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C SPIRE TO CELEBRATE START OF CONSTRUCTION ON MISSISSIPPI’S NEXT-GENERATION 1 GBPS FIBER TO THE HOME
Only statewide 1 Gig ultra-fast consumer broadband initiative in the U.S. promises to boost home values, attract high-tech investment and new jobs WHAT: C Spire invites media representatives to attend a news conference on Thursday where the company will announce the...
Celebrating Mississippi’s first Gigabit city
Bridgewater Invite
BOSTON-BASED PRIVATE EQUITY FIRM BUYS MAJORITY OF RIDGELAND BASED SOFTWARE COMPANY BOMGAR
JACKSON, Mississippi — One of Mississippi's small crop of technology companies has been sold. Boston-based private equity firm TA Associates has bought a majority share of Ridgeland-based software maker Bomgar, which provides remote technical support for computers. No...
SALES TAX UP IN MADISON AND RIDGELAND, DOWN IN CANTON
By MICHAEL SIMMONS Madison County Journal Madison and Ridgeland's sales tax revenue continues to increase despite heavy competition from Pearl, which is home to the newly-built $80 million Outlets of Mississippi that opened in November. From July 1 to date, Madison...
SEN. COCHRAN VISITS WITH MADISON COUNTY LEADERS
On Tuesday, Sen. Thad Cochran spoke to a group of several hundred Madison County business and civic leaders gathered at the Jackson Country Club. Billed as “Coffee with the Senator,” the event was actually a very nice luncheon, complete with live entertainment from...
‘JUST THE BEGINNING’ — VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES MERGING, ACQUIRING COMPANIES
In 1986 when Gerard Gibert was looking to grow his business that would become Venture Technologies, he was dismayed when a local banker told him that he thought everyone had all the computers they needed. The banker saw no future for Gibert’s new enterprise. Gibert...
BOMGAR INSIDER HONORED FOR EFFECTIVE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
JACKSON — Bomgar has been named a winner in the 2014 Forrester Groundswell Awards for its customer advocacy program, the Bomgar Insider. The Forrester Groundswell Awards recognize excellence in the effective use of social technologies to drive business success. Bomgar...
NEW NISSAN MURANO TO BE BUILT IN CANTON BEGINNING THIS FALL
CANTON - Deborah Wheatley had never been to New York City and probably never thought her work as a technician at Canton's Nissan plant would get her there. But that made Wednesday's unveiling of the new Murano at the New York International Auto Show all the sweeter....
LONGHORN STEAKHOUSE OPENING RESTAURANT ON GRANDVIEW BOULEVARD
MADISON - Officials approved a site plan and architectural design on Tuesday for a Longhorn Steakhouse to be built here. The restaurant will be located at the Forum of Grandview and officials hope it will open by the end of the year. "This is right off of Grandview...
ALL-NEW 2015 NISSAN MURANO CROSSOVER TO BE ASSEMBLED IN THE UNITED STATES
CANTON, Mississippi – The all-new 2015 Nissan Murano will become the first Murano and the ninth vehicle assembled at Nissan's Canton, Mississippi plant. The 11-year old Canton Vehicle Assembly Plant becomes the global source for Murano production, creating export...
