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by Sam Hall
January 25, 2012
There was a time when Google represented that feeling you got watching Jonny Lee Miller and Angelina Jolie do battle with The Man in "Hackers" or Ryan Phillippe go toe-to-toe with Tim Robbins' corporate tech mogul in ... read more »
by Todd Stauffer
January 26, 2012
If you own or manage a small business, chances are you're dreading this week's end-of-January tax filings. FileTaxes.com offers an online service that can make things a little easier; for about $5 per employee or ... read more »
by Donna Ladd
January 18, 2012
If you are considering starting your own business, or have already started one, get yourself a copy of the classic “The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It” by Michael ... read more »
by Sam Hall
January 11, 2012
When Amazon first announced the Kindle Fire in September, tech blogs and reviewers met the news with plenty of fanfare. If any company was able to deliver a device that could rival Apple's iPad, surely it was Amazon.
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by R.L. Nave
November 9, 2011
Gov. Haley Barbour touted his administration's pro-business bona fides for the last time in his role as state government's chief executive before a throng of mostly business folks at the Mississippi Economic Council's ... read more »
by Lacey McLaughlin
November 9, 2011
When Wilora "Peaches" Ephram opened Peaches Restaurant in 1961, she had $45 in her pocket. She took that money and cooked hotdogs for her first customers until she made enough of a profit to start buying ... read more »
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by Jesse Houston
November 9, 2011
I met Craig Noone the summer of 2008 at Stephan Pyles Restaurant in Dallas, Texas. I had just graduated from culinary school in Austin, moved back to Dallas and landed a dream job working for my then-culinary ... read more »
by Ward Schaefer
May 26, 2010
When Jim and Linda Burwell opened Mimi’s Family and Friends restaurant in Fondren this spring, they wanted to influence the neighborhood beyond the restaurant’s walls. Jim, inspired by the community that grew around ... read more »
by Ward Schaefer
May 19, 2010
Beginning Wednesday, May 19, Mississippi liquor stores will offer a truly local spirit. Cathead Vodka, the first legally distilled spirit in the state, goes on sale this week, after a nearly three-year development ... read more »
Joyflow Yoga
by Michele Baker
Debi Lewis has been at her new Joyflow Yoga location since 2009, but has been teaching and developing her style of yoga for 18 years. She connected earlier health problems to posture, and constant shoulder tension ... read more »
by Jackie Warren Tatum
May 12, 2010
Bessie Washington’s painful joints, fatigue and migraines sent her on a search for herbal remedies. What she discovered worked so well for her that she and her husband, John, opened Healthy Body Health Food ... read more »
by Nicholas Jones
May 12, 2010
Sedrick and Malinda Lilley, owners of Campbell’s Bakery, have always wanted to be the owners of a business. In November 2008, this became a reality when they re-opened Campbell’s Bakery. Through a friend, they found ... read more »
by Amanda Kittrell
May 12, 2010
Tucked away in Highland Village’s myriad shops is Olde Tyme Commissary, a fixture there since 1972. The store features children’s toys and costumes, fine-tailored baby clothes, and educational toys and games, but ... read more »
by Ashley Hill
May 12, 2010
Last month, Tawanna and Rico Chapman, who previously owned African bookstores on Bailey and Ellis avenues, opened Afrika Book Café, creating a new cultural venue in Fondren. The shop sells books, clothing, fragrances ... read more »
by Ashley Hill
May 12, 2010
Located on the corner of Gallatin and West Capitol streets, Dreamz Jxn is a three-story club and entertainment complex in downtown Jackson with 25 plasma TV screens, VIP rooms, three bars and three dance floors.
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by Darrell Creecy
May 12, 2010
Where some people see obstacles, Keith Richardson sees opportunities. Originally from Moss Point, Richardson, 28, opened Coast Ink Embroidery and Screen Print with four childhood friends in 2005, after graduating ... read more »
by Pamela Hosey
May 12, 2010
Peaches Restaurant has been a soul-food Mecca on Farish Street since Wilora “Peaches” Ephram first opened the doors in 1961. Her son, Roderick Ephram, is proud of the rich history and symbolism his mother’s restaurant ... read more »
by Ward Schaefer
September 24, 2009
BRAVO! Restaurant in Jackson is asking its patrons for stories of the people who changed their lives. The upscale Italian restaurant is giving away $600 in gift cards for the best story of a life-changing person ... read more »
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by R.L. Nave
Feb. 3, 2012
Have you ever been convicted of a felony? The question, which is standard on most job applications, often spells heartbreak for many people who know that checking yes means their resume will likely end up in the garbage ...
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December 21, 2011
Work. We need it; we love it; we hate it; we dread it. Whatever the case, it dominates our lives by necessity. This GOOD Ideas issue is dedicated to the belief that work should make you happy, content, inspired and, with any ...
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Feb 03, 2012 | 05:52 PM
Is State Executing a Mentally Ill Man?
Ronni_Mott: Story is updated with the correct telephone number for the governor's office: 601-359-3150.
Feb 03, 2012 | 05:41 PM
[Kamikaze] 'I'm No Token'
Kamikaze: Renaldo, you may have hit the nail on the head. It could be perhaps in the differences in how Whites and Blacks deal w/ success. In affluence for White success stories there is a comfort ...
Feb 03, 2012 | 04:58 PM
[Kamikaze] 'I'm No Token'
Renaldo Bryant: Good points Queen . I am not so sure that Whites have a mentality of “if I get it and you get it - WE KEEP IT” and blacks have the attitude of “if I get, I have to keep you ...
Feb 03, 2012 | 03:41 PM
[Kamikaze] 'I'm No Token'
Queen601: Mr. Bryant, thanks for the dialogue and I agree with what you've shared. The "community" is really quick to turn their backs on those who move out of those neighborhoods and unfortunately ...
Feb 03, 2012 | 03:01 PM
[Kamikaze] 'I'm No Token'
Renaldo Bryant: Good questions Kaze and Queen, I think much of the perception in many black communities about being “down” and the struggle comes from the sense of community that develops when ...
Feb 03, 2012 | 02:19 PM
[Kamikaze] 'I'm No Token'
Kamikaze: And my wife poses a very good question. Why do Black feel like they need to see you struggle to know that youre "down"? Why is that if you 1. Have financial comfort you cant be "for" ...
Feb 03, 2012 | 02:15 PM
[Kamikaze] 'I'm No Token'
Kamikaze: Good discussion. And trust, its helping me as much as Im trying to help others in a similar quandry. Defining YOU for YOU may be the best mantra yet. Ive always fancied myself creating a ...
Feb 03, 2012 | 12:03 PM
[Kamikaze] 'I'm No Token'
Queen601: "If I didn't define myself for myself, I would be crunched into other people's fantasies of me and eaten alive." Audre Lorde
Feb 03, 2012 | 11:13 AM
[Kamikaze] 'I'm No Token'
Renaldo Bryant: Very interesting topic. How to be a professional, "Down" Black man in 21st Century Jackson, MS. Somebody ought to write the book LOL!!! But seriously, this is a very good discussion ...