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U.S. companies will likely keep pay raises steady in 2009, according to a survey by Washington,…
Jul 24 2008 10:30AM EDT
Birmingham's B.L. Harbert International LLC said it was awarded a $114 million contract to…
Jul 23 2008 4:13PM EDT
Birmingham area home sales dropped more than 35 percent in June, but inventory dwindled as…
Jul 23 2008 12:50PM EDT
According to a new report, Generation Y is a small but influential group when it comes to technology…
Jul 23 2008 10:39AM EDT
Wachovia Corp. has posted a second-quarter loss of $8.9 billion, slashed its dividend and will…
Jul 22 2008 3:28PM EDT
Regions Financial Corp. slashed its dividend Tuesday on the helm of plunging second-quarter…
Jul 22 2008 12:45PM EDT
US Airways Group Inc. has swung to a second-quarter net loss of $567 million, or $6.16 per…
Jul 22 2008 11:01AM EDT
Alabama Gov. Bob Riley is encouraging state employees to help combat high fuel prices by carpooling.Riley…
Jul 21 2008 1:59PM EDT
A University of California study reported that superstar CEOs are often bad for companies and…
Jul 21 2008 11:57AM EDT
The state's unemployment rate remained flat in June at 4.7 percent, but Birmingham-area counties…
Jul 18 2008 12:27PM EDT
Princeton Baptist Medical Center was the only Alabama hospital in 2007 to receive a Silver…
Jul 18 2008 11:01AM EDT
Starbucks has released the full list of 600 underperforming stores it plans to close across…
Jul 18 2008 10:57AM EDT
Colonial BancGroup Inc. reported a second-quarter net loss of $8.9 million due to a continuing…
Jul 17 2008 2:25PM EDT
Most landscape architects remained busy last quarter, but 71 percent of firms won't hire employees…
Jul 17 2008 11:50AM EDT
Renasant Corp. posted $7.9 million in net income in the second quarter of 2008, a 12 percent…
Jul 16 2008 12:19PM EDT
Small business owners are unhappy with the lack of support they are receiving from the federal…
Jul 16 2008 11:24AM EDT
A Kentucky firm has closed on a $1.1 billion deal to purchase eight Fox television stations,…
Jul 15 2008 1:02PM EDT
HMO premium rates for the Southeast are expected to rise 15.4 percent in 2009 - the highest…
Jul 15 2008 12:50PM EDT
Volkswagen Group of America Inc. will build its new vehicle manufacturing site in Chattanooga…
Jul 15 2008 10:58AM EDT
Starbucks Corp. announced the first wave of its 600 store closings, which includes four to…
Jul 14 2008 2:34PM EDT
SCORE, which bills itself as "counselors to America's small business," has launched its first…
Jul 14 2008 1:25PM EDT
So-called middle class millionaires, those with $1 million to $10 million, say they expect…
Jul 14 2008 11:06AM EDT
Huntsville is the preferred site for Volkswagen to build a new American manufacturing plant,…
Jul 11 2008 2:36PM EDT
Salon giant Regis Corp. will close 160 underperforming salons in the United States and United…
Jul 11 2008 10:46AM EDT
Alabama ranks at the bottom among states when it comes to doing business.The state came in…
Jul 11 2008 10:33AM EDT
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