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Birmingham Breathes Easier
For the first time in 30 years, Birmingham has attained acceptable air quality standards, the Birmingham News reports. The new...
ThyssenKrupp Leader Declares Reformation
Watching his company’s proud industrial history become “a case of a managerial culture gone wrong, ” ThyssenKrupp chief executive Heinrich Hiesinger says it’s...
Monster on the Prowl
Drummond Co.’s multi-million-ton dragline crane, idled since 1995, is moving again, the Birmingham News reports. In a story by Kyle...
Shuttles on the Auction Block
There are quite a few miles logged on this headline making craft, but theoretically it’s for sale as NASA seeks to unload...
Expansions, layoffs and acquisitions
Rausch & Pausch has announced plans for a new $18 million plant and North American headquarters in Auburn Technology Park West. Expected to...
Transocean Bites $1.4 Billion Bullet; Not Enough, Says Bentley
Transocean, the owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that figured heavily in the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil...
Highpoints for a New Year
Mercedes-Benz gave the economy its first boost of 2013 when it announced, in mid-December, that it’s looking for 1, 000 workers...
Great $30 Million Moon Chase
Despite personnel shifts among member companies, Huntsville’s multi-firm team still hopes to capture Google’s $30 million Lunar X Prize for happy landings...
On the Lookout
AIRBUS How many suppliers can dance on the runways of Brookley Aeroplex? How will shake-ups in the parent company EADS affect Alabama plans? THYSSENKRUPP...
The Year That Was 2012
January 2012 Forecasts in Hindsight Last January, Business Alabama asked a dozen...
