The Mississippi Business Journal back issues from January 2008:
Business around Jackson picks up when pols in town.
Jan 07, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mississippi legislators are coming back to the metro area and getting settled in as they look forward to a new session. The 2008 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at noon Tuesday, January 8. At that time, a flurry of receptions and ...
Bryant outlines legislative agenda.
Jan 07, 2008; ... Soon after Mississippi voters gave the green light to State Auditor Phil Bryant to take over the top leadership spot in the Senate, the lieutenant governor-elect started lining up his 2008 agenda. The Mississippi Business Journal caught up with Bryant last month and asked him about several ...
Wicker pledges to open Coast office, continue recovery effort.(Roger Wicker)
Jan 07, 2008; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In naming Rep. Roger Wicker to fill the unexpired U.S. Senate seat of Trent Lott, Gov. Haley Barbour said he wanted someone with a flat learning curve. Wicker has represented the state's first congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives ...
JBHM Architects, P.A.(People to Watch)(appoinment of Joseph Echols and Chris Faulkner)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... Joseph Echols and Chris Faulkner have joined JBHM Architects, P.A., in the firm's Biloxi office. Echols, a designer, earned a bachelor of architecture degree from Mississippi State University, and since graduation he has gained experience in the design of public, healthcare, religious and ...
Shelby Mortgage Corp.(People to Watch)(appoinment of Eddie Reed)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Eddie Reed, a loan originator at Shelby Mortgage in Southaven, has been elected vice president of the Mississippi Association of Mortgage Brokers (MAMB). He holds the national designation of Certified ...
Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis.(People to Watch)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... W. Alex Brady II, Douglas T. Miracle and Lisa A. Reppeto have been named shareholders of Watkins Ludlam Winter and Stennis, P.A. Brady works from the firm's Gulfport office and is a graduate of Mississippi State University and Michigan State University Law School. He focuses his practice ...
Bancorp South names Gordon Lewis vice chairman.(People to Watch)
Jan 07, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Gordon Lewis has been named executive vice president, BancorpSouth Inc., and vice chairman of BancorpSouth Bank. Lewis has assumed the responsibilities left vacant upon the retirement of Mike Sappington and has relocated to the company's corporate offices ...
People lease plays Santa for Sunnybrook.(People to Watch)
Jan 07, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] People Lease of Ridgeland recently gave the children of Sunnybrook Children's Home a present from a wish list and also a Simon gift card from Northpark Mall. Pictured are: Paul Bowers (left ...
Hmmm ... coaches' salaries, eternal rest--touchdown!(Perspective)
Jan 07, 2008; ... The biggest college football story of 2007 might not be about which team was the national champion, but how many NCAA Division I-A coaches received contracts worth over a million dollars a year, and where the money will come from to pay those relatively stratospheric salaries. Not to ...
DEA selects L-3 Vertex.(Strictly Business)(Drug Enforcement Administration)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... MADISON -- L-3 Vertex Aerospace has been awarded a contract to provide total aviation support to the U.S. Department of Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). The program includes a first-year, base-period and four, one-year option periods. L-3 will provide total ...
Hospital site unveiled.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... PICAYUNE -- In May 2006, Forrest General Hospital purchased the former Crosby Memorial Hospital in this South Mississippi city with plans to build a new hospital facility. That new hospital, to be called Highland Community Hospital, is now closer to reality, with the location being ...
Eutaw wins contract.(Strictly Business)(Eutaw Construction Company Inc.)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... ABERDEEN -- Eutaw Construction Company Inc. has been awarded the contract to expand the existing two-lanes of Highway 425 to four-lanes from Log Cabin, La., to the Arkansas state line. The project contract totals $24.2 million. "We anticipate the project to last for 650 days ....
Plant to serve as model.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... BLUE SPRINGS -- Toyota Motor Corp.'s designation of its Mississippi plant as a worldwide model of environmentally-friendly operations is a dramatic statement of confidence in the Mississippi project, according to Gov. Haley Barbour. "Toyota has designated its Blue Springs plant ...
