‘Go big or go home’: Business that started in couple’s garage uses MDA grant for much-needed expansion
For almost a quarter-century, the husband-wife team of George and Judy East have been operating East Systems, Inc., an electronic components company in East Columbus.
It’s been a pretty good partnership for the couple who grew up together in Houston, Mississippi. George is an electrical engineer while Judy is an accountant. It’s a nice combination of skills.
“I make it and she pays it,” George said.
Church of Christ nonprofit delivers relief tractor-trailer containing $70K of supplies
Saturday evening, about an hour after an EF-3 tornado ripped through Columbus, Willie McCord went to check on his church.
U.S. companies increasingly fish for growth overseas
Major U.S. companies are starting to reap their most rapid growth in fertile lands of opportunity far from home.
Technology trendsetters Apple Inc., Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and Netflix Inc. all mined foreign countries to produce earnings or revenue that exceeded analysts’ projections in their latest quarters. Prodded by the steadily rising demand for Internet access and online services in developing countries, these technology companies will likely be wading even deeper into overseas markets for years to come.
Business brief: Contractors awarded
Mississippi Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (MABC) honored a number of its member contractors at the association’s annual awards banquet on Friday, November 1st for
Florida group to end Mississippi prison contracts
The Mississippi Department of Corrections says GEO Group Inc., one of the country’s largest private prison operators, will no longer manage three facilities in Mississippi.
Area businesses honored for innovations
If a tree falls in the forest and a new kind of machine strips it of its limbs and bark in one swift operation, does it make a sound?
Cadence Bank acquires Encore Bancshares
Last week, Cadence Bancorp LLC — the parent company of Cadence Bank — announced the acquisition of Encore Bancshares, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based commercial bank with $1.5 billion in assets.
Business Briefs 2-23-12
Broadcast Media Group announces staff promotions and new insurance office opens.