Spotlight on Coffee & Dale Counties
Coffee and Dale counties are part of the Wiregrass region of the country that includes parts of southeastern Alabama, southern Georgia and...
Number One Tax Tip for 2013 — Put your tax advisers on speed dial
With lawmakers burning the New Year’s Eve oil to finalize tax laws, Business Alabama has gone to tax advisers and experts for their...
Transocean Bites $1.4 Billion Bullet; Not Enough, Says Bentley
Transocean, the owner and operator of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that figured heavily in the 2010 BP Gulf of Mexico oil...
Manufacturing Champions Out of Alabama
Markus Schaefer sits in a conference room at the Mercedes-Benz manufacturing plant in Vance and reflects on two years of amazing success. The...
Highpoints for a New Year
Mercedes-Benz gave the economy its first boost of 2013 when it announced, in mid-December, that it’s looking for 1, 000 workers...
The Way of the Wayward Andy
Being a motivational speaker is easy when your resume includes gigs at the White House, books on the New York Times Best...
Great $30 Million Moon Chase
Despite personnel shifts among member companies, Huntsville’s multi-firm team still hopes to capture Google’s $30 million Lunar X Prize for happy landings...
Ready for Another Big Bank Crisis? Bailout?
A watershed of lawsuits now breaking across the country could cause another crisis among the largest investment banks — the same banks that...
Spotlight on Montgomery County
Montgomery County, the home of Alabama’s state capitol in central Alabama and part of the state’s River Region, also is known...
Backing Alabama-China Connections
“We love you George, ” the Chinese visitor said to his American host, hugging his neck before boarding a plane for home....