Isaac Threat to Gulf, Not Just New Orleans
With its massive size and ponderous movement, a strengthening Isaac could become a punishing rain machine depending on its power, speed and where it comes ashore along the Gulf Coast.
Apple Stock Hits All-Time High, Everything Else In Waiting Mode
Stocks nosed higher, but trading was light, even by the slumberous standards of August. The investors who weren't on vacation were biding their time until a big speech Friday by …
Miss. River Reopened to Barge Traffic
Shipping is being allowed to move slowly through a stretch of the Mississippi River near Greenville.
Business
Beyond 'The End of History'
In a fascinating article: "We, The Web Kids," Pietr Czerski, makes a statement that is as startling as it is startlingly true: "We do not use the Internet, we live …
Miss. Business Journal Bought by Tupelo publisher
The parent company of the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo is buying the Mississippi Business Journal in Jackson.
Biz Roundup
Lil's, UMMC and Wall Street
Lillie Naylor's friends have a running joke about her jewelry business she started out of her home in 2006.
11-mile Stretch of Mississippi River Closed
Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels.
Howard Ind. to Settle Discrimination Suit
A Mississippi company that was the target of the largest U.S. workplace raid on undocumented workers has settled a discrimination lawsuit by four black women who claimed the company gave …
Kemper Startup Expected for 2014 Despite Problems
Mississippi Power says its $2.8 billion lignite power plant is on track to open in May 2014.
BizBriefs: Apple at a New High, Facebook at a New Low... and Monday Is Jus' Plain Blue
It's not just in your head. Mondays really are the worst. Monday is the only day the stock market is more likely to fall than to rise. The Dow Jones …
Business
The 'Dirty' South
Another wrinkle for Mississippi Power Co.'s Kemper County power plant came last week as the company announced it had terminated a contract with a joint venture of KBR and W.G. …
Business
Fellowship, Koinonia Style
On the day Lee Harper graduated from Mississippi Valley State University in 1978, the U.S. Department of the Treasury offered her a job. It was a good paying job—"Nobody made …
2nd Agency Cuts Mississippi Power's Credit Rating
Lower credit ratings may be causing Mississippi Power Co. to pay more to borrow money.
Online Deals Fatique? Groupon's Stock Slides After Disappointing Revenue Report
Groupon's stock fell as analysts slashed targets and ratings on the online deals company after it reported its first-ever quarter-to-quarter decline in gross billings, a measure of how much money …
Madison Attorney Pleads Guilty to Bankruptcy Fraud
Michael E. Earwood, 60, an attorney from Madison, Mississippi, pled guilty in U.S. District Court today to one count of bankruptcy fraud.
