Tag: March 2012
Near Miss Leads to Sure Thing Business
“If” is an important two-letter word in John Wydner’s vocabulary. If he hadn’t fallen from his tree stand after an early morning whitetail...
Alabama Leads National Meds Policy
An Alabama plan to pay actual costs for Medicaid drugs, rather than consumer tag prices, is being adapted for nationwide use,...
87-Year-Old Bridge Rebuild
Scott Bridge Co. of Opelika has begun work on a new CSX railroad bridge over the Mobile River, designed to ease a...
Vote of Confidence
Alec Yasinsac loves his job. “I’m living the dream, ” says the dean of the School of Computing at the University of South...
Let’s Hear That Again
Some 100 attorneys from around Alabama have added their names to a friend of the court brief asking the state Supreme Court to...
Aggressive Strategies in Hard Times
Few business sectors have been hit as hard as the construction industry by the economic downturn that began in 2008. The Associated General...
Wheeler Whoop Up
Nine juvenile whooping cranes are wintering at Wheeler National Wildlife Refuge near Decatur, after their flight to Florida was disrupted by weather...
Bandwith Runner
In this month’s issue of Business Alabama, “Companies on the Verge of Making It Big” (page 44), we introduce you to...
Rural Route Grocers
Independently owned grocery stores may not be as prevalent in Alabama as they were before the proliferation of national and regional chains, ...
Spotlight on Jackson, Marshall, DeKalb & Cherokee Counties
Jackson, Marshall, DeKalb and Cherokee counties in northeast Alabama are part of a tri-state area that includes Tennessee and Georgia, and close...