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Business
Dollar Tree Steps Up Fight, Buys Family Dollar
Dollar Tree said Monday it is buying rival discounter Family Dollar for $8.5 billion, significantly broadening its reach as it looks to fend off Wal-Mart, which has been stepping up …
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Study: Half Who Now Buy Health Plans Will Qualify for Tax Credits
About half the people who now buy their own health insurance would qualify for federal tax credits to offset rates under President Barack Obama's health care law.
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In Response to Entergy Matter, Lawmakers Trying to Merge PSC, Public Utilities
In response to a controversy involving Entergy rate hikes, the Mississippi House of Representatives Public Utilities Committee passed a bill this week moving the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff back under …
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Keeping it Fresh
Hip-hop and fashion have always been linked. Back when hip-hop was just developing, before it had a name even, the earliest practitioners of the emerging culture were already marking themselves …
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OB/GYNs Back Over-the-Counter Birth Control Pills
No prescription or doctor's exam needed: The nation's largest group of obstetricians and gynecologists says birth control pills should be sold over the counter, like condoms.
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Crime
Three More Sentenced in Huge Health Care Fraud Scheme
Three more people accused of participating in a multimillion-dollar pharmacy scheme were sentenced Thursday in federal court in Mississippi.
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House Bill Restricts Sales of Meth Ingredient
Rep. Steve Holland, D-Plantersville, used the memory of his brother, who died from a meth overdose, to beg the Mississippi House of Representatives to pass a bill that will require …
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Lose the Chemicals!
The The Georgia Straight helps you figure out how to purge your home of household toxins: "Just as not smoking can reduce the risk of lung cancer, not using harmful …
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Jackson Has Cheapest Gas in the U.S.
Gas stations in the city of Jackson are selling fuel at the lowest average rate in the nation: $2.62 per gallon, according to the Lundberg Survey. Over the past two …
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WashPost: ‘What Democrats Would Do'
The news this election cycle seems to be primarily about what Republicans in Congress and the WH are doing wrong...and it keeps cycling against them, from Iraq (10 US troops …
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U.S. Economy Gets Lift from Consumers, Businesses
American consumers are growing more confident about the job market, companies are ordering more equipment and home prices are rising in most major cities.
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The Knob Of God?
When pro soccer makes it in America, hopefully we will have more stories like this one. Yahoo News reports, "Argentinian police are searching for a fake penis used by Diego …
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Fondren Business Happenings
Despite the looming recession threatening to disrupt and weaken local economies all across the nation, the Fondren business district is flexing its muscles.
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Record Profit Signals Healthier Fannie Mae
Fannie Mae said something Thursday that would have been unthinkable a few years ago: It earned a record $58.7 billion profit in the January-March quarter.
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Jackson Local Business Alliance Gains Support
Several Community members supported the idea of of forming a local business alliance today during a presentation by American Independent Business Alliance co-founder Jeff Milchen.
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Suit Over Missouri Execution Drug Draws Scrutiny
A ruling temporarily prohibiting a compounding pharmacy from selling execution drugs to Missouri could have implications across the country, a legal expert said Thursday.
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[Stauffer] Shop Mississippi, Buy American
I'm not a fan of Wal-Mart, and that's only been made worse by a recent Frontline episode entitled "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?" The show has made me think, once …
