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Fitzpatricks donate $3M to Culverhouse

A Birmingham couple is donating $3 million to the business school at the University of Alabama. The contribution by C.T. Fitzpatrick and wife Kelley Fitzpatrick will be used to fund new endowed faculty positions for value investing. It will also go for a trading floor and research library. Value investing involves the selection of undervalued stocks. – AP/The Republic

Marshall County gearing up for Polaris

With the Polaris deal made final, Marshall County leaders are working to put the county’s big industrial names on the radar. “We’re already gearing up, we had already gotten a call from the Department of Commerce this past week, working with them on some lists of our automotive suppliers,” Marshall County Economic Development Council President Matt Arnold says. – WHNT

Veteran banker Greenlee to lead WBC

Robin Y. Greenlee has been named chairwoman of the Women's Business Council of the Birmingham Business Alliance, according to a BBA news release on Thursday. Greenlee is a vice-president and credit risk officer in the corporate office of Aliant Bank in Birmingham. – AL.com

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