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Scrushy Wants Back in Health Care Business
Former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy — recently released from jail on bribery and fraud charges that also sent former Gov. Don Siegelman to jail...
New Laws
May 20 the Alabama Legislature concluded a busy, sometimes bitterly controversial 105-day session that voted taxpayer money to support private schools, gave K-12 teachers...
Ranks & Ratings
1 — Three Alabama companies have been named winners in Alabama’s Manufacturer of the Year awards. Automaker Mercedes-Benz took the honors for a large...
Georgia-Pacific Plans Restarts on Housing Futures
Saying it sees “emerging signs in the housing market that are whetting the appetite for more building products, ” Georgia-Pacific has announced plans to...
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...
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...