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American Family Buys into #2 Doc-in-Box Slot
American Family Care, a Birmingham-based operator of urgent care centers, has acquired Doctors Express, the largest franchisor of such centers in the country. With...
President Obama suggests privatizing TVA
Saying that the Tennessee Valley Authority is likely to exceed it’s borrowing cap and that it has met its original objectives, President Barack Obama...
Mercedes Grows Again, Adds New Worker Health Program
Mercedes-Benz U.S. International has plans for yet another expansion of its Vance plant, this time adding a $70 million, 500-worker parts...
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...