Shares to be repurchased.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... KOSCIUSKO -- The board of directors of First M&F Corporation, at its meeting December 12, 2007, has approved a stock buyback program. The board approved a stock repurchase program targeted at repurchasing up to 500,000 shares (approximately 5% of outstanding shares) beginning in ...
Cochran wants Delta National Heritage Area.(Strictly Business)(Thad Cochran)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... WASHINGTON -- Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) has introduced legislation to establish the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area. The legislation designates an 18-county area in Mississippi as the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "The ...
Cal-Maine's numbers up.(Strictly Business)(Financial report)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... JACKSON -- Cal-Maine Foods Inc. saw net sales for the second quarter of fiscal 2008 of $223.7 million, compared with net sales of $137.7 million for the same quarter of fiscal 2007. The company reported net income of $40.2 million, or $1.70 per basic share, for the second quarter of fiscal ...
Fulton Crossing acquired.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... CORINTH -- DLC Management Corporation, a national owner and operator of open-air shopping centers based in Tarrytown, N.J., has acquired a new portfolio consisting of 16 shopping centers located throughout the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic. Terms were not disclosed. The acquisition ...
HMC CDS forms.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... NEW ALBANY -- HMC Technologies has recently created a new department called HMC Custom Data Solutions (HMC CDS). HMC CDS was created to address the increasing need to bring plant floor information into the office. HMC CDS incorporates barcode and RFID technologies, along with ...
JBHM, MHSAA partner.(Strictly Business)(JBHM Education Group)(Mississippi High School Activities Association )(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... JACKSON -- JBHM Education Group, LLC, and the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) recently partnered in an effort to increase the ACT scores of students participating in MHSAA activities. "The two priorities for MHSAA for this year were to improve ...
RTN enters agreement.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... JACKSON -- Retro Television Network (RTN), which is nationally owned and distributed by Equity Media Holdings Corporation, has entered into agreements with Media General to bring RTN programming to Jackson and Augusta, Ga. The new affiliates will launch early next year on a digital stream ...
Reef enhanced.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... BILOXI -- The Shellfish and the Artificial Reef bureaus of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (DMR) teamed up with Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in November 2007 to enhance a low-profile fishing reef using recycled oyster shells. The oyster shells were a byproduct of ...
Nursing home CON issued.(Strictly Business)(certificate of need)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... YAZOO CITY -- The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) has approved a certificate of need (CON) for Martha Coker Convalescent Home. The funding is for additional capital expenditure for site change and cost overrun of 41-bed replacement nursing home facility and addition of 19 ...
Sportsmen spend $363m.(Strictly Business)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... WASHINGTON -- Mississippi's 537,000 hunters and anglers are among the most prominent and influential of all demographic groups, spending more than $683 million annually on hunting and fishing. This is according to a new report, "Hunting and Fishing: Bright Stars of the American ...
Awards top $199m.(Strictly Business)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... BILOXI -- South Mississippi Contract Procurement Center Inc. (SMCPC) has released a report on its clients' awards during fiscal year 2007. Prime contract awards totaled approximately $181.56 million (approximately $132.24 million was state and/or local government awards) ....
New magazine published.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... JACKSON -- Mississippi One-Call, the state's "call before you dig" center, has added another communication tool for promoting excavation safety. The new quarterly magazine, Mississippi One-Call ACTS, will be distributed free to all members and users of the One-Call system and will focus on ...
Funding approved for metro projects.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... WASHINGTON -- More than $70 million in federal funding has been earmarked for projects in Mississippi's Third Congressional District, $10.4 million of which goes to metro Jackson-area projects. The funding breakdown is: $2.94 million--East Metropolitan Corridor ...
Urban adds stations.(Strictly Business)
Jan 07, 2008 ... MERIDIAN AND TUPELO -- URBan Radio Communications, LLC, has closed on the purchase of WMSR-FM, from Malkan Broadcasting, L.P., in Florence-Muscle Shoals, Ala. Terms were not disclosed. The WMSR-FM transaction brings URBan's Florence-Muscle Shoals market to six stations and comes ...
