For those who own their own business, it’s no secret that personal financial security is very closely tied to the success of the business. (Published: August 2008)

The Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce will showcase its outstanding small business members at the fourth annual Small Business Awards Gala, Aug. 19 at the Beau Rivage Resort & Casino in Biloxi. (Published: August 2008)

On page 2 of this issue of The Journal, we mention the Economic Outlook and Mid-Year Assessment for South Mississippi and the Gulf Coast, presented July 17 by the University of Southern Mississippi’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research. (Published: August 2008)

The intensive three-year recovery effort by the Mississippi Coast after Hurricane Katrina has so energized Harrison County that it is simultaneously handling the national economic jitters and its own multi-tasking efforts with no letup in pace. (Published: August 2008)

It is a challenge to manage 600-700 employees in a company spread across 16 states from the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains, but one guiding principle has helped a Gulf Coast businessman achieve tremendous success. (Published: August 2008)

Scott King signed on as director of policy and research at Mississippi Gulf Coast Business Council to take on what may seem to be a daunting task. (Published: August 2008)

“Are we done, yet?” I asked innocently. “No, we have a long way to go, yet!” replied Judy Steckler, director of the Land Trust for the Mississippi Coastal Plain. (Published: August 2008)

Just about any story written since 1970 regarding construction in the Coastal counties has centered on the same themes. “The beachfront area is growing like crazy”; “There’s construction along the beach in every direction”; or “You can’t drive two miles from the beach without encountering streets that are under construction to add lanes or make room for new businesses.” (Published: August 2008)

The new Mississippi Gulf Coast Sports Commission has attracted the support of the top business and political leadership of the three coastal counties and successfully launched the commission’s first regional sporting event. (Published: August 2008)

A new face with some different ideas about marketing tourism along the Mississippi Gulf Coast is in town. (Published: August 2008)

In its first 50 years, the dual Port of Pascagoula (and Bayou Casotte) has grown into an operation under the Jackson County Port Authority so large that by 2005 impacted the South Mississippi economy to the tune of $900 million and generated tax revenue to the state of $50 million. (Published: August 2008)

In spite of the prices at the pump, the grumbling at the grocer’s and the frenzy of the foreclosures, South Mississippi retailers are finding a thousand ways of soft-pedaling sticker shock. (Published: August 2008)

Economists will look back and determine that the 2008-09 national recession began in late 2008 and ended around the second quarter of 2009, although the affects are already being felt. (Published: August 2008)