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Mother Nature puts on her annual fall display at Little River Canyon. Photo courtesy of Alabama Tourism Department/Dan Brothers
Thursday, December 5, 2013
While several other states, including Alabama, are preparing incentive packages in hopes of winning the location for Boeing's new 777x aircraft, Washington State is also working to keep the plant, with officials quietly trying to bring management and labor back into talks. — Everett (Washington) Herald
The city of Decatur, in the midst of a 180-day moratorium on permits for new title and payday loan companies, has passed a resolution asking state and federal governments and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to consider stricter regulation of the industry. — Huntsville Times
Gov. Robert Bentley, with some $2 million in his re-election campaign account, has received a first donation from Boeing and rejected a $5,000 donation from a national group that supports charter schools and opposes teacher tenure. — Montgomery Advertiser
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Bricks, Clicks and Tax TricksAlabama storefront retailers face a disadvantage as high as 10 percent competing with online retailers. It’s not price competition that hurts. But tax scofflaws who shop the showroom then bust for the tax break online. |
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What’s Up, Doc? Basic Doctoring...It’s BoomingNot many other docs agreed, but Birmingham’s Dr. Bruce Irwin had an inspiration: Give folks good, basic doctoring, quick and easy. It’s called primary care, and the demand for it is growing exponentially. |
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Creative Investment ManagementDavid Bronner gambled on Alabama and won, to the benefit of hundreds of thousands of state employees. He also put a chunk of Wall Street real estate in the pocket of pensioners — one of his best private placements. |
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The TinkererJim Busby’s love for discovery has created two successful companies. |
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Different Directions: Two Corporate ReinventionsAdaptability is often the purest expression of creativity, and the measure of survival, as well. In exactly opposite ways, these two leading Alabama technology companies faced adversities and seized them as opportunities for transformation. |
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Flashback: Book Knowledge Managers |
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Launch Funding for Innovative CompaniesThe Economic Development Partnership’s Launchpad program and a new state Innovation Fund provide startup funding for businesses just getting off the ground. |
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A Wicked, Tough, Playful MixWorkplace creativity at these superfast Alabama companies includes such diverse components as “wicked cool,” “gritty toughness” and “playful.” |
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Ah-oo-gah and Other Alabama GreatsThe wonderful array of inventions by Alabama’s more famous inventors includes the first subatomic particle accelerator, the first submarine and the ah-oo-gah of the Klaxon car horn. |
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Full Throttle InnovationRoyce Kershaw’s inventions revolutionized the way railroad tracks are maintained. His son continues the family tradition of full-throttle innovation at Montgomery’s Knox Kershaw Inc. |
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