC's Occupational Medicine and Work Link programs. Abbott comes to Tupelo after starting and serving as medical director since 2000 for an occupational and environmental medicine clinic...

Pryor & Morrow Architects.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Callie McClure has joined Pryor & Morrow in Columbus as marketing coordinator. She is a 2003 graduate of Mississippi State University and Interned with the McClure Starkville Community Theatre and Oktibbeha County Hospital. Chris Cosper has...

Trustmark National Bank.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... G. Scott Carmichael has been named senior vice president at Trustmark in Greenville. He has 18 years of banking experience and is a commercial lender. He earned an MBA in international finance from the University of Edinburgh in Edinburgh,...

SouthTrust Bank.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Ty Carr has joined SouthTrust Bank as financial center manager and assistant vice president in Ridgeland. He was most recently with BankPlus. He earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Mississippi State University and is a...

Mississippi Technology Alliance.(People to Watch)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... Kim Gallaspy has been hired as the editor-in-chief for Pointe Innovation magazine, which is published by the Mississippi Technology Alliance. Gallaspy is a graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi and is president of the Jackson Metro...

Go east: Yates Construction expanding regional operations.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... PHILADELPH1A -- Yates Construction is expanding its operations in Atlanta, which serves as the company's Eastern Division headquarters. The Atlanta office oversees projects in Georgia, Florida, Alabama and the Carolinas, and will start 2004...

MESC: employment up in '03.(Strictly Business)(Mississippi Employment Security Commission)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... According to the Mississippi Employment Security Commission (MESC), Mississippi ended 2003 with more people employed than in the last two years, and there were fewer mass layoffs during 2003, as well. In 2003, there were approximately 1.24...

Peoples Holding acquisition.(Strictly Business)(Renasant Bancshares Inc)
March 1, 2004... TUPELO -- The Peoples Holding Company has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Renasant Bancshares Inc., which is based in Germantown, Tenn. Renasant Bancshares is the parent of Renasant Bank, which as of December 31, 2003, held total...

Baker Donelson enters N.O.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... MEMPHIS -- Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, has opened its newest office in New Orleans. The Memphis-based law firm said the New Orleans expansion is part of its strategic plan of growth in the south central U.S. The New...

KLLM, UCI sign agreement.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... RICHLAND -- UCI Communications has struck a large-scale maintenance agreement with KLLM Transportation Services. According to UCI, its plan allows KLLM to maintain leading-edge technology while saving more than $28,800 through a comprehensive...

DuPont plant sets safety record.(Strictly Business)
March 1, 2004... PASS CHRISTIAN -- DuPont employees at the DeLisle titanium dioxide manufacturing plant have established a new all-time worker safety standard for the plant. They completed 365 consecutive days, of more than 1.2 million work hours, without a...

MPIC to make sacon.(Strictly Business)(Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation)(U.S. Army's Engineer Research and Development Center)(shock-absorbing concrete)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... PARCHMAN -- The Mississippi Prison Industries Corporation (MPIC) signed a licensing agreement with the U.S. Army's Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC). The agreement allows Jackson-based MPIC to manufacture shock-absorbing concrete,...

L-3 Vertex wins MWF award.(Strictly Business)(Mississippi Wildlife Federation )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... MADISON -- The Mississippi Wildlife Federation (MWF) has awarded its 2003 Corporate Conservationist of the Year award to L-3 Vertex. The company is an aviation and aerospace technical services company with operations located worldwide. In...

Hall of Fame members inducted.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... JACKSON -- The Division of Tourism Development of the Mississippi Development Authority recently inducted five new members into the Mississippi Tourism Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony was held during the Governor's Conference on Tourism,...

Hub city CVB named best.(Strictly Business)(Hattiesburg CVB )(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... HATTIESBURG -- The Hattiesburg Convention & Visitors Bureau (CVB) garnered two awards during the Governor's Conference on Tourism. The Hattiesburg CVB won the 2003 Convention and Visitors Bureau of the Year award. Members of the state's...

U-Save adds airport locations.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... JACKSON -- U-Save Auto Rental, known for its niche in the neighborhood auto rental segment, is continuing to expand into airport locations. The company recently signed two new franchisees--Mike Bevacqua and Henry Fischer of Ormond Beach,...

Miller named FHLB-Dallas chair.(Strictly Business)(Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas)(Fred Miller Jr.)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... anguilla -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLBank of Dallas) has elected of Fred Miller Jr., president and CEO of the Bank of Anguilla, as chairman of the bank's board of directors. Miller, who joined the FHLBank of Dallas board in 1997...

