Rural Studios at Twenty: Chronicles of the Company Through the Years
It came into being, according to one of the founders, because architects had become “lapdogs of the rich” who needed to learn how to...
Airbus Branding: How Airbus Rebranded to Improve Their Image
Branding is a focus of this month’s Business Alabama, and we need look no further than Airbus Group for a lesson in the science...
Mercedes C-Class Sedan: Mercedes Production Line Dance
They were literally dancing on the floor of the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Vance on June 18. With the infectious Pharrell Williams’ song “Happy”...
Walmart Management: A Graduate of the Walmart School of Hard Knocks
Walmart, the biggest employer in the United States with a workforce of nearly 2.2 million people, didn’t have to look far to fill management...
Manufacturing Low Grades on ‘Human Capital’: Alabama Lowest GRADE
Alabama’s manufacturing and logistics report card arrived in June, and — while we didn’t really ace any of the subjects — we at least...
Alabama's Best Large Employer: Gray Construction
Shared Success Rings the Bell If you’re a devotee of the Christmas classic “It’s a Wonderful Life, ” you might think of angel...
Birmingham Chases World Games in Hopes of $256 Million from Tourism
Birmingham tourism officials are betting a $125, 000 application fee in hopes of scoring $256 million in tourism dollars should the city win a...
Space Fence Will Help Stop Space Debris From Ruining Staellites
As chronicled in the “Pigs In Space” benchmark of last month, six decades of space travel have now littered Earth’s upper atmosphere with spent...
Regions Interest Rate Swaps: Cost Company $10 Million
Following a weeklong trial in January, an arbitration panel ruled that Regions Bank would have to pay a Baldwin County sewer company nearly $10...
ServisFirst Goes Public: Time Ripe for Stepping Out
Life is full of trades and they’re all public now for ServisFirst Bancshares Inc., Alabama’s new contribution to the NASDAQ exchange. President and CEO...