Mississippi got the nation’s attention Sunday night – and it was all positive. CBS’ “60 Minutes” focused on the economic strides of the Golden Triangle, whose points are Starkville, Columbus and West Point. And it revolved around Joe Max Higgins, the colorful chief executive of LINK, the economic development agency for the…
HATTIESBURG — Prior to 2000, most hospitals in the U.S. had medical waste incinerators, often on site. That included Forrest General Hospital. Then the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ruled that all hospital incinerators in the U.S. had to either be shut down or be upgraded — something that could cost millions of…
What is the best way for all of us in business to deal with the growing threat from hackers and cyber-terrorists? The short answer is to retain experts to hack into your system. Horne Cyber, a division of Horne LLP, is in business to do just that. In a recent…
Jackson, MS– December 2016 – The Public Education Forum of Mississippi will receive a $40,000 grant from the Walmart Foundation’s State Giving Program to assist with the Mississippi Scholars and Mississippi Scholars Tech Master programs. The grant will be presented at a local Walmart Superstore on Thursday, Dec. 22 at…
Southaven, Mississippi (December 9, 2016) -C Spire Business Solutions is ready to move DeSoto County into the technology fast lane with strategically positioned fiber optic infrastructure near 18 key business developments and industrial sites that is expected to help dramatically boost the county's economic development efforts. CSBS, the business services…
JACKSON, Mississippi– Grid modernization technologies can provide customers with money saving tools and help Entergy improve outage restoration and customer service. Entergy Mississippi announced today its plan to deploy grid modernization technologies, paving the way for a smarter energy future that will offer a wide range of benefits to customers.…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, November 18, 2016: Most people think of entrepreneurs as 20-something Silicon Valley types, and there are certainly lots of young entrepreneurs who fit that mold. That’s actually not the case, though. Studies suggest that the average entrepreneur is in their 40’s, and that…
Posted by: Contributing columnist, CLARION LEDGER FEATURE, BUSINESS, November 25, 2016: Now that the Christmas season is officially upon us, this is an exciting time to be looking at the amazing new technologies that have found their way into nearly every area of our lives. While gifts are intended to match…
(Ridgeland, Miss.) – Innovate Mississippi announced that the 2016 John I. Rucker Community Innovation Leadership Award was presented to Jon Maynard, president and CEO of the Oxford-Lafayette County Economic Development Foundation. Innovate Mississippi presents this award annually, recognizing the outstanding efforts of an individual or organization in forming dynamic and…
STARKVILLE, Miss.--A new report from the National Science Foundation again finds Mississippi State ranked among the nation’s top 100 research institutions and the Magnolia State’s leading research university — climbing four spots since the last reporting period. The recently released NSF Higher Education Research and Development Survey for Fiscal Year…