Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:37:56 GMT
Unemployment Benefits. Homebuyer Credits Move Forward (WCBI Columbus)
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) today voted for Senate passage of legislation that will allow the state of Mississippi to offer an additional 20 weeks of unemployment benefits to jobless workers.
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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 23:38:59 GMT
Leland Speakes dies in accident (The Bolivar Commercial)
Cleveland real estate magnate Leland Speakes Jr. died Tuesday following a traffic accident in Merigold. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol which worked the accident, the call came in around 2:15 p.m.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:43:57 GMT
New Market Tax Credits allocated (Mississippi Business Journal)
ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (CDFI Fund) announced the recipients of the 2009 Round of New Market Tax Credits (NMTC) allocations, the law firm of Watkins Ludlam Winter & Stennis reports.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:58:50 GMT
Millions in mortgage fraud alleged (Mississippi Business Journal)
Mississippi Valley Title alleges attorneys Charles and Chris Evans committed mortgage fraud on banks and induced Mississippi Valley Title to issue fraudulent title insurance policies.
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Tue, 03 Nov 2009 07:49:43 GMT
$320M in tax credits OK'd (The Clarion-Ledger)
Six companies that list Mississippi as part of their service areas have been tapped to receive a combined $320 million in new-market tax credits toward real estate or business developments in low-income areas.
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Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:29:27 GMT
USM inducts alumni in Hall of Fame (Mississippi Business Journal)
HATTIESBURG — Seven of the University of Southern Mississippi’s most dedicated and distinguished alumni have been selected to join its Alumni Hall of Fame.
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Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:36:33 GMT
Local News (u.tv)
New Orleans can no longer be protected from hurricane storm surges, according to the US army general in charge of the city's defences. General Robert Van Antwerp, chief of the US Army Corps of Engineers, said his team was in "persistent conflict" with the Mississippi river.
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Sat, 24 Oct 2009 05:11:08 GMT
Banks Report Mixed Q3 Results (The Memphis Daily News)
The spate of third-quarter reports from banks with ties to Memphis continues this week, with Mississippi-based Cadence Bank and Trustmark next up to s....
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 23:18:41 GMT
Wiggins sees some projects stall in economic downturn (WLOX-TV Biloxi)
WIGGINS, MS (WLOX) - It was about 18 months ago at the groundbreaking for the largest shopping center ever to be built in Wiggins that a California investor predicted an oncoming "gold rush" of real estate development in South Mississippi. That prediction has not come true.
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Wed, 21 Oct 2009 11:58:51 GMT
MDA touts lake development (Mississippi Business Journal)
LAMAR COUNTY and JASPER COUNTY — The Mississippi Development Authority (MDA) recently hosted a lake development tour in Lamar and Jasper Counties. The event, sponsored by MDA’s Asset Development Division, highlighted the potential for lake-centered development in the state.
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Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:42:34 GMT
Unexpected beauty (The Meridian Star)
A series of black-and-white photographs by artist Tiffany McPeak is on exhibit at Aust Hall Art Gallery on the East Mississippi Community College’s Scooba campus. McPeak is a graphic designer at Naval Air Station Meridian, and teaches art classes at EMCC and Mississippi State University.
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Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:28:46 GMT
Mackey-less Lions prevail at Itawamba (The Meridian Star)
FULTON — Backup quarterback Brad Henderson threw for two touchdowns and ran for a pair of scores in leading the No. 7 Lions of East Mississippi to a 28-6 road victory against Itawamba on Saturday afternoon in front of a homecoming crowd at ICC’s Lambert Stadium.
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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:20:12 GMT
Elvis Presley's Mississippi ranch up for sale at USD6.5m (New Kerala)
London, Oct 13 : Elvis Presley's sprawling Mississippi ranch is up for grabs.
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Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:42:41 GMT
Presley’s Mississippi ranch up for sale (The Times of India)
Presley’s 154.5-acre ranch in Horn Lake, Mississippi, is up for sale at a price tag of 6.5 million dollars.
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Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:47:22 GMT
Love me (legal) tender: Elvis ranch on market for $6.5 million (CNN)
It's arguably one of the largest pieces of Elvis Presley memorabilia ever: a 154.5-acre ranch in Horn Lake, Mississippi, once owned by the king of rock 'n' roll.
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