American Manufacturers Battle Chinese Scofflaws
When Business Alabama visited with him two years ago, Milton Magnus III was hanging in there — up to his neck fighting illegal...
New Game Board for Overtime Pay
We spoke with Jenna Bedsole, a specialist in labor and employment law, to get her insights on recent federal policy changes that...
Lawrence County’s Fastest Son Gets His Own Home Stretch
German Chancellor Adolf Hitler’s plan at the Berlin 1936 Olympics was to showcase the Aryan people as the world’s dominant race. Jesse Owens, ...
Spotlight on Calhoun & Talladega Counties
Calhoun and Talladega counties, in northeast Alabama, are well known for attracting tourists by the thousands with their bountiful natural resources and NASCAR races,...
Bringing Home the Downtown Grocery
Downtown Birmingham’s expansive new 20 Mid Town development — which hosts a Publix supermarket, Starbucks, luxury apartments and other retail space —...
Pay Plunges 42 Percent for State’s Auto Parts Workers
Alabama attracted more than $7 billion in capital investment in 2015, along with nearly 20, 000 new and future jobs, according to...
Chief Activist for the Retired
Even being voted “most likely to succeed” in your Theodore High School graduating class is no guarantee in life. But Jo Ann Jenkins’...
Industry Unraveled
It can take just a single loose thread to start the unraveling. A flaw forms in one area and begins to spread. Before long,...
Tractors for Cuba Roll off Alabama Assembly Line
The first five Oggun tractors have rolled off the assembly line, ready for Cuban certification before the Alabama-based company, CleBer LLC, ...
Forbes Crowns New Richest Alabamian
In late May, Forbes magazine announced that everybody’s favorite “Yella Fella” is now Alabama’s wealthiest person. Jimmy Rane, founder of Great Southern...