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Private equity group to buy Logan's chain by carlie.kollath
Aug 31, 2010 | 0 
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Excerpts from The Dayton Business Journal : Private equity firm Kelso & Company has agreed to buy the Logan's Roadhouse restaurant chain. The deal was reached three months after Logan’s parent company LRI Holdings Inc. filed for an initial public offering that sought t... | 2 |
State to relaunch appliance rebate program by dennis.seid
Aug 31, 2010 | 0 | 2 |
Mississippi still has about $400,000 left of the $2.8 million it was allocated to provide rebates on new, energy-efficient appliances. So, the program will get started again on Wednesday. Here's the press release from the Mississippi Development Authority, which is in charge of the program: ... | 2 |
Toyota faces charges of withholding info in rollover suit by dennis.seid
Aug 31, 2010 | 1 | 4 |
The Texas Supreme Court has ruled that Toyota Motor Corp. will face charges that it acted in contempt of court in a 2007 lawsuit involving a driver who was paralyzed five years ago when her Camry rolled over. While the personal injury suit was settled for $1.5 million, Pennie Green filed a mot... | 4 |
Tuesday Morning Update by parrishalford
Aug 31, 2010 | 1 | 1 |
I suspect we'll gain a little clarity on Kentrell Lockett's situation today. Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt said Lockett was taken off the field as a "precaution" Saturday after telling the training staff he'd felt a racing heart, something he'd experienced a couple of years ago. The Rebels are b... | 1 |
Moreland's diving grab by brandonspeck
Aug 30, 2010 | 0 | 1 |
Mitch Moreland did not play in Sunday's 5-0 Texas loss to the Oakland Athletics and was 0 for 3 with a walk in a 3-0 win at Kansas City Monday. Check out the diving stop he made from his first base spot. | 1 |
Remembering "Mississippi Rising" by M.Scott.Morris
Aug 30, 2010 | 0 | 0 |
Amory native Sam Haskell was thinking about the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, and it got him to thinking about “Mississippi Rising”: "Mary and I watched our television in horror as our favorite reporters Shepard Smith and Anderson Cooper covered the ma... | 0 |
Little clarification about Bumpers in Tupelo by dennis.seid
Aug 30, 2010 | 5 | 3 |
OK, so we've been asking about the "remodeling" that's supposed to be going on at the two Bumpers Drive-In locations in Tupelo, and we got this response from Jackie's International, which owns them. Me: "Can you tell me the status of the Bumpers in Tupelo?" JI: "That location is scheduled to... | 3 |
Bulldogs Speak: On Relf, Tailbacks, Gatling by bradlocke
Aug 30, 2010 | 0 | 2 |
Next game: vs. Memphis, Saturday, 6 p.m., (ESPNU, Clay Matvick and Herm Edwards ) We had only a handful of players available for interviews today – five, to be exact, and I spoke with three of them. So, not a lot of stuff for you, because I don't want to exhaust my supply of quote... | 2 |
What letter grade will your new car get? by dennis.seid
Aug 30, 2010 | 0 | 2 |
The federal government is proposing to put a letter grade on a window sticker to new vehicles to reflect the vehicles' overall fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions. From the Associated Press: The Transportation Department and Environmental Protection Agency said Monday they were conside... | 2 |
Special session rumors plentiful by bobbyharrison
Aug 30, 2010 | 0 | 2 |
JACKSON -- Even a special session as short as a day, such as the one last week, provides opportunities to get caught up on political rumors. For instance, state Sen. Ezell Lee, D-Picayune, the often blunt-spoken former high school coach, is considering a run for lieutenant governor. Anot... | 2 |
