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Jimmy Buffett told gambling regulators Thursday that next week's opening of his new Margaritaville Casino and Resort will be exciting, but creating jobs along his native Mississippi Gulf Coast has been a rewarding experience in itself.
Facebook's initial public offering of stock is shaping up to be one of the largest ever. The world's definitive online social network is raising at least $16 billion, a big windfall for a company that began eight years ago with no way to make money.
Unable to shake their worries about Europe, investors drove stocks to a four-month low Thursday and piled into bonds. This sent the yield on the 10-year Treasury note close to an all-time low.
Comcast Corp., the country's largest Internet service provider, is going to start charging extra when customers go over a certain monthly data limit.
Wheat prices rose again Thursday on concerns about poor weather condition, while gold and silver shot higher as traders sought refuge from a steep decline in the stock market.
•Greater Jackson Chamber Partnership Membership Luncheon: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m., Jackson Hilton, 1200 E. County Line Road, Jackson. $35, $40 for prospective members. Contact Debi Green at dgreen@greaterjacksonpartnership.com.
Caterpillar announced Thursday it is locating warehousing and logistics operations in a new 540,000-square-foot facility to be built in Corinth.
An Alabama development group has paid $1.7 million for the former Brookshire's grocery building in north Jackson.
Wheat futures soared 5 percent as dry weather in the U.S. brought worries that the crop wouldn't be nearly as large as traders had expected.
The government wants you to know that simply sporting a pair of Skechers' fitness shoes is not going to get you Kim Kardashian's curves or Brooke Burke's toned tush.
Verizon Wireless plans to begin eliminating the unlimited data plan it has provided customers who had it before the carrier introduced tiered pricing and dropped the unlimited plan for new buyers last year.
The unending turmoil in Greece spread fallout across the financial markets Wednesday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell for the ninth day out of 10, and gold, oil, and the euro all dropped to multi-month lows.
Maybe the U.S. economy's strength this winter wasn't just weather-related after all.
Independent phone service company TEC is lowering its nonday, long-distance rates by 17 percent for residential and business customers.
•Jackson Showboats Semi-Pro Basketball Team Grand Opening: 11 a.m., 2240 Westbrook Road, Jackson.
Gov. Phil Bryant has named Brent Christensen, a local economic developer from Florida, as executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority.
The CEO of JPMorgan Chase offered a quick but blunt apology to shareholders Tuesday for a $2 billion trading loss that "should never have happened" and survived a push to strip him of the title of chairman of the board.
Already expected to be the largest-ever initial public offering for an Internet company, Facebook is making its IPO even bigger.
Wheat prices rose Tuesday as the crop condition in parts of Kansas deteriorated due to dry weather.
Europe's latest political impasse cast a gloom over financial markets Tuesday. The euro plunged, and the Dow Jones industrial average extended a slide that has wiped out nearly 5 percent of its value in two weeks.
•Express Employment Professionals presents "Refresh Leadership" live simulcast: 8 a.m. to noon, McGowan Workforce Training Center, Holmes Community College, Ridgeland campus, 412 W. Ridgeland Ave. Free, but registration is required. Call (601) 355-7000 or visit www.refreshleadership.com/live.
Community Trust Bank will break ground next week on new banking centers in Flowood and Madison.
One banking company will break ground this week on a pair of metro-area branch offices, while another is hosting an open house for its new Mississippi headquarters.
One in 3 young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, The Associated Press reported today after a national study was released. Eric Hogan, a Jackson man who has Asperger's, is working to increase employment opportunities for autistic professionals.
One in three young adults with autism have no paid job experience, college or technical schooling nearly seven years after high school graduation, a study finds. That's a poorer showing than those with other disabilities including those who are mentally disabled, the researchers said.
Grace Bateman Greene, the Jackson native who created the Peru Paper Co. out of love and other people's trash, is selling her distinctive greeting cards from Mississippi to Australia.
You want the peace of mind that General Motors' OnStar promises should your car break down, the vehicle gets stolen or - heaven forbid - you end up in a serious accident. But you don't own a GM vehicle or you have an older model that is incompatible with OnStar.
The Spanish-language Univision this summer is launching a digital network that will enable viewers to tap into its programming on computers, smartphones and tablets.
•Alan Jones has been named director of network operations. He previously served as the director for network services for Corr Wireless Communications. He also has certifications in Nortel Networks Switching and Lucent Switching. Jones has a bachelor's degree from the University of Alabama.
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A surprise $2 billion trading loss by a division of JPMorgan Chase triggered calls Friday for tougher regulation of banks three years after their near-death experience in the financial crisis.
Nissan Motor Co.'s January-March profit more than doubled to $941 million as the Japanese automaker achieved record sales despite production disruptions from last year's tsunami.
One family may end up owning all four network television affiliates in the Greenwood-Greenville market.
Facebook is updating its data-use policy in an attempt to give users more clarity on how the information they share is used by the company. The move comes a week ahead of its expected initial public offering of stock.
JPMorgan's surprise $2 billion trading loss prompted a sell-off in financial stocks Friday, with smaller declines across the broader market as investors decided this was more of a problem for investment banks than for other industries.
Industrial metals have ended a bumpy week on a lower note.
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How can a bank lose $2 billion in six weeks?
Sunscreen confusion won't be over before summer after all. The government is bowing to industry requests for more time.
Consumers could see some relief from higher food prices by late fall, if the latest government crop forecast holds up.
A new U.S. Department of Agriculture program is offering money and advice to help farmers, ranchers and forest landowners in parts of six counties in Mississippi and five Louisiana parishes reduce runoff to badly damaged waterways.
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The Dow Jones industrial average broke a six-day losing streak Thursday, notching a small gain after the government released better unemployment numbers. The Dow rose 19.98 points to close at 12,855.04, after rising almost 100 points earlier in the day. The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 3.41 points to close at 1,357.99.
Corn prices plunged Thursday after the government predicted corn production would set a record this summer.
Aubrey Patterson will retire from his post as chairman and CEO of BancorpSouth Inc. in 2013, the regional bank says.
The nation's commercial casinos continued their slow-but-steady comeback from the recession last year, with revenues up 3 percent nationwide and jobs holding nearly steady, according to a report released Wednesday.
Bending to strong public opposition, the nearly bankrupt U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday backed off a plan to close thousands of rural post offices after May 15 and proposed keeping them open with shorter operating hours.
The percentage of U.S. homeowners behind on their mortgage payments dropped in the first three months of this year to the lowest level since 2009, according to a new report.
About 92,000 Sportspower BouncePro 14' Trampolines imported by Wal-Mart and made in China are being recalled after 17 reports of the net breaking, resulting in 11 injuries including broken bones, back and neck injuries, and contusions.
Fear of European debt is once again playing havoc with Wall Street.
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