Entergy Nuclear-Framatome wins project.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... JACKSON -- Framatome ANP, a joint subsidiary of AREVA and Siemens, has been awarded a contract to provide license renewal application services for PPL Corp.'s Susquehanna nuclear power plant. This project will be performed by Framatome and its...

Wireless Retail chooses Provia.(Strictly Business; Provia Software)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... SOUTHAVEN -- Wireless Retail Inc. has chosen Provia Software's ViaWare warehouse management system (WMS), and ViaView event management and decision support software products. The software will be implemented at the Wireless Retail's new...

RiverPark sets ceremonies.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... TUNICA -- The grand opening of the new $26-million Tunica RiverPark will be celebrated March 18-20, 2004, with a public ribbon-cutting ceremony and a variety of special activities of local interest. The grand opening festivities will begin...

Stamm turns 'hobby' into 75-year success story.(Stamm Advertising Company Inc.)(J. Carter Stamm)
March 1, 2004... JACKSON -- For a company that is 75 years old this year, with products that are some of the most-seen on a daily basis by Mississippians and folks throughout the Southeast, Stamm Advertising Company Inc. is a relative unknown. However,...

Cattlemen continue to contend with last December's BSE discovery.(bovine spongi-form encephalopathy)
March 1, 2004... The most notorious cow in American history belonged to a Mrs. O'Leary in Chicago in the late 1800s, but a single dairy cow in the State of Washington would probably run a close second with people in the beef industry. On Dec. 23, 2003, the...

High school students match wits in prestigious competition.(Olympic-styled U.S. Academic Decathlon )
March 1, 2004... This week, Mississippi's best and brightest students will compete as teammates in the state finals of the Olympic-styled U.S. Academic Decathlon (USAD), a prestigious national contest designed to motivate students toward all-around academic...

Tougaloo's president discusses changes at historic college.(Tougaloo College)(Interview)
March 1, 2004... In May 2002, the Tougaloo College board of trustees named Beverly Wade Hogan, a former trustee and college administrator, the 13th president of the private liberal arts college. Hogan brought more than 25 years of experience in executive...

State positioning itself for next round of BRAC scrutiny.(Base Realignment and Closure )
March 1, 2004... In 2005, Mississippi's military bases--along with those in other states --will again undergo the scrutiny of the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) committee. Throughout the state, a growing uneasiness has spurred communities and...

'Training, training, training' key to workplace fatalities reduction.
March 1, 2004... There is good news for worker safety in Mississippi. Workplace fatalities in the Southeast region that includes Mississippi were down 4.9% in 2002, continuing a downward trend that shows the number of job-related fatalities has declined 9.5%...

M&F's Hugh Potts serving as 115th president of MBA.(Focus: banking & financial services)(Interview)
March 1, 2004... KOSCIUSKO -- Last summer, Hugh S. Potts Jr., CEO of Kosciusko-based Merchants & Farmers Bank and First M&F Corporation and president of First M&F Insurance Corporation, was named the 115th president of the Mississippi Bankers Association. ...

Trustmark focuses on wealth management opportunities.(Focus: banking & financial services)
March 1, 2004... By concentrating on its wealth management division, Jackson-based Trustmark National Bank is following the trend of focusing on non-interest income --brokerage, private banking and investments--as a way to grow. "The wealth management...

Hancock Bank, Magna Insurance blending services, products.(Focus: banking & financial services)
March 1, 2004... GULFORT -- As the traditional concepts of banking and insurance services continue to meld, Joanne Collins, who's been in the insurance business since 1984, thinks it's a good thing. Her company, Magna Insurance Company, was purchased by Hancock...

Banks sharing customer information seems to cause little concern.(Focus: banking & financial services)
March 1, 2004... This is about the time of year that people start receiving bank privacy notices in the mail. It might be worth taking the time to actually read the fine print if you want to opt out of your bank sharing your information with businesses...

Roles changing, expanding for female bank executives.(Focus: banking & financial services)(The Peoples Bank (Ripley))
March 1, 2004... RIPLEY -- At one time, women's leadership roles at financial institutions were seemingly limited to areas like human resources of marketing. Bankers like Mary Childs are changing that. Childs, who began her banking career in 1980 at what...

'Bank sim' anyone? Mississippi School of Banking provides plethora of offerings.(Focus: banking & financial services)(Mississippi School of Banking)
March 1, 2004... OXFORD -- When you first hear about the Mississippi School of Banking, you might envision traditional college age students listening to lectures from college professors in courses to prepare themselves to become a banker. But the...

