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Employees of Birdsong Peanuts unload a relifter, a piece of equipment that sifts through peanuts and knocks more excess soil from them. (Ray Van Dusen) Peanut refinery expands facilities to reap this year’s harvests
From September until the beginning of December, Birdsong Peanut Company runs its operations nonstop to reap the harvests of this year’s crop.
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Huntsman makes $415M bid for Tronox assets
Tronox has a plant in Hamilton, Miss., that manufactures titanium dioxide. The facility also includes an electrolytic plant.
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Aberdeen RV selected one of Top 50 dealers
Aberdeen RV is “setting an example among its peers, exhibiting best practices in its industry.
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Amory Flower Shop
Company Name: Amory Flower Shop Company Address: 507 Third Ave. South, Amory Company Phone Number: 662-256-2092 or 1-800-521-5673 Hours of Operation: M-F: 8-5; Sat. 9-2 Company Web Site: www.amory...
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Greg Allen Allen named president of Amory's Cadence Bank
AMORY – Greg Allen has joined the Amory Banking Center as President. “Greg is a native of Amory and we are pleased to welcome him into our family,” said Jeff Whittington, Cadence Bank State Ex...
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Walgreens to build new store in Amory
AMORY — A new, full-size Walgreen’s drug store is coming to Amory in the near future at the intersection of Highway 278 and Earl Frye Boulevard where a Cadence bank branch is currently located. ...
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County's unemployment rate improves
By CHRIS WILSON Senior Writer AMORY – The employment picture got brighter in Monroe County in April, according to figure released this week by the Mississippi Department of Employment Securi...
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Stocks eye retailers as jobless ranks swell (Reuters)

Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at a press conference. Law enforcement officials in New York announced charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading scheme on Wall Street.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)Reuters - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.


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Freddie Mac posts $5 billion loss (Reuters)

A couple listens as a representative from Freddie Mac talks to them about a loan modification for their home at the National Urban League's Economic Empowerment Tour in Dallas, Texas June 13, 2009. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - Freddie Mac , the second largest provider of U.S. residential mortgage funding, on Friday posted a loss of $5 billion in the third quarter and predicted it would need more government support amid a "prolonged deterioration" in housing.


Fri Nov 06 18:00:47 -0600 2009
Berkshire Hathaway's net income triples (Reuters)

Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett eats ice cream as he walks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/FilesReuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) on Friday said quarterly earnings tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment holdings and a quiet hurricane season contributed to higher insurance profit.


Fri Nov 06 17:47:41 -0600 2009
U.S. regulators close Gateway Bank, Prosperan Bank (Reuters)
Reuters - Bank regulators closed Gateway Bank of St. Louis, in St. Louis, Missouri, and Prosperan Bank, of Oakdale, Minnesota, on Friday, the 118th and 119th U.S. bank to fail this year.
Fri Nov 06 18:45:18 -0600 2009