New Laws
May 20 the Alabama Legislature concluded a busy, sometimes bitterly controversial 105-day session that voted taxpayer money to support private schools, gave K-12 teachers...
Ranks & Ratings
1 — Three Alabama companies have been named winners in Alabama’s Manufacturer of the Year awards. Automaker Mercedes-Benz took the honors for a large...
Brenda Wood Pushed Earthmover Auctioneer to Top Ranks
They do business from Alabama to Israel. Their customer may be a Montgomery farmer or an Arabian sheik. And their biggest business boost came...
Public Money for Banks Only?
Local governments, schools boards, utilities and other public agencies, working to stretch their budgets as the economy struggles, are looking beyond their banks to...
Georgia-Pacific Plans Restarts on Housing Futures
Saying it sees “emerging signs in the housing market that are whetting the appetite for more building products, ” Georgia-Pacific has announced plans to...
Sasser with Credit Unions
When Glenn Sasser applied for a $25, 000 small business loan from his bank, he had already spent nearly a decade running his company,...
Belle Adds Childcare to the Grocery Sack
If you’ve ever gone grocery shopping with a tired two-year-old, then you’ll probably understand why a family-owned newcomer to the grocery industry in Alabama...
Alabama's Largest Credit Unions
The source for this information is the National Credit Union Administration’s most recent available year-end data. Click here to download the complete listing.
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American Family Buys into #2 Doc-in-Box Slot
American Family Care, a Birmingham-based operator of urgent care centers, has acquired Doctors Express, the largest franchisor of such centers in the country. With...
Get Ready for Crowdfunding — Free Enterprise with a Shadow Side
Life without the Internet is hard to recall, even if you’re old enough for AARP membership. Few of us could last a day at...