Service First
Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 on the eve of Black Hawn Down was the last place on Earth anyone would want to be,...
Markets Catch Breath After Benchmarks Breached
Wall Street closed out its best first-quarter beginning since 1998 as it finished our session that ended March 30. Several positive economic signs...
Grass-Grown Prime Prices
Randall Hastings is a third generation South Alabama cattle rancher. “My dad and grandfather worked our land from this very house, ” he...
Budgeting Without Revenue
Call it sensible and austere or say it spills blood on the hands of Alabama’s Legislature, but don’t look for any new...
Life Insurance You Could Just Hug?
In March, Protective Life Corp., the Birmingham-based life insurance company, began rolling out a new brand and customer service strategy....
Alabama Development Office Rebranded
Ignoring that old adage, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it, ” the state has changed the name of its renowned...
One Big Fish
John Nichols, of Samantha, didn’t hook just any old fish on his outing to Holt Reservoir in March. The cat on...
The Road Not Taken
It’s a popular narrative that’s nearly a cliché. A high-powered executive chucks it all—international travel and a salary big enough to support a...
Auburn Legos Model Toyota Production
Just-in-time delivery, carefully coordinated production lines, Toyota-style lean manufacturing and an eagle eye to safety make the automotive engineering lab at...
Out of the Ordinary
A WILD RIDE David Turner | President, BancorpSouth, Mobile | River Rafting David Turner can’t remember camping out a single...