Workplace Essentials opens.(Strictly Business)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... RIDGELAND -- Memphis-based Workplace Essentials has opened a new, full-service showroom for the Jackson market. The new Ridgeland facility features more than 2,100 square feet of office furniture and accessories at its Highland Colony Parkway location. Workplace Essentials ...
McMullan pledges support.(Strictly Business)(Brief article)
Jan 07, 2008 ... HATTIESBURG -- Forrest General Healthcare Foundation recently received a gift from Paul McMullan. McMullan, who also serves as chairman of the board of directors for the foundation, pledged $50,000 to be given to the Spiritual Grounds at Pine Grove. Spiritual Grounds is designed to help ...
Among Hosemann's SoS priorities, business court system.(Interview)
Jan 07, 2008; ... After running for U.S. Congress in 1998, serving the U.S. Electoral College in 2000 and chairing the Capital Foundation of the Mississippi Republican Party, Phelps Dunbar attorney Delbert Hosemann won the vote to take over for retiring Secretary of State Eric Clark in January 2008. ...
On the horizon: firms anticipate growth, investment, GO Zone interest.(Focus)
Jan 07, 2008; ... Like other business and professional groups, law firms greeted 2008 with plans for an active year. The Mississippi Business Journal caught up with a couple of them over the recent holiday season and asked about expectations for the coming months. "It's a very busy time for us ...
Ole Miss professor named to International Space Law Society's board of directors.(Focus)
Jan 07, 2008 ... As more and more countries venture into outer space, the study and development of space law is expanding. A University of Mississippi professor is playing an important role in that process as an internationally recognized expert on space law and as a newly-appointed member of the ...
CPAs ring in the new year, tax time with advice for clients.(Focus)
Jan 07, 2008; ... The holidays are over, but there's no lull for the state's CPA firms as they dive into the tax season and changes in tax laws going into effect in 2008. Angela G. Fisher with GranthamPoole in Jackson says December and early January are a busy time. "In December we work with our ...
Firm's 30-year growth parallels successful South Miss. economy.(Law & Accounting Quarterly)(Company overview)
Jan 07, 2008; ... In the 30 years since Hattiesburg-based Nicholson & Company, PLLC, started in the accounting business, the firm has gone from manual tax returns and ledger entries to tax accounting software that operates with lightening speed. And the firm that started with just a handful of employees now ...
CPA firms.
Jan 07, 2008 ... <Pre> CPA Firms Number of Name, Telephone Total Staff Number of CPAs Number, Address Fax Year Founded HORNE LLP, (601) 948-0940 475 101 AmSouth Building(601) 973-7997 1962 200 E. MS ...
Litigation support: CPAs providing value to litigators in state.(Low Accounting Quarterly)
Jan 07, 2008; ... There is probably nothing that is more at odds with the perception of a typical CPA than the work connected with providing litigation support to attorneys. As the stereotype goes, a CPA likes to make sure reports are correct, financial statements are presented "fairly" or tax information ...
Mississippi business wins unprecedented award from IRS.(Focus)
Jan 07, 2008; ... If you can't fight city hall, what chance do you have fighting the IRS when you feel the agency has made a wrong decision? And what if that wrong decision is requiring you to pay more than $250 million in excise taxes for your family-owned business? Things might seem pretty ...
Physician supply, malpractice litigation not going away any time soon.(Focus)
Jan 07, 2008; ... Most readers are aware of the well publicized health care crisis such as the looming Medicare funding shortfall and the debate over how to deal with those 40 million Americans without health insurance. However, another health crisis that has not drawn as much attention is looming, and ...
Businesses can learn a lot from U.S. Economic Census process.
Jan 07, 2008; ... As if business owners didn't have enough to do, an estimated 40,000 in Mississippi also have some important papers to fill out and return to the U.S. Census Bureau by February 12. All businesses with 10 or more employees received the 2007 Economic Census forms--more than four million ...
High fertilizer prices affecting producers' crop decisions.(Mississippi Agribusiness)
Jan 07, 2008; ... World demand for nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium has driven the price of these fertilizers past record levels, and Mississippi producers are trying to make 2008 crop decisions in light of steadily rising costs. Improved market prices promoted record corn acreage in 2007. Corn ...
