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Kemper power project defended
The head of Southern Co. called the decision to write off $540 million in extra costs on a Mississippi power plant 'a bitter pill for us to swallow,' but he defended the project Wednesday as a long-term investment for the large utility.
- May. 23, 2013
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Auto factories cut back on summer breaks
The Detroit automakers are largely forgoing the traditional two-week summer break at their factories and speeding up production to meet buyers' growing demand for new cars and trucks.
- May. 23, 2013
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Jury rules for Pike County in contract dispute with wood pellet company
A federal jury in Jackson has found for Pike County in a breach-of-contract lawsuit against a wood pellet company that never built a promised mill.
- May. 23, 2013
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Margaritaville Biloxi turns 1 year old
A year after thousands danced to the tunes of Jimmy Buffett at the May 22, 2012, opening of Margaritaville Casino, crowds have thinned and management has changed.
- May. 23, 2013
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Rapid Response set for laid-off workers
The Mississippi Department of Employment Security and the Mississippi Partnership Local Workforce Investment Area will hold a Rapid Response meeting on Wednesday to provide help with re-employment and retraining services for the workers laid off by Plumro
- May. 23, 2013
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EastGroup boosts Dallas portfolio
EastGroup Properties has acquired 788,000-square-foot distribution center in Dallas.
- May. 23, 2013
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McDonald's focus: Millennials
McDonald's — which has always had kids at its core — has begun to focus on millennials, whose interests and habits can be difficult to understand.
- May. 23, 2013
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Stocks plunge, then recover
Investors recovered their poise after a shaky start to trading on Wall Street that sent stocks sharply lower.
- May. 23, 2013
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Chewing on reviews: Social media affects restaurant scene
It was the customer service disaster heard around the Internet.
- May. 22, 2013
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JRA votes to aid in downtown hotel deal
A deal soon will be in place for developers to finally buy the old Mississippi Valley Title building in downtown Jackson, tear it down and build a nine-story upscale hotel in its place, while another development group is interested in building a separate
- May. 22, 2013
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Typical CEO's pay climbs to $9.7 million
CEO pay has been going in one direction for the past three years: up.
- May. 22, 2013
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US new home sales up 2.3 percent in April
Sales of new homes rose in April to the second highest level since the summer of 2008 while the median price for a new home hit a record high, further signs that housing is recovering.
- May. 23, 2013
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State's jobless rate edges downward
Mississippi's jobless rate went down a half a percentage point from March to April, according to data released Wednesday.
- May. 22, 2013
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Stocks tumble on Fed rumors
The Federal Reserve took financial markets for a ride Wednesday.
- May. 22, 2013
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Genesis Energy to expand, add jobs
Genesis Energy plans to more than double its rail car capacity at its terminal in the Natchez-Adams County Port.
- May. 22, 2013
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Coast remediation project wins kudos
In recognition of a successful two-year environmental remediation project that restored the ecosystem of a 24-acre former wood treatment site in Gautier, a team led by Jacksonville, Fla.-based CSX Corp.
- May. 22, 2013
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Man pleads guilty in poultry exports case
One of three men accused of falsifying temperatures of poultry exported to Russia from Pascagoula pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court in Gulfport to one count of conspiracy to commit offenses against the United States.
- May. 22, 2013
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Used car prices fall
After rising since the recession and hitting record highs, used car prices are easing, and the trend will continue, experts say.
- May. 21, 2013
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Bill Moak: Complaints about used cars rise
A statewide business organization is warning consumers to do their homework before purchasing a used car, following a jump in complaints.
- May. 21, 2013
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Apple CEO defends tactics
Apple CEO Tim Cook defended the tech giant from a scathing Senate panel's report that concluded the company famed for its iPhones and iPads was infamous for corporate tax avoidance.
- May. 21, 2013
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C Spire Wireless to sell Samsung Galaxy S 4
C Spire Wireless will sell the Samsung Galaxy S 4 touchscreen smartphone starting at $199.99 with a two-year contract including data services, the Ridgeland wireless carrier announced Wednesday.
- May. 22, 2013
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Teens: We're being careful online
Teens are posting more personal information on social media sites, but most also are taking formal and informal measures to protect their online privacy and reputations, a survey finds.
- May. 21, 2013
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Halter Marine gets dock for expansion
VT Halter Marine Inc. in Pascagoula has received a 12,000 mega ton floating dry dock that will be used to further the company's new venture into the ship repair business.
- May. 21, 2013
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SBA launches vet loan initiative
The U.S. Small Business Administration expects to assist 2,000 veterans obtain loans to start or expand small businesses by increasing lending by $475 million over the next five years.
- May. 21, 2013
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Policy advice boosts stocks
Reassuring comments from a Federal Reserve official and better earnings from two big retailers — Home Depot and AutoZone — helped push the stock market higher Tuesday.
