Tag: business
Joiner Fire Sprinkler Co., Inc: Began in Birmingham; grew to work...
By Nathan Turner Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
Robert E. Joiner, 70, and a partner established Joiner Fire Sprinkler Co., in 1994 with one employee and...
One-on-one with Marlon King, chairman of the 2017 Birmingham Regional Enterprise...
By Barnett Wright
The Birmingham Times
The Birmingham Regional Enterprise Council (BREC) is comprised of Birmingham Business Alliance (BBA) investors who are committed to helping small...
L’Tryce Slade explains how her environmental services became one of the...
By Nathan Turner Jr.
For The Birmingham Times
L’Tryce Slade, founder of Slade LLC—Environmental Consulting, General Contracting, knows how to respond to doubters: confidence and top-quality...
Aunt-and-niece duo behind Double Edge Events creates beauty for famous clients...
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For The Birmingham Times
When organizers of the Central Alabama Sickle Cell Foundation Inc.’s annual Sickle Cell Gala wanted a Motown-themed evening,...
Birmingham hosts global electric transportation conference
Katie Bolton
Alabama NewsCenter
Electric transportation advocates from around the world met at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham March 28-30 to discuss the industry’s progress and...
Tuskegee trying to become Air Force trainer manufacture site
By Kim Chandler
Associated Press
TUSKEGEE, Ala. (AP) — The home of the Tuskegee Airmen, who shattered aviation and racial barriers in World War II, is...
Under Trump, unemployment rate rises for black workers
By Freddie Allen
Managing Editor, NNPA Newswire
During President Donald Trump’s first full month in office, the Black unemployment rate rose as the White unemployment rate...
Mass deportation would cost U.S. economy billions, experts say
By Barrington Salmon
NNPA Newswire Contributor
Immigration and labor experts say that mass deportation would cost the federal government nearly $900 billion in lost revenue over...
Pizitz puts on the ritz for its official grand opening
By Alabama NewsCenter Staff
The Pizitz building held its formal grand opening in downtown Birmingham March 16, a new life for a storied property that...
2017 Birmingham Black Restaurant Week underway
Special to The Times
Birmingham continues to make its mark as a signature city for lively food, culture and entertainment. With new restaurants continuing to...