Ag wealth management seminar set for Jan. 11.(Mississippi Agribusiness)
Jan 07, 2008 ... A January 11 conference will help farmers, landowners, accountants and other consultants learn about current policy issues that can impact revenue and wealth management for today's farmers and future generations. The Richard C. Adkerson School of Accountancy at Mississippi State ...
Watching those cycles spin.
Jan 07, 2008; ... The economy moves in cycles. In prosperous times, rapid economic growth tends to help most of us earn and keep more money, and it generally helps companies prosper, as well. During a downturn or recession, common in the fourth quarter, more consumers and businesses find themselves facing ...
Business events (and more).(Conference news)(Calendar)
Jan 07, 2008 ... Thursday, January 10 * The Mississippi Economic Council will hold A Capital Day, designed to allow business leaders from across the state to visit with newly elected legislators, legislative leaders and other newly elected officials during the first week of the regular ...
On the horizon: firms anticipate growth, investment, GO Zone interest
Jan 07, 2008; ... Like other business and professional groups, law firms greeted 2008 with plans for an active year. The Mississippi Business Journal caught up with a couple of them over the recent holiday season and asked about expectations for the coming months. "It's a very busy time for us with big ...
Bryant outlines legislative agenda
Jan 07, 2008; ... Soon after Mississippi voters gave the green light to State Auditor Phil Bryant to take over the top leadership spot in the Senate, the lieutenant governor-elect started lining up his 2008 agenda. The Mississippi Business Journal caught up with Bryant last month and asked him about several ...
Wicker pledges to open Coast office, continue recovery effort
Jan 07, 2008; ... In naming Rep. Roger Wicker to fill the unexpired U.S. Senate seat of Trent Lott, Gov. Haley Barbour said he wanted someone with a flat learning curve. Wicker has represented the state's first congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives since 1995, experience Barbour feels is ...
Business around Jackson picks up when pols in town
Jan 07, 2008; ... Mississippi legislators are coming back to the metro area and getting settled in as they look forward to a new session. The 2008 Regular Session of the Mississippi Legislature convenes at noon Tuesday, January 8. At that time, a flurry of receptions and dinners will begin, ensuring that ...
BancorpSouth names Gordon Lewis vice chairman
Jan 07, 2008; ... Gordon Lewis has been named executive vice president, BancorpSouth Inc., and vice chairman of BancorpSouth Bank. Lewis has assumed the responsibilities left vacant upon the retirement of Mike Sappington and has relocated to the company's corporate offices in Tupelo. A native of ...
Among Hosemann's SoS priorities, business court system
Jan 07, 2008; ... After running for U.S. Congress in 1998, serving the U.S. Electoral College in 2000 and chairing the Capital Foundation of the Mississippi Republican Party, Phelps Dunbar attorney Delbert Hosemann won the vote to take over for retiring Secretary of State Eric Clark in January ...
CPAs ring in the new year, tax time with advice for clients
Jan 07, 2008; ... The holidays are over, but there's no lull for the state's CPA films as they dive into the tax season and changes in tax laws going into effect in 2008. Angela G. Fisher with GranthamPoole in Jackson says December and early January are a busy time. "In December we work with our clients ...
Firm's 30-year growth parallels successful South Miss. economy
Jan 07, 2008; ... In the 30 years since Hattiesburg-based Nicholson & Company, PLLC, started in the accounting business, the firm has gone from manual tax returns and ledger entries to tax accounting software that operates with lightening speed. And the firm that started with just a handful of employees now ...
25th Anniversary EXPO: Seminars by Eagle Ridge presenters provide a chance to learn, explore
Jan 14, 2008; ... While the Comcast Mississippi Business and Technology EXPO offers a great venue to meet new people and forge or solidify relationships, it also provides the opportunity to explore new concepts and strategies, to share experiences - good and bad - and to learn new ways to succeed at business. In ...
25th Anniversary EXPO: Take in the Magnolia State's sites, sounds, history at EXPO
Jan 14, 2008; ... Tourism, one of the state's leading industries, is alive and well and will be represented at the 25th-anniversary EXPO. Attendees should look for the Mississippi Development Authority Division of Tourism's display to find information on places of interest, attractions and events around the ...
