Chris McFadyen
Japan-based Supplier Vuteq Setting up Shop in Alabama
Japan-based automotive supplier Vuteq, which has manufacturing plants in Indiana, Texas and Mississippi, announced Aug. 21 that it would build a $60 million facility to serve Mazda Toyota Manufacturing USA in Huntsville.
HudsonAlpha One of Big 3 in Elective Genetics
Huntsville's HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology is one of three medical institutions that offer programs for elective genomics, providing healthy people a deep dive into...
Bank Stocks Take a Beating, Recession Fear
Declining bank stocks are a bell weather of recession fears, MarketWatch reported August 14.
Birmingham-based Regions Financial Corp. was one of the notable declines, down...
Sen. Doug Jones to Keynote Israeli Tech Partnership Event
U.S. Sen. Doug Jones, D-Alabama, will give keynote remarks next week at a conference on creating technology partnerships between Alabama and Israeli businesses.
Alabama Growth in Overseas Travel Leads Nation
Alabama led the nation last year with its increase in the number of overseas visitors, state travel officials announced August 13.
Mobile’s Carnival Fantasy Dirtiest Cruise Ship, Says CDC
The Carnival Fantasy, the Carnival cruise ship home-ported in Mobile, was given the lowest cleanliness report of all cruise ships by the most recent inspections of the Centers for Disease Control.
Grand Hotel Named One of USA Today’s Top 5 Historic Hotels
The Grand Hotel Golf Resort & Spa in Point Clear was voted #4 in a USA Today Readers' Choice poll of the best historic...
Engineered for Great Quakes — AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Co.’s Earthquake Joint System
July brought a reminder of the perennial great earthquake threat, with a series of major tremors in California.
Among the many risks that earthquakes unfold,...
Family Fun Under the Shade Trees of Red Bay
Tammy Wynette, the great country singer most famous for the ballad "Stand by Your Man," is one of the reasons to be in Red...
Mine Workers Sue for $933 Million, Claim Defendant and Walter Energy “Under Common Control”
Trustees of the United Mine Workers of America pension plan sued, on August 6, a Bahamian insurance company with alleged ties to bankrupt Walter...