Gail Allyn Short
Hubs of Commerce New and Expanding
Across Alabama, 120 chambers of commerce are serving as the voice of their local business communities. Nearly all manage traditional duties such as...
Cargo Ships – Stronger Dollar, Weaker Trade
Along the port of Mobile, cargo ships carrying everything from coal, lumber, iron and steel to frozen poultry and soybeans are leaving the state...
Best Companies to Work for in Alabama 2015
They are the state’s most desired employers. The ones that offer the great salaries, generous benefits and cool perks. The places where the employees...
public companies – Stocks That Are Pillars of Alabama’s Economy — Some Solid, ...
Here’s a look at the 25 public companies employing the most Alabamians. First are five that have had big news — United States Steel...
Vince DiChiara – Charge of the Commercial Lending Troops
Back in 2014, Vince DiChiara says he was ready for a change. After a 42-year career that included time as the business sales manager...
Cyber Attack and Security: Managing the Risk of Cyber Attack
Editor’s Note: Gary Shertenlieb, of Palomar Insurance, died in early May, not long after talking with us for this article.
In 2013, cyber thieves hacked one...
AGC and ABC – What Builders Want from the Legislature
Members of two Alabama construction trade associations say they will be looking to the state Legislature this spring to give their industry an economic...
Bioscience: Careful What You Wish For?
Last fall, U.K.-based Oxford Pharmaceuticals announced plans to build a $29 million, 120, 000-square-foot manufacturing facility at Birmingham’s Jefferson Metropolitan Lakeshore Industrial Park by...
GD Copper: Poster Company for Job Creation Goes Union
By a razor-thin margin, workers at Golden Dragon Copper USA in Pine Hill elected to unionize the plant last November.
The vote at the Wilcox County...
The Tower: Prestige Digs in Tuscaloosa
Real estate developer William Yandell was having lunch with his son in downtown Tuscaloosa in 2009 when he spotted one of the city’s iconic...