Chris McFadyen
Top Headlines: Amazon pushes further into space, Publix ranked America’s top supermarket
US approves $7.5 billion in foreign weapons sales in one day
On Independence Day the U.S. State Department approved almost $7.5 billion in potential foreign...
Top Headlines: Supreme Court upholds voting restrictions, Alabama dam failure risks
Briggs & Stratton taps restructuring advisers with debt looming
Briggs & Stratton Corp., on the brink of bankruptcy, hired restructuring advisers to help rework debt...
Construction Software Leader Command Alkon Wins Top Industry Award
Command Alkon, the Birmingham-based company that has developed leading supply chain management software for the heavy construction industry, recently was named to Supply &...
Top Headlines: Dept. of Education selects virtual school provider, I-565 widening underway
Court restores Golden Flake fortune to 88-year-old heiress
The heiress to the Golden Flake potato chip empire is for now back in control of her...
Toyota Achieves $13 Billion Investment Goal a Year Early
On June 30 Toyota announced it will reach its January 2017 pledge to invest $13 billion over a five-year period one year earlier than...
Higher Ed Pivots with Virus Crisis, Business Demands
At the most recent quarterly meeting of the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, ACHE Director Jim Purcell reported that Alabama colleges and universities are...
Top Headlines: Birmingham’s loss of revenue, Apple closing more stores
Birmingham projects $75M loss in revenue
Due to the impact of COVID-19, the city of Birmingham is projected to have a $75 million revenue shortfall...
Top Headlines: Airbus cutting 15,000 jobs, OSHA investigating two nursing homes
Airbus to slash 15,000 jobs amid pandemic
Airbus announced plans Tuesday to lay off approximately 15,000 workers over the next year as the coronavirus pandemic...
Top Headlines: Pediatricians call for in-person school, Feds investigate Alabama nursing homes
U.S. Pediatricians Call For In-Person School This Fall
The nation's pediatricians have come out with a strong statement in favor of bringing children back to...
Top Headlines: Unemployment fund low, Army funds UAB clinical trial of Covid drug
State unemployment fund low, staff overwhelmed
The Alabama Department of Labor has been, by all accounts, overwhelmed. The department has received 576,314 unemployment claims to...