Troubled Waters, Troubled Assets
Dueling Condos Still Contenders Two of the most ambitious beachfront resort developments on the Alabama Gulf coast hit the recession like a...
What are Two Huge Economic Coups Worth?
Our May issue for the year 2002 reported the April 1 announcement by Hyundai Motor Co. that it would build a $1 billion...
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...