- May. 21, 2013
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Tunica casino opening $8M buffet
Gold Strike Casino Resort in Tunica is holding the grand opening of its new $8 million Buffet Americana May 31.
- May. 22, 2013
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Severstal makes management moves
Severstal North America has appointed a new general manager for its rolled steel mill in Lowndes County.
- May. 21, 2013
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Poll: Teens prefer Twitter to Facebook
Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations.
- May. 21, 2013
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Apple CEO Tim Cook testifies on tax issues before Senate subcommittee (video update)
UPDATED: Video of Apple CEO Tim Cook testifying before a Senate subcommittee. Congress has pulled the world's most valuable company into the center of a debate over corporate taxes and overseas profits.
- May. 21, 2013
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Xbox One: Microsoft launches new Xbox as all-in-one media center (updated)
Video updated 6:06 p.m.: Microsoft officially launched the Xbox One, what the company calls its next-generation all-in-one entertainment system, on Tuesday. The update features a redesigned controller, improved Kinect system with more conversational speech recognition and tighter integration with cable and television programming.
- May. 21, 2013
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Gaming console rundown: Newest offerings from Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony
Microsoft is the last of the three big video game console makers to unveil its latest gaming system. The unveiling comes nearly eight years after the Xbox 360 went on sale. It follows last fall’s debut of Nintendo’s Wii U and a preview in February of the upcoming PlayStation 4 from Sony.
- May. 21, 2013
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Yahoo's Mayer stakes turnaround on $1.1 billion Tumblr deal (video)
Yahoo! Inc. Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer is staking the future of the largest U.S. Web portal on a six-year-old blogging startup with little revenue and a freewheeling stance on content created by users.
- May. 21, 2013
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Russell 2000 briefly rises over 1,000 mark
Small-company stocks emerged as a bright spot in a slow and choppy start to the week for Wall Street.
- May. 20, 2013
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Yahoo confirms $1.1 billion Tumblr purchase
Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times.
- May. 20, 2013
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Farmers avoid estate planning; many don't know who will take over
The 'graying tsunami' in rural America means that more farmers are being forced to decide what happens to their farm once they retire or die.
- May. 19, 2013
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Vietnamese search engine takes on Google
Vietnam's booming Internet scene is littered with failed start-ups that tried to take on Google and other entrenched U.S web companies.
- May. 19, 2013
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Portfolio
Flush with cash and a world of opportunity at their doorstep, companies have decided there's nothing more attractive than themselves. So, they're offering big money to buy back their own stock. This year, big U.S.
- May. 19, 2013
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Subaru recall issued for 2013 Outback, Legacy
Subaru is recalling a relative handful of 2013 Outback and Legacy models for a potentially huge issue that the automaker thought it had fixed last year -- the steering could fail.
- May. 20, 2013
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Mississippi Power names new president
Mississippi Power Co. made an abrupt leadership switch Monday amid cost overruns at the Kemper County power plant it's building, naming Ed Holland president to replace Ed Day.
- May. 20, 2013
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Rescue Crops: Wet spring equals more cotton, soybean planting
After its supply and quality were strangled by last year’s severe Upper Midwest drought, corn seems set to stage a major comeback this year in Mississippi and elsewhere, although an unusually wet start to 2013 in the Magnolia State is causing some farmers to reshuffle what they’re planting this spring.
- May. 18, 2013
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Expectations high for next Xbox to be unveiled Tuesday
It's almost time for a new Xbox.
- May. 19, 2013
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Rains cause Miss. crop planting to lag behind schedule
Planting of Mississippi row crops has fallen behind schedule following a spate of wet weather, according to industry experts and government officials.
- May. 19, 2013
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Yahoo approves $1.1B purchase of Tumblr
Yahoo's board of directors has approved a $1.1 billion purchase of blog site Tumblr, The Wall Street Journal is reporting.
- May. 19, 2013
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Google glasses have rose-colored future
It's not a real product yet, and to the casual observer it remains shrouded in mystery. But that hasn't stopped Google Glass from becoming a spectacle, and the hottest object of high-tech lust since the original iPhone.
- May. 18, 2013
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Judges to pick state's best business venture plan
Innovate Mississippi is looking for the best new business plan in the state and hopes to find it Tuesday.
- May. 17, 2013
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Closed Roberts Walthall Hotel attracts interest
Wednesday could mark a new start for one of Jackson's most storied buildings.
- May. 17, 2013
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State's jobless figures decline
Mississippi's unemployment rate dipped in April — but mainly because fewer people were looking for work.
- May. 17, 2013
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Report: Yahoo in talks to acquire Tumblr for $1B
Yahoo may be looking to extend its acquisition streak with social-blogging site Tumblr, according to media reports.
- May. 18, 2013
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Fake OSHA trainer gets 57 months
A woman has been sentenced to 57 months in prison for bilking Gulf Coast residents by posing as a federal safety official after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
- May. 17, 2013
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