NASA Planning a Road Trip for Mars Rover Curiosity
PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Since captivating the world with its acrobatic landing, the Mars rover Curiosity has fallen into a rhythm: Drive, snap pictures, zap at boulders, scoop up dirt. …
Fewer U.S. Banks Failing as Industry Strengthens
U.S. banks are ending the year with their best profits since 2006 and fewer failures than at any time since the financial crisis struck in 2008. They're helping support an …
Southern Co. Faces Risks on Miss. Power Plant
In the woods of east Mississippi, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Southern Co. is pouring billions of dollars into construction of a power plant that burns coal but would emit less …
$1 Billion Deal Major Step in Toyota Legal Trouble
With a proposed payout of more than $1 billion, one major chapter of a nearly four-year legal saga that left Toyota Motor Corp. fighting hundreds of lawsuits and struggling with …
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Full Spectrum, Casinos, Restaurants and Olympians
Full Spectrum South is searching for financing for its ambitious Old Capitol Green development.
Home-Brewed Beer Faces Catch-22 in Mississippi
Catch-22 would be a good name for beer brewed at home in Mississippi.
Strike Looms at East and Gulf Coast Ports
Weeks after a critical West Coast port complex was crippled by a few hundred striking workers, the East Coast is bracing for a possible walkout numbering thousands that could close …
New Orleans Plans to Roll Out New Tourism Pitch Starting With the SuperBowl
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans Tourism Marketing Corp. is planning a 2013 national campaign built around the theme "Follow Your NOLA."
Business
Giving 'For Good, Forever'
When the Jackson Free Clinic wanted to expand its facilities, the Community Fund of Greater Jackson helped make it happen.
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Enviros Warn of 'Kemper Cliff'
The Mississippi Sierra Club is warning about a controversial power project sending electricity ratepayers over the "Kemper Cliff."
GM to Buy Back 200M Shares as Part of Gov't Exit
The Treasury plans to sell its remaining stake in General Motors over the next 15 months.
Judge Upholds Power Plant Certificate
Mississippi Power Co.'s $2.8 billion Kemper County coal-fired plant is one step closer to legal clearance after a judge denied a Sierra Club challenge to the plant's license.
Right-to-Work Nevada a Rare Bright Spot for Labor
The future of the American labor movement may lie just off the Las Vegas Strip, inside a squat building huddled in the shadow of the Stratosphere casino.
Toyota Mississippi President Enjoys Opportunity
Masafumi Hamaguchi has been in Mississippi a little more than two years, working for Toyota.
SMEPA to Join Regional Transmission Group
South Mississippi Electric Power Association plans to join a regional power transmission organization at the same time as Entergy Corp. utilities.