Bankers' association focusing on tort reform: civil justice reform tops industry legislative agenda.(Focus: banking & financial services)(Mississippi Bankers Association )(Mississippians for. Economic Progress)
March 1, 2004... Mississippi bankers have joined with nearly every industry in the state to make civil justice reform the top legislative agenda item. "Civil justice reform is the issue that continues to rise to the top of our concerns, so we're putting our...

Banks.(Directory)
March 1, 2004... Banks Bank Executive Address Telephone/Fax SouthTrust Bank Wallace D. Malone Jr. 420 North 20th Street, Birmingham, ...

Local banks flourish in competitive Laurel market.(Focus: banking & financial services)(Bank of Jones County, First National Bank of the Pine Belt)
March 1, 2004... In the five months between September 1998 and January 1999, two locally-owned banks opened in Laurel, even though the city was already being served by such large banks as Trustmark, Community and AmSouth. Both new banks, the Bank of Jones...

Cruise traffic rises: special to the Mississippi Business Journal.(Focus: banking & financial services)(Brief Article)
March 1, 2004... The top 10 cruise lines carried 8.3 million passengers on 3,840 North American cruises in 2003, up 8% over 2002, according to the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD). The highest growth rates among the top 10 departure ports occurred in...

At the end of the day ... make retirement planning a priority.(Portfolio)
March 1, 2004... Many Americans who planned to retire within the next five to 10 years are unhappy to find that their long-term savings, their nest egg, falls short of what is needed to retire when and as comfortably as planned. They are finding that their nest...

From Germany, with love: the Glory of Baroque Dresden exhibition opens in the Capital City.(Glory of Baroque Dresden exhibition)
March 8, 2004... By the time The Glory of Baroque Dresden exhibition opened to the general public March 1 at thc Mississippi Arts Pavilion in Jackson, scores of Mississippi hospitality industry professionals, educators and journalists, and an impressive cast of...

Franklin County lake project back on track: contractor still questions dam's safety.(Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality )(U.S. Natural Resources Conversation Service )
March 8, 2004... The Lake Okhissa project in Franklin County is back on track after a long delay due to a contractor dispute that eventually involved U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran and a major independent engineering firm. Lake Okhissa's 94-foot-tall dam will be...

Coast revelers don't let it rain on their parade: Mardi Gras crowds still huge despite weather-induced drop in attendance.
March 8, 2004... MISSISSIPPI GULF COAST -- The fog hung low and the skies were dark along the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Fat Tuesday, the final and most boisterous day of the Mardi Gras season, but tens of thousands of revelers weren't going to let a little bad...

Bernie Ebbers.(Perspective)(Bernard J. Ebbers)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... What a long, strange and ultimately sad trip it has been for Bernard J. Ebbers. From the near mythic story of the founding of LDDS in a Hattiesburg coffee shop to the pinnacle of the telecommunications industry as WorldCom, Bernie Ebbers...

Greenspan spoke truth on Social Security situation.(As I See It)(Alan Greenspan)
March 8, 2004... Well, somebody finally had the nerve to speak the truth about Social Security. During the last week in February, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, while testifying before the House Budget Committee, said that raising taxes enough to...

Small business decisions often a leap for owners.(Musings)
March 8, 2004... The most difficult decision for any small business owner is the one to hire employees who are equipped to take your place. Most small businesses start with one person with an idea and a lot of elbow grease. Some set up shop in a small...

That's a deer stand ...(Letter to the Editor)
March 8, 2004... Dear Joe, I read your recent column about thinking on the deer stand, and I thought that I should bring a real high-tech Hill Country deer blind to your attention. Hunting only a few miles from your lease, we are using the latest...

National Bank of Commerce (NBC).(People to Watch)(appointment of senior vice president)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... John Jones has been promoted to senior vice president-commercial lending for the Columbus Banking Center of NBC. Jones, a native of Jackson, began his banking career in the Jackson market where he served as a commercial loan officer for five...

UCI Communications.(People to Watch)(appointment of account executives)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... UCI Communications is pleased to welcome Kim White and Tom Zahller aboard as account executives.

The Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi.(People to Watch)(Austin N. Ferrell Jr. Outstanding Legislator Award )(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... The Independent Insurance Agents of Mississippi (IIAM) presented Sen. Dean Kirby (R-Pearl) with the Austin N. Ferrell Jr. Outstanding Legislator Award for his diligent efforts on issues important to the insurance industry and the State of...

Mississippi State Hospital (MSH).(People to Watch)(appointment of nurse executive)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... Mississippi State Hospital (MSH) has appointed Linda Sellers, RN, as its nurse executive. Sellers comes to MSH from the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) where she served as a surveyor and consultant. Sellers...

