Public Money for Banks Only?
Local governments, schools boards, utilities and other public agencies, working to stretch their budgets as the economy struggles, are looking beyond their banks to...
Sasser with Credit Unions
When Glenn Sasser applied for a $25, 000 small business loan from his bank, he had already spent nearly a decade running his company,...
Get Ready for Crowdfunding — Free Enterprise with a Shadow Side
Life without the Internet is hard to recall, even if you’re old enough for AARP membership. Few of us could last a day at...
Businesses that Help
Whether they realize it or not, many businesses — even big, healthy ones — reach a point where they could stand some help from...
Not Big Enough to Succeed
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore has been lobbying for an increase in the justice system’s share of the 2014 general fund...
Career Veer to Home Grown
Sandra Simone is a good farmer, reluctantly. Decades ago she traded Birmingham for California, with dreams of becoming a professional singer....
Upstart Startups
Thomas Macher’s MagnnPro enables clearer, risk-reduced MRI scans When a patient undergoes an MRI scan, doctors must be able to...
Spotlight on Madison County
Madison County, Alabama’s third most populated county and one of the fastest growing in the Southeast, is located in north Alabama...
Big First Plunge Back into Coastal Resort Housing
Cash is king. Just ask four Mobile natives who raised $62 million in private equity in less than six months. And they...
Disaster Master
On the campus of Howard Payne University in Brownwood, Texas, college students enter a stately building of fellowship and refuge from...