Tag: July 2014
Alabama's Largest Private Companies
Sources: Dunn & Bradstreet, Standard & Poor’s, Reference USA and company surveys. Those companies submitting information are marked with an * after...
Alabama's Largest Accounting Firms 2014
Source: Alabama Society of CPAs and firm surveys. DND = Did Not Disclose Click here to download the PDF listing.
Oakworth Capital Bank: De Nouveau in the Wealth Niche
In the fall of 2007, on the eve of the worst financial crisis in U.S. history since the Great Depression, a group of Birmingham...
Birmingham Chases World Games in Hopes of $256 Million from Tourism
Birmingham tourism officials are betting a $125, 000 application fee in hopes of scoring $256 million in tourism dollars should the city win a...
The Money-Printing Machine: Electronically Printing Money
Since 2008 the U.S. Federal Reserve has been printing money like nobody’s business, more than $4 trillion of it. It’s not actually printed, of...
The Incubator Business Startup at Auburn University
Start your own business and be your own boss. It’s what we paradoxically both desire and fear, with good reason. Forgoing a steady paycheck...
Auburn Research Park: High Tech Seeks High Yield
Just off South College Street — Auburn’s main drag — past the chain restaurants, retail outlets and hotels is Auburn Research Park, a cluster...
Equities: Five Wealth Managers Weigh the Market
Top wealth managers at Alabama banks recommend stocks for client portfolios because of stocks’ long-term growth potential. While equities are just one investment option...
The Weld That Came in from the Cold War to Change Technology
In a closed, secret city, the Cold War prepared to heat up as Russian scientists quietly developed powerful technology intended to defeat their number...
Space Fence Will Help Stop Space Debris From Ruining Staellites
As chronicled in the “Pigs In Space” benchmark of last month, six decades of space travel have now littered Earth’s upper atmosphere with spent...