Eight at the Top
If you asked Alabama’s top executive women at public companies whether as young girls they dreamed of being where they are today, ...
Disquieting Career Advice
Demopolis-born Jim Rogers—a nationally known hedge fund investor, financial columnist and author—dropped a bombshell on University of Alabama business students in March....
Shelley Stewart: From Segregation to Connections
At a time when cultural and political forces were aligned to keep people apart in Alabama, Shelley Stewart wanted to start a...
Near Miss Leads to Sure Thing Business
“If” is an important two-letter word in John Wydner’s vocabulary. If he hadn’t fallen from his tree stand after an early morning whitetail...
Alabama Leads National Meds Policy
An Alabama plan to pay actual costs for Medicaid drugs, rather than consumer tag prices, is being adapted for nationwide use,...
87-Year-Old Bridge Rebuild
Scott Bridge Co. of Opelika has begun work on a new CSX railroad bridge over the Mobile River, designed to ease a...
Vote of Confidence
Alec Yasinsac loves his job. “I’m living the dream, ” says the dean of the School of Computing at the University of South...
Let’s Hear That Again
Some 100 attorneys from around Alabama have added their names to a friend of the court brief asking the state Supreme Court to...
Aggressive Strategies in Hard Times
Few business sectors have been hit as hard as the construction industry by the economic downturn that began in 2008. The Associated General...
Wheeler Whoop Up
Nine juvenile whooping cranes are wintering at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge near Decatur, after their flight to Florida was disrupted by weather...