Tag: November 2012
Robots Making Warheads
The long, flat trolley-like device creeps toward a group of visitors on the shop floor of Raytheon’s new Missile Integration Facility at...
China, Alabama Huddle in Pine Belt
About 50 Chinese business executives and a few diplomats joined Alabama officials in Monroeville for the Alabama China Partnership’s (ACP’s) Fall Symposium in...
Great Public Space: Bienville Square
The American Planning Association picked Mobile’s Bienville Square as one of the 10 best public spaces in the nation for 2012. The association...
America's Favorite Park in Prattville
With 28 million votes proclaiming it America’s Favorite Park, Pratt Park in Prattville won a $100, 000 recreation grant from Coca-Cola that was...
Supply Sizzle
Armed with $2, 000, an Oldsmobile, a brand new diploma from Auburn University, and a big dream to be his...
Spotlight on Baldwin County
Baldwin County, in south Alabama, is known for tourism. Its sugar-white beaches, blue Gulf water, incredible shopping and entertainment, ...
New Oil Sheen Taints Spill Settlement
Scientists say that a new oil sheen near the site of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster comes from the well site, but...
Bidders Queue for ThyssenKrupp
Eight bidders answered ThyssenKrupps’ call for bids for its Alabama and Brazilian steel facilities, Bloomberg Businessweek is reporting. In addition to...
Alabamians Lead Charge in Libor Suit
Alabamians Dennis Fobes and his wife, who bought a waterfront home on Dog River, just south of Mobile, are headliners...
Full Force Innovator
Growing up as the son of a self-taught engineer in Huntsville, Tim Pickens was never allowed to say the words, “I’m...