Investment-Grade Distress
Two youths of the Great Recession dove into the frenzy of distressed real estate and made it an investment-grade discipline.
Diving into City Hall
Randall Woodfin was elected mayor of Birmingham on Oct. 3, defeating incumbent William Bell in...
Creative Assets Fully Valued
It’s not uncommon to dream about quitting the day job for a creative pursuit, but job security is often too important to risk....
Higher Ed at the Edge
ACHE Executive Director Jim Purcell says one of the biggest challenges facing the state is to...
Business Trailblazers
Founded in 1973, the Alabama Business Hall of Fame honors Alabama business leaders and entrepreneurs who have bettered their state over the course...
Rust Buster with Big Potential
Jon Brasher Few people who...
Innovations Critical and Complex
Alabama’s top academic and nonprofit inventors have produced significant patents, primarily in biomedical fields. They are among the 4, 000 fellows of the...
Alabama Natives Go Global
Pecans Roughly 40 percent of Alabama-grown pecans are exported, and the outlook for overseas market growth is optimistic. Demand is growing, ...
Steeped in Tradition and Brisk
Bill Bowron was two weeks away from becoming president of a bank in Savannah, Georgia when he got a call from his father...
Risk Management for Mars
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS), the world’s most powerful rocket, will launch crew members and massive cargo loads into deep space, ...