Tag: February 2013
The Competitive Edge and Right-to-Work
Last December, Michigan, a longtime hub of the nation’s auto industry, became the 24th state to pass right-to-work legislation. Gov....
Strategic Redirection Saves Retail Real Estate Venture
Partners Robert Jolly and Mead Silsbee couldn’t have picked a worse time to launch a business specializing in the retail segment of real...
Big League Workforce Demands
More than 850, 000 automobiles were manufactured in Alabama in 2012, another record for an industry that has experienced amazing growth since...
Big Premiums, Paltry Payouts
Alabamians are among those crying foul over the discrepancy between what insurers charge for coverage and the payout when claims are made. ...
Pie Lab’s Community Chemistry
They are enjoying the life of pie in the tiny west Alabama town of Greensboro — apple, blueberry, key lime, ...
Birmingham Breathes Easier
For the first time in 30 years, Birmingham has attained acceptable air quality standards, the Birmingham News reports. The new...
Stocking Language Supplies
Growing numbers of Alabama companies conduct business internationally, and growing numbers of international companies conduct business in Alabama. The problem? Not...
A Severe Weather Pure Play
New ownership means new directions for Enterprise Electronics, the quiet Coffee County high-tech firm that’s helped protect the world’s population from weather...
ThyssenKrupp Leader Declares Reformation
Watching his company’s proud industrial history become “a case of a managerial culture gone wrong, ” ThyssenKrupp chief executive Heinrich Hiesinger says it’s...
Monster on the Prowl
Drummond Co.’s multi-million-ton dragline crane, idled since 1995, is moving again, the Birmingham News reports. In a story by Kyle...