Business

WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Since taking over in April as CEO of AARP, the nation’s top advocacy group for people over 50, A. Barry Rand has been asked the same question by reporters, as well as […]

Mississippi’s state-licensed casinos won less money from gamblers in June than during any month since the reopening of coast casinos damaged by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Figures released by the Mississippi State Tax Commission show […]

Special to The Mississippi Link CHICAGO, IL – ULTA, “the store on everyone’s lips” and the best resource for everything beauty, is proud to announce an exciting grand opening in Flowood, Miss. at Market Street […]

Special to the Mississippi Link JACKSON, MS – The US Small Business Administration’s Mississippi District Office will conduct a Loan Clinic on Tuesday, July 7th to discuss SBA’s guaranty loan programs. The presenter will detail […]

Special to The Mississippi Link FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., – Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. President and CEO Mike Duke told more than 16,000 people at the company’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting that the company has had strong performance and […]

Special to The Mississippi Link New Orleans – The Internal Revenue Service recently reminded eligible homeowners who received federal reimbursement grants stemming from Hurricanes Katrina, Rita or Wilma that there is still time to take […]

Special to The Mississippi Link The Jackson State University-initiated company EdoBotanics won second place in the university division of the Mississippi Technology Alliance’s Mississippi Bus-iness Plan competition June 2 at the Jackson Marriot in Jackson, […]

Special to The Mississippi Link WASHINGTON – Effective Monday, June 15, SBA will begin accepting loans for a temporary new program called America’s Recovery Capital. “ARC” loans of up to $35,000 are designed to provide […]

WASHINGTON – A real estate group says sales of existing homes rose from January to February in an unexpected boost for the slumping U.S. housing market as buyers took advantage of deep discounts on foreclosures. […]

DETROIT – General Motors Corp.’s auditors have raised “substantial doubt” about the troubled automaker’s ability to continue operations, and the company said it may have to seek bankruptcy protection if it can’t execute a huge […]