John Noel, CPCU, president of the Mississippi Magnolia Chapter of CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters), presents a gift card to Shalene Rodgers, activities director of the Mississippi Children's Cancer Clinic.(People to Watch)
March 8, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: John Noel, CPCU, president of the Mississippi Magnolia Chapter of CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters), presents a gift card to Shalene Rodgers, activities director of the Mississippi Children's...

International Paper.(People to Watch)(appointment of region manager)(International Paper Co.)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... Charlie Morgan has been named region manager for international Paper's Forest Resources Delta Region, which is based in Canton. Morgan has 30 years experience in the paper and forest products industry. He began his career with International...

Public Relations Association of Mississippi (PRAM).(People to Watch)(new elected members of association for 2004 )(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... Members of PRAM recently elected Kim Collins, public relations coordinator with Bobby King and Associates Inc. in Tupelo, as president for 2004. Terry Hines Smith, APR, public affairs specialist at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's...

Mithchell, McNutt & Sams, P.A.(People to Watch)(shareholder)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... John D. Brady, who practices in the Columbus office, has become a shareholder in Mitchell, McNutt and Sams. Brady joined the firm in March 2003. He previously worked in Jackson from 1994 through February 2003. A Starkville native, he graduated...

Nissan North America.(People to Watch)(Nissan North America Inc.)(Outstanding Public Relations Practitioner of the Year )(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... Wendy Mathews Polk, APR, was recently named the Outstanding Public Relations Practitioner of the Year by the Public Relations Association of Mississippi's Central Chapter. Polk is the public relations coordinator for Nissan North America in...

Health Management Associates, Inc.(People to Watch)(appointment of vice president)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... Thomas M. Wiman of Brandon has been named vice president of the Mississippi division of Health Management Associates Inc. (HMA). Wiman has been affiliated with HMA since 1997, serving in the position of director of hospital and physician...

MBJ takes home first-place awards in MPA ad competition.
March 8, 2004... The Mississippi Business Journal won eight awards, including two for first place, in the Mississippi Press Association (MPA) 2003 Better Newspaper Contest-Advertising Division (BNC). This year's winners were honored during the recent MPA...

New, expanded facilities top $3.3 billion in 2003.(Strictly Business)
March 8, 2004... The Mississippi Development Authority has released the final tally of new and expanded facilities announced in the state in 2003. There were 739 new and expansion projects unveiled, creating an estimated 12,907 new jobs and representing an...

Faurecia chooses the Delta.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... CLEVELAND -- French automotive supplier Faurecia has chosen this Bolivar County city as the site for its next manufacturing facility. The company will renovate an existing building in the Charles W. Dean Industrial Park to assemble seat frames...

Viking selling distributors.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... GREENWOOD -- Viking Range Corporation has reached an agreement with HADCO Distributing for HADCO to purchase the assets of three Viking-owned distributorships. These are Atlantic Appliance Distributing, based in Laurel, Md.; SouthEast Appliance...

First American buys K&W.(Strictly Business)(First American Printing and Direct Mail )(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... OCEAN SPRINGS -- First American Printing and Direct Mail has acquired K&W Printing of Baton Rouge, La. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The purchase of K&W gives Ocean Springs-based First American a total of three production...

Delta Rural Poll released.(Strictly Business)(Deltans)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... CLEVELAND -- The results of the 2003 Delta Rural Poll, conducted by the Center for Community and Economic Development at Delta State University (DSU), are now available. The survey, administered via telephone, consisted of questions on...

GTRA tower gets funding.(Strictly Business)(Golden Triangle Regional Airport )(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... LOWNDES COUNTY -- The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded federal funding totaling $342,594 to the Golden Triangle Regional Airport (GTRA). The funds will be used to complete the construction of a new control tower at the airport,...

AmSouth online ranks first.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... BIRMINGHAM, ALA. -- A new research study of online customer service ranked AmSouth Bank first among the nation's top 50 financial institutions. The market research and management consulting firm Allen Bonde Group conducted the study. The...

Fondren Corner adds tenant.(Strictly Business)(Fondren Corner building )(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... JACKSON -- According to developers, the first phases of the redevelopment of the Fondren Corner building were successful in attracting both retail and residential ten-ants to the building and the area. The next phase of development, as a...

Golf courses rate high.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... According to the Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) Division of Tourism, four Magnolia Golf Trail courses were listed among "America's Top Golf Courses" in the just-published Zagat Survey 2004 edition. The four Mississippi course are The...

Avian disease upgraded.(Strictly Business)(Brief Article)
March 8, 2004... LAUREL -- Sanderson Farms Inc. (NASDAQ/NM: SAFM) has been notified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Texas Animal Health Commission that a strain of avian influenza detected in a flock of non-commercial chickens in Gonzales...