Small Businesses Contract $1B in Missile Work
                    Northrop Grumman Corp. in late June celebrated exceeding $1 billion in work subcontracted to small businesses under the U.S. Missile Defense Agency’s Joint National...                
            Alabama Positions For U.S.-Cuba Trade
                    After 50 years of isolationist policy with a promising consumer market just off the Florida coast,  the time has come for Congress to...                
            How to Do Food Franchises
                    “Wow,  great pizza, ” lunch breaking Mobile police officers verbally approve,  huddling over pepperoni in the first degree. Other customers of Uncle...                
            Investors Beware
                    Back in 2010,  Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc.,  a securities underwriting firm,  began selling $39 million in bonds on behalf of...                
            75 Years in Law Gives Perspective on Technology
                        Chris Gill (left) and Roger Bates    Time and technology have brought a host of changes to Hand Arendall,  a statewide...                
            Alabama's Largest Law Firms 2016
                    Source: Business Alabama survey  Click here to view the complete listing.
Compiled by Erica Joiner West                
            Renewable Power Liftoff
                    
A photo of solar panels stands out on the cover of Atlanta-based Southern Co.’s annual report, and it speaks volumes about the company’s years-long...                
            Internet Breakthrough by Adtran
                    The engineers at Adtran,  Alabama’s largest information technology company,  are laying claim to a technology breakthrough — “a leap forward for the...                
            A Declaration of Independence in International Trade
                    We spoke with U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions in mid-June,  on the subject of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement. At the time,  opponents...                
            Best Companies to Work for in Alabama 2016
                    The Best Companies Group offers Alabama businesses a chance to evaluate how well they measure up as great employers — both in the eyes of their employees and in comparison to other companies across the state.                
             
             
		



