United Bank Lands One of U.S. Treasury’s Largest Community Development Awards
The U.S. Treasury Department recently gave a $6 million community development award to United Bank, in Atmore, in south Alabama, one of the largest...
Three Major Expansions in Auburn
Auburn saw three manufacturers this week announce major expansions totaling $52.8 million.
Borbet Group Alabama is investing $23.9 million and creating 25 new jobs over...
Top Headlines: RSA evaluates coronavirus effects, Alabama’s ‘site selection’ ranking
RSA takes a hard look at how coronavirus might affect portfolio
The Retirement System of Alabama’s investment team is evaluating how the outbreak of coronavirus...
Land Trust Opens 8th Nature Preserve in North Alabama
It’s a 360-acre piece of property — soon to be open to the public — complete with caves, a spectacular waterfall, working farmland and...
New Bank Hits $100 Million Milestone
A relatively new bank in Huntsville has reached $100 million in assets.
Merit Bank, a subsidiary of Merit Bancorporation, in July 2019 made news for...
Top Headlines: Joe Biden wins Alabama Democratic primary, Sessions faces Senate runoff
Ivey Signs Bill to Regulate City Occupational Taxes
Governor Kay Ivey on Tuesday signed a bill that gives the state power to oversee occupational taxes....
Small Business Bankruptcy Reforms You Need to Know
Key changes covered here:
prompt deadlines
protection from vengeful creditors
class of creditors not needed to approve a plan
absolute priority rule eliminated
independent...
Small Business Fraud Prevention Essentials
Banking regulations do not necessarily provide the same protections for businesses as they do for consumers. To protect your business, begin with this checklist...
Human Testing of New Anticancer Therapy Opens at UAB
Incysus Therapeutics Inc. has received permission to begin testing a new cancer treatment in patients at the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
The new drug-resistant...
Politics, Shipbuilding and $9 Billion Plus
2020 is a big election year in the U.S. and for Mobile-based Austal USA, which hopes to win a $9 billion-plus contract to build...