Service First
Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 on the eve of Black Hawn Down was the last place on Earth anyone would want to be,...
Grass-Grown Prime Prices
Randall Hastings is a third generation South Alabama cattle rancher. “My dad and grandfather worked our land from this very house, ” he...
Life Insurance You Could Just Hug?
In March, Protective Life Corp., the Birmingham-based life insurance company, began rolling out a new brand and customer service strategy....
The Road Not Taken
It’s a popular narrative that’s nearly a cliché. A high-powered executive chucks it all—international travel and a salary big enough to support a...
Out of the Ordinary
A WILD RIDE David Turner | President, BancorpSouth, Mobile | River Rafting David Turner can’t remember camping out a single...
Rocket Science and Brain Surgery
Improving Alloys and Electronics Since 1987, Huntsville-based Computational Fluid Dynamics Research Corp. has worked on many government and commercial M&S programs, ...
Spotlight on Coastal Gateway
The Coastal Gateway region—Choctaw, Clarke, Conecuh, Escambia and Monroe counties—has an abundance of natural resources, a key location on the...
Taking up Slack in Business Lending
It wasn’t too long ago that small business owners might walk right past a credit union on their way to their local bank...
How to Build a Global Market — These People Can Tell You
Following Apparel Offshore Established in 1968, Henderson Sewing Machine Co. Inc. supplies industrial sewing machines, parts, supplies and custom-manufactured...
Sparkling Window on a Mysterious Business
The diamond trade is one of the oldest, most insider-controlled enterprises there is. It’s a trade in which million dollar transactions are made...