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Photo by Thomas Wells Fairpark fountain dances again
A $600 repair fixed the water feature before summer crowds arrive.
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Tenn. firm sells Pontotoc property
Southern Quality Meats in Pontotoc has been sold to Florida-based HIG Capital LLC .
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No St. Paddy's parade planned this year in Tupelo
Downtown Main Street will focus on a new wine-tasting event in April.
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Cheaper brands dominate Miss. liquor sales
Mississippians may be drinking as much as they ever have but they aren’t drinking the good stuff
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Hancock made money in FY09!
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Whoa! Hancock ended FY09 with a profit. Yes, the headline earned the exclamation mark. Baldwyn-based Hancock Fabrics issued the following press release late Wednesday - hours after the market c...
Drive-by: Community Bank 3/10
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The Community Bank building on North Gloster is progressing rapidly. It's across the street from Vanelli's and Outback.
Gas prices expected to keep climbing
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As of today, the AAA Daily Fuel Gauge says the average price for a gallon of gas in MS is $2.67. A year ago, it was $1.82. The national average today is $2.76. And in an usual turn of events,...
How not to help unemployed friends
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Good advice from MarketWatch about a growing issue: Given the state of the labor market right now, just about everybody knows someone who has lost a job. One's first instinct often is to offer ...
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BP to pay $7 billion for exploration rights (AP)
AP - Oil company BP PLC said Thursday it will pay $7 billion to acquire exploration rights from US-based Devon Energy Corp. that will strengthen BP's dominant position in the Gulf of Mexico and give it access to a promising region off Brazil.
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Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years (AP)

A pre-foreclosure sign is displayed outside a home in Miami, Florida in 2009. The US home mortage sector remains under siege -- as recent huge losses reported by government-run Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac show -- from high unemployment and troubled loans.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Joe Raedle)AP - The foreclosure crisis isn't over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.


Thu Mar 11 00:17:29 -0600 2010
Asian stocks post tepid gains; Europe lower (AP)

Investors look at a stock price monitor at a private securities company Wednesday, March 10, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Chinese shares have ended a three-day rally and fell amid uncertainty about the direction of government policy as investors awaited February data. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index shed 20.21 points, or 0.7 percent, to close at 3,048.93. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)AP - Asian stock markets posted tepid gains Thursday as China's burst of inflation tempered confidence in the regional economic rebound. European shares opened lower.


Thu Mar 11 02:57:10 -0600 2010
HSBC: data on 15,000 Swiss account holders stolen (AP)

An HSBC branch in central London. The chief executives of major UK banks Barclays, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland and Standard Chartered all decided to renounce their bonus entitlements for 2009 amid public outrage over excessive bankers' pay.(AFP/File/Carl Court)AP - Information on 15,000 HSBC customers with Swiss accounts has been stolen, the British bank said Thursday, potentially exposing foreign clients to prosecution by tax authorities in their home countries.


Thu Mar 11 04:57:10 -0600 2010