Mission Routinely Impossible
Patrick Scheuermann was named director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in September. He took over the reins of the Huntsville complex —...
Hot Socks vs. Cheap Threads
Gina Locklear grew up around socks. As a child in Fort Payne in the 1980s and ’90s, she couldn’t avoid them. Back...
Two Big Dockings at Port of Mobile
An enormous shiploader and the biggest ship ever have made headlines at the Port of Mobile this fall. The $7.35 million shiploader arrived...
Alabama M*A*S*H
Within the past few years, dozens of new hospital trauma centers have sprung up in Alabama. The numbers are part of a...
Speak for Yourself, Wall Street
Regional banks, including Birmingham-based Regions, are speaking out on their own behalf, distancing themselves from Wall Street and mega-banks and...
Bentley Pushes Early Retirement, Bronner Questions
Gov. Robert Bentley is proposing a plan to offer early retirement to state workers. If 500 workers opted for the plan, he...
Flights of Fancy
On its website, Airbus waxes poetic in describing the future of the airplane cabin — “Future-gazing by Airbus shows blueprints for radical...
Career End for a Political Boss
Goodwin Myrick, one of the most powerful figures in Alabama politics, announced he was stepping down from his 20-year reign as...
Clockwork of Product in Motion
Barges, trains and trucks are all fundamental elements in the Nucor Steel logistical...
Game Over. Hit Reset.
Keivan Deravi is a professor of economics at Auburn University Montgomery’s School of Business. He designed the Alabama Economic Forecasting Model, which...