BP Settles, Soars, Sours
Lawyers for BP oil company and for victims of a massive spill reached a settlement in early March, setting aside $5.8 billion...
What Are the Odds?
The jury returned a verdict March 7 in Alabama’s gambling corruption trial, finding all defendants not guilty on all counts. Everyone walked free,...
Rocket City Futurism Two
Solar arrays in Cumming Research Park by 2015? It could become reality as part of the latest grand vision being boosted by Huntsville’s...
Jeffco Consultant Unleashes More Thunderbolts
With mounting stringencies in Jefferson County, not even the iron mascot atop Red Mountain seems safely employed. Jefferson County commissioners got a...
Chinese Team with Alabama Biofuel
A Chinese firm specializing in alcohol-based fuels says it has formed a partnership with a Livingston company that plans to make fuel from...
Changeups at Top in Higher Ed
Robert Witt, in March, was chosen as chancellor of the University of Alabama System and the university’s vice president, Judith...
Pemco Flies to Florida
Pemco, which praised the wonders of corporate life in Dothan on its website even while quietly moving its headquarters to Florida last...
Immigration Law Takes a Hit, Immigrants Edge Back
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked two more sections of Alabama’s controversial immigration law until there’s final court action on the...
Disquieting Career Advice
Demopolis-born Jim Rogers—a nationally known hedge fund investor, financial columnist and author—dropped a bombshell on University of Alabama business students in March....
Alabama Leads National Meds Policy
An Alabama plan to pay actual costs for Medicaid drugs, rather than consumer tag prices, is being adapted for nationwide use,...