25th Anniversary EXPO: ABC Construction Zone building industry awareness during EXPO
Jan 14, 2008; ... Mississippi is home to many top-flight construction and construction-related companies, and some of these firms will be found in the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Construction Zone at the 2008 Comcast Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO. The ABCConstruction Zone is a ...
25th Anniversary EXPO: Latest in technology, telecommunications takes center stage
Jan 14, 2008; ... Since the Comcast Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO's launch 25 years ago, technology has revolutionized the workplace. The typewriter was still common in most offices when that first EXPO was held. This year's show will spotlight companies offering products that utilize the Web, cell ...
25th Anniversary EXPO: Comcast Business Class back as EXPO title sponsor
Jan 14, 2008; ... If it's January, it's EXPO time at the Mississippi Trade Mart. The state's largest business-to-business networking event celebrates its 25th anniversary January 16 and 17. This year marks the fourth year Comcast Business Class is the title sponsor of this special event of the Mississippi ...
New president takes over at BIPEC just as busy 2008 gets going
Jan 14, 2008; ... There's been a leadership change at the Business and Industry Political Education Committee (BIPEC), but the services of this organization will continue in the same dependable way members expect and need. Vice president Van White is replacing retiring Richard Wilcox as president of the political ...
25th Anniversary EXPO: Looking back: Twenty-five great years and counting
Jan 14, 2008; ... In the early years of a business expo or trade show, it can be a chancy proposition for a company to dedicate staff time, money and resources without knowing the show has a successful track record. The experience could be a great success. Or a big dud. When James Watts, owner of ...
Pampered pooches right at home at Madison's Chateau le Pooch
Jan 14, 2008; ... Pooches who are used to being pampered will feel right at home in Madison's new Chateau le Pooch. "It's the Ritz Carlton for dogs," said Joni South, owner of the new facility that boards dogs and cats while their owners are away. South opened the pup motel with her husband, Bill ...
Delta research changed cotton farming, revolutionizing Southern ag
Jan 14, 2008; ... CLARKSDALE - Covered only with a coat of rust and adorned with a string of lights from a Christmas past, the vintage machine sitting on the edge of Highway 49 near Clarksdale is a reminder of a revolution that took place in Southern agriculture more than 60 years ago. The M 12H ...
25th Anniversary EXPO: Bright and early start to EXPO with Best Places to Work breakfast
Jan 14, 2008; ... Awards programs have long been an integral part of the Comcast Mississippi Business & Technology EXPO. The Top 40 Under 40 and Business Woman of the Year luncheons play to packed rooms each year. The programs make the EXPO much more than just a tradeshow. Again this year, the Best ...
25th Anniversary EXPO: Networking, great food and music on tap at Business After Hours
Jan 14, 2008; ... Business After Hours is a popular event each year at the EXPO. A packed house is expected again when the super networking party begins at 5 p.m. Wednesday. This year's sponsors are the Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership, Business Communications Inc. (BCI), and WLBT-TV 3. The festive reception ...
Nissan's Bednarzyk thankful for 'great mentors' throughout career
Jan 14, 2008; ... When Dan Bednarzyk was a child, he and his three brothers and sister spent countless afternoons and weekends outdoors, helping their dad rake leaves, cut grass and weed flowerbeds while his mom kept house. Usually, his dad had a vehicle in the garage that needed tinkering with, and his eager ...
Bay St. Louis chef's cooking has gone to the dogs...literally
Jan 14, 2008; ... Prima Luke was a chef at the popular Bay St. Louis eatery Dock of the Bay for 21 years before her sister sold the restaurant five months before Hurricane Katrina swept it away. Now Luke's cooking has gone to the dogs - literally. Luke is now the owner of Bark of the Bay, a bakery and boutique ...
New partners at Phelps Dunbar LLP
Jan 14, 2008; ... Phelps Dunbar LLP has elected four attorneys to the partnership. Two of the partners reside in the firm's New Orleans office and one each in the Baton Rouge and Jackson offices. Bridgforth R. Rutledge is a partner in the business regional practice group in the firm's Jackson office. He ...