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New & Expanding Industries Totals
Unveiling the new red and white “Made in Alabama” logo for the state’s Commerce Department, Gov. Robert Bentley announced that the state...
UAW Organizing Alabama, with German Help
With the strident strains of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana as a soundtrack, the video alternates text — “UAW and IG Metall present...
Lamar to Lead Mobile Office of ServisFirst
Longtime Mobile banker Bibb Lamar has been named president and CEO for Mobile operations of Birmingham-based ServisFirst bank. Lamar retired in March as...
Airbus Breaks Ground in Alabama
Lines of cars snaked under the giant American flag held aloft by the turntable ladders atop two fire trucks at the entrance to...
Pols Pull Fast One for School Vouchers
In a behind-closed-doors session that left legislators no time to read a bill before voting, Republicans eased through a new law that...
Fed Cuts Hit Home Hard
Mandatory federal budget cuts, enacted because Congress failed to approve a federal funding plan, are beginning to ripple through Alabama. ...
Law Grads Face a Stern Market
Odds are, Grant Cofer has already heard more jokes about this than he ever wanted to. But between preparing for the bar...
Oil Spill Testimony Begins Flowing
The economic future of British oil giant BP hung in the balance during opening testimony in a long-anticipated federal court action over BP’s...
Rail Car Plant Runs Full Circle, Back to Rail Cars
From rail cars to real crisis to truck line and back to rail cars. It’s taken several years, but the massive plant...
Class Action Claimed in No-Class Cruise
More than 100 passengers from the crippled Carnival cruise ship Triumph, that limped into the port of Mobile at the end of...