Mobile County Takes The Spotlight for Shipbuilding
Mobile County, in southwest Alabama, is the state’s second most populous county. It has the state’s only seaport, and is known for its booming...
Southerners Hate Most Business Phone Service
In the South, we like our tea sweet and the person on the other end of a business call polite. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always...
Logistics Company Fortifies Mobile Hub
How does a ground freight logistics company without any actual trucks do business, you ask? Simple, says its president. Use other people’s.
Total Quality Logistics...
Matthew Coughlin – Business Alabama Photographer Lands National Prize
Photographer Matthew Coughlin, a frequent contributor to Business Alabama, has earned a coveted national prize from Communication Arts. His photo of Matt Randall holding...
Economic Engines
U.S. Army Redstone Arsenal
Redstone Arsenal is a 38, 000-acre secure U.S. Army installation and home of the Army Materiel Command’s four-star general headquarters, a...
Obama Goes after Payday Loans
Give the man credit: President Barack Obama has come twice this year to Alabama, a state so deeply red that it’s hard to remember...
Braves Baseball – Home of the Braves Coming Along
Fans of the Atlanta Braves found little to cheer about this spring, as one player after another from the 2014 squad was traded away...
Lockheed – 7, 000 Per Year Missile Factory Ramps Up
A renewed partnership between Lockheed Martin and the state of Alabama should add 240 employees to the company’s Pike County Operations facility by 2020.
The...
IDIE Awards 2015 – The Results Are In
The Alabama Chapter of the International Interior Design Association recently held its biennial IDIE awards, recognizing designers in 10 categories. The event was held...
Etowah and St. Clair counties Take The Spotlight
Etowah and St. Clair counties in north central Alabama have the enviable benefits of very easy interstate, rail and air access for business and industry,...