Tag: June 2013
Ford’s Million Dollar Shine
Out of his teens, out of college and out of work, Russ Ford found employment polishing other people’s shoes. He offered great service —...
Agriculture Farm Financing
Yesterday’s dirt-under-his-fingernails yeoman farmer who tilled the soil with a horse-drawn plow would be astounded by today’s mechanized and diversified farm. Advances during the...
Give Us Your Earnest, Your Devout, Your High Achievers
Alabama may not have the draw of a Las Vegas or an Orlando, but conventions and other types of association meetings are big business...
Cotton Fields of the HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
That Old South anthem “Dixie, ” maundering for the “land of cotton, ” may well have been picturing Alabama, but certainly not the Alabama...
Insurance Agents about the Impact of Weather Events
Ask commercial insurance agents along Alabama’s Gulf Coast about the impact of catastrophic weather events, and you’ll hear repeated references to “before Katrina” and...
Bayer Trumpets $400 Million Herbicide Plant
Hours after local officials approved a $32 million tax abatement program for it, Bayer CropScience announced plans in mid-May to build a $400 million...
Can Fun Hedge a Tree Fund?
Not too long ago, timberland investing meant buying raw land, holding it, and selling for profit. Buyers watched their trees and bank accounts grow...
Schools and the Alabama Education Association
Henry Mabry is head of the Alabama Education Association. Historically one of the strongest special interest groups in Alabama politics, the AEA suffered one...
World Class Alabama
Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail
It is not difficult to find a place to play golf in the United States. The National Golf Federation puts...
Knox’s Trunk Show Goes Big Time Boutique
For Denise Knox, not being on the lookout for the next point of sale is the only risk there is.
Knox was born an entrepreneur....