Battling Big Pharma
Suing pharmaceutical companies on behalf of consumers is some of the main work of Dee Miles, a partner with the Montgomery-based plaintiff law...
Downtown Gold Standard
Three cities that have nurtured an eclectic collection of locally owned downtown storefronts.
Design Prodigy
The steel-toed boots architect Courtney Brett keeps in her car come in handy on work sites around South Alabama. But they also serve as...
Honda Unveils Redesigned, Alabama-Made Ridgeline
Honda’s first-generation Ridgeline pickup was introduced in 2005 and challenged conventional truck design thinking with its boxed frame uni-body that ramped up driving dynamics,...
Organ Donor Real Estate Transformer
Most people mark the end of a long stretch of their career by having a drink with colleagues or perhaps a dinner at the...
What to Look for in 2016
Last year in this space we boldly predicted that gambling would take center stage during the 2015 legislative session. We would have been exactly...
WS Journal Proclaims ThyssenKrupp Turnaround
The Wall Street Journal described German-based ThyssenKrupp AG as a “German steel dinosaur” at the time, five years ago, when Chief Executive...
How Keen was 2015?
In a pattern that now seems familiar, there wasn’t explosive growth or untenable collapse this past year, just a steady drumbeat of...
The Edisons of Medicine
Vital Metrix Heart failure is an obviously important problem in health, but the equipment used to monitor the problem is complex, ...
Maestro Healer
Birmingham ophthalmologist Andrew Mays briskly walks into the examination room beaming. This is no perfunctory encounter. He appears genuinely happy to greet this patient...