Tag: July 2014
Regions Interest Rate Swaps: Cost Company $10 Million
Following a weeklong trial in January, an arbitration panel ruled that Regions Bank would have to pay a Baldwin County sewer company nearly $10...
Front Line in a Trade War with China – Leeds-Based M&B Hangers
It would have been entirely possible for Leeds-based M&B Hangers to be an importer now instead of a manufacturer of steel wire garment hangers....
Warming Chickens with Wood Pellets: Taking Chicken Carbon Neutral
Davis Lee understands the challenges of the poultry industry. He raised chickens as a boy growing up in North Carolina in the ’40s and...
ServisFirst Goes Public: Time Ripe for Stepping Out
Life is full of trades and they’re all public now for ServisFirst Bancshares Inc., Alabama’s new contribution to the NASDAQ exchange. President and CEO...
Alabama Incubators Greatly Aid Economic Development
Business incubation is often described as an economic development best value. For every dollar of estimated annual public operating subsidy provided the incubator, according...
Calhoun and Talladega Counties Take the Spotlight
Talladega and Calhoun counties, in northeast Alabama, are as bountiful in economic opportunity as they are in natural resources.
The landscapes of these Appalachian foothills...
Alabama Timber’s Sustainability Stockpile
Did you know that trees from Alabama may be keeping the lights on at Buckingham Palace?
Wood pellets from Alabama and a lot of other...
Comcast Usage Billing: Big Telecoms Big Billing Shadow
Ever-vigilant Internet conspiracy theorists were quick in May to tie the proposed Comcast merger with Time Warner Cable to an announcement that Comcast was...
Billionaires Spending: Put Some Rims on that A320
Billionaires tend to know exactly what they want but that doesn’t necessary help the people trying to sell to them. Airbus might have had...