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By William Thornton| wthornotn@al.com
Feb 7, 2019
St. Clair County is one of 10 regions gathering praise in a new study for economic staying power in the aftermath of the Great Recession.
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Business Facilities Editorial Staff
Feb 12, 2019
The Silver Award in BF's 2018 Deal of the Year competition went to the Alabama Department of Commerce for the Mazda-Toyota partnership's selection of Huntsville, AL for a new $1.6-billion auto assembly plant, a project that is expected to bring 4,000 direct new jobs to the Huntsville, AL area
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By Lawrence Specker| lspecker@al.com
Feb 14, 2019
Airbus has announced an end of production for its A380 superjumbo -- but it continues to ramp up production for the A320 jets it builds in Alabama, and it's hiring.
By William Thornton| wthornton@al.com
Feb 14, 2019
Tuscaloosa's $11.5 million entrepreneurial center The Edge is welcoming a nexus for artificial intelligence and machine learning.
By Humble Roots, LLC
Feb 12, 2019
On Monday evening, the Cullman City Council named Jason Nunnelly as the new director of Technology Village Cullman (TVC). A longtime Cullman resident, Nunnelley founded internet access provider Linkfast in Cullman in 1997. After selling the company in 2000, he worked as a consultant, helping BubbleUp and its very first client Jimmy Buffett launch Margaritaville's online stores, on the way to growing BubbleUp into a $12 million company.
