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How PPP Loans saved some Alabama businesses
The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the $961 billion emergency fund to help businesses stay afloat financially during the COVID-19 pandemic, came to a close...
Black Market Street focuses on entrepreneurs of color
The coronavirus pandemic and subsequent state-mandated shutdowns to contain the virus forced many small businesses across the United States to close or scale back...
Alabama Nursing Schools Survive the Covid-19 Pandemic
This story appears in the April 2021 issue of Business Alabama magazine.
Last spring, Alabama colleges and universities locked down their campuses and sent their students home...
Hyundai Expands its Product Mix in 2021
In Montgomery, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) has just wrapped up a massive $410 million expansion project in preparation for assembling the 2022 Santa...
Alabama’s Resilient Auto Industry is Ready for 2021
Last spring, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread worldwide, automakers in the United States faced disruptions to their supply chain and slumping sales as stay-at-home orders,...
Hyundai Goes Truckin’
This year Hyundai will dive into an already crowded U.S. pickup truck market with a new vehicle, the Santa Cruz.
The Santa Cruz, which will...
Mercedes Moves Toward Electric
Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said, “Nothing endures but change.”
The German automaker Mercedes-Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) in Tuscaloosa County, and its parent company, Daimler...
Top Women in Alabama Media 2019
Twenty-five women in media — whose jobs range from online news site editor to newspaper to TV and radio to marketing executive — were...
Life Lessons from the Farm
Jones Valley Teaching Farm offers a 12-year learning course through seven partner schools, using horticulture to teach a bounty of life skills, including mathematics, biology and business management.
The Key to EBSCO’s Success
75-year-old EBSCO is long-term focused, accumulating companies with one common factor — they make money serving fundamental markets.