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Hundreds of pro and amateur bikers race through downtown Anniston during the Sunny King Criterium Bike Race, held in the evening hours. Photos courtesy of Alabama Tourism Department/Meg McKinney
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Friday, July 25, 2014
ESPN, Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks have reached an agreement for carriage of the SEC Network when the channel launches Aug. 14. The network will be available in all Time Warner Cable and Bright House Networks markets ahead of the first SEC 2014-15 college football season game, Texas A&M vs. South Carolina, on Aug. 28 at 5 p.m. CDT. – News release
Birmingham City Council members are joining the world of Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, turning to social media in their heated dispute with ride-sharing app company Uber. City officials expressed themselves in a YouTube video, with the comment section turned off. – AL.com
A federal appeals court won't be hearing former Gov. Don Siegelman's case next week. The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tentatively scheduled a hearing the week of July 28 but it’s now reset for the week of Oct. 13. A jury in 2006 convicted Siegelman and former HealthSouth CEO Richard Scrushy for bribery. – WAAY-TV
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High Tech Seeks High YieldEducation, innovation and technology collaborate for commerce at Auburn Research Park. |
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Wealth Managers Weigh the MarketHeads of the wealth management departments of the state’s largest banks appraise the stock market at mid-year. |
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The Weld That Came in from the ColdBirmingham’s Applied Ultrasonics uses Soviet-born Cold War technology to strengthen everything from oil rigs to submarines. |
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Front Line in a Trade War with China – Leeds, AlabamaAn 80-worker manufacturer in Leeds is the last bastion in a U.S. industry’s trade war with China. Relentless determination, not ballistic missiles, will determine the victor. Milton Magnus, mild-mannered maker of coat hangers, has plenty of determination. |
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Taking Chicken Carbon NeutralA longstanding north Alabama businessman, Davis Lee, cranks up a new business that could also be the alternative fuel solution for the state’s largest agricultural crop. |
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The Money-Printing MachineWhat do Alabama’s banking and finance experts think about the Fed’s six-year, $4 trillion-plus money-printing marathon? |
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Convocation of Auburn StartupsFledgling companies in the Auburn Business Incubator range from social media to precision machining to tennis expertise. |
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Alabama Business IncubatorsBaby companies need a healthy environment, nurturing and a watchful eye as they take their first steps. Once mature, they pay back the community that helped birth them with payrolls, tax revenue and more. |
Alabama Timber’s Sustainability StockpileAlabama wood pellet mills are at the threshold of a perfect supply-demand matrix: a growing surplus of Alabama timber and growing overseas demand for a coal alternative. |
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