December 2011

In This Issue

	A Transformational Time ACRE looks to a global future at annual conference in January. By Tracy Gatewood
	Spotlight on Mobile County By Lori Chandler Pruitt
	Drummond Sues Plaintiff Lawyer in Death Case By Nedra Bloom
	Funding Education AAMA scholarship program paves the way for more Alabama students to work in automotive careers. By Nancy Mann Jackson
	Vulcan Slashes Dividend, Digging for Cash Flow By Nedra Bloom
	Changing the Rules on the Family Farm The small businesses that produce Alabama’s largest agriculture crop are hoping to get some protection against the big businesses they supply. By Chris McFadyen
	Not Your Basic Starter Home Larry House, former CEO of MedPartners, puts his house on the real estate market. By Nedra Bloom
	Checkers Unveils New Design in Mobile Chain restaurant's original location receives a notable face lift. By Nedra Bloom
	Working Out at Work Alabama companies focus on wellness to trim health care costs. By Tara Hulen
	Economic Engines Highlighting Mobile County's economic powerhouses By Lori Chandler Pruitt
	Concepts in Eats and Enterprise With a resume of four-star resorts from New York to California, James Boyce landed an entrepreneurial gig in north Alabama, creating a string of three distinctive restaurants in historic downtown Huntsville. By Dana Jaffe
	A Life Remembered UAB Cancer Center honors the late Jim Hayes for his public service to Alabama and to the center. By Martha Simmons
	All in the Family How family businesses have survived through many generations By William H. Stevenson