The Wall Street Journal is jumping on the bandwagon and giving its two cents about ways to make your kids financially savvy. Click here for 12 tips from today’s WSJ.
And if you missed Sunday’s Business & Money (or just need to re-read it), it was full of advice on how to teach the youngsters in your life about being financially responsible. Our biz editor (and half of the Biz Buzz team) also weighed in on his family’s approach to money. Read his column here.
Ah, Thanksgiving week. Days that will be filled with turkey, green bean casserole, pumpkin pie and plenty of leftovers. Along with football, football and more football.
And, oh yeah – shopping.
As in the after-Thanksgiving, Black Friday free-for-all where consumers like you and me will be fighting over unparalleled bargains like $300 laptops and $700 hi-def TVs. Read more about Dennis’ plans for the madness that is Black Friday.
Gov. Haley Barbour has often been called the chief economic developer of the state, and it’s a moniker that’s been tossed around liberally quite a bit these days.
Northeast Mississippi has been a virtual second home for the governor, what with all the announcements he’s been making in the area. The most recent was last week, when Toyota Auto Body said it was building a $200 million, 400-worker plant in Baldwyn to supply the main Toyota plant near Blue Springs. The hits just keep on coming – not that we mind, of course.
I don’t mean this to be a political endorsement, but it will likely be considered one after some read the next few sentences. Read more.
In two weeks, barring some tropical depression or hurricane, I’ll be in Orange Beach, enjoying the sand, surf and seafood. Royal red shrimp, be forewarned. I’ve been on a diet, and it’s all for you. This will be my second, and final, vacation for 2007. Many of you enjoy similar benefits. You get a couple of weeks of vacation each year. Some have more, some have less. But according to a recent poll, not everybody takes the time off they earned. A pity. Read more of Dennis’ column.
More business headlines from the weekend:
• SCOTT REED: Diversification doesn’t mean everything goes up
• What is your stuff worth?
• Small construction contractors to get help
• Quiet drive toward No. 1
• Spring forward … fall back?
First our pets, now our children. Chinese-made goods – or products with components made in China – are rightfully a little suspect these days, given the news over the past few months. Read what Business Editor Dennis Seid, an American-born Chinese, has to say about the issue.
More business headlines from the weekend:
• Pre-registration creates optimism for Furniture Market
• The Alliance wants to city, county support for Toyota recruitment
• PeopLoungers: ‘We’ll see how we do’
• What’s next for the Fed?
The post-market accolades for the recently completed Las Vegas Market keep coming, with reports of “brisk traffic” and results “exceeding expectations.” In fact, the World Market Center, which was built specifically for the furniture industry, issued a press release last week touting all the good things that are going on there. What does it mean for Tupelo?
Check out Djournal.com’s business section for more headlines, including:
• Where would Tupelo be without Elvis?
• TRA repurchases Fairpark land after no progress
• WASTE MANAGEMENT CALL CENTER: Taking care of business
• H.M. Richards marks 10 years of success
• W.U. BOSS? Gen Y workers must bridge generation gap
• PUL Alliance receives grant for infrastructure
Tupelo Regional Airport is convenient to fly from, airport officials and others say, because you don’t have to park your car miles from a terminal. Security is quick and friendly, too. So why drive 70 miles to Memphis, go through all those hassles and spend money on gas, parking and expensive airport food? Find out in Dennis’ column.
Other headlines from the weekend:
• The lowdown on what you need to know about back-to-college gadgets
• Beef plant, crop diversification key in ag race
• Toyota selects Mississippi plant executives
Now that V.M. Cleveland has bought most of the Tupelo Commons property, the opinion of many people is that he’ll bring a renewed interest into the project that promised so much six years ago. Read more of Dennis’ column, which includes new information about everyone’s favorite retailer from Minneapolis.
Cancer doctors readying to move to new home on South Gloster Street
Small-town grocer succeeds with service
Driving dangerously
UR FIRED: Instant messaging another way of getting canned
Avoiding temptation, pitfalls
Newsmakers: Magnolia Regional Health Center, Kim Foster Collins, Lindsey Leake, Lee Tucker, FNC, Martha C. Carlton, Jennifer Carter, Heather Dodson Wood, Angel Wiginton, Josh Wenzel, Michael A. Webb
Sorry about the delay in getting these headlines posted. So, to make it up to you, let’s start with Dennis’ column and then hit the highlights.
“In our visit last week with local leaders in central Kentucky and officials with Toyota Motor Corp., it is quite clear that we are now on a different playing field. Not that we didn’t know that already.” MORE
Growth in northern towns, cities outpaces Tupelo
Tupelo loses money to gain business
For the love of cars
Headlines from the Journal’s visit to Toyota’s plant in Georgetown, Ky.:
‘Opportunities will come’
Key word for Northeast Miss. governments: Patience
Making Camrys
Many different jobs available at Toyota assembly plants
Color Toyota Kentucky green
Union not wanted or needed, some insist
This month’s Business Journal hit the streets today packed with information about the banking industry in Northeast Mississippi.
You can find it inside today’s paper or you can get one at the Journal office on South Green Street if you are reading this later than Friday.
Some of the Biz Journal highlights this month include:
‘Banking business still booming’ – an overview of the state’s largest banks and how the banking industry is doing
‘Financial institutions can learn from Georgetown, Toyota’ – a column from Dennis about how the banks in Georgetown, Ky., were affected by Toyota building an assembly plant there and what it means for Northeast Mississippi
‘Regions-AmSouth merger will shuffle offices’ – a story about what the two Birmingham banks will do with their branches and offices now that they have merged
‘Land Bank growing, moving to new location’ – a look at the Land Bank of Mississippi and its importance to the agriculture and forestry industries
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