Rural Business event is next week Read more: Rural Business event is next week (Deseret News)

Doug Horton worked for many years in a large corporate environment. The idea of joining a local chamber of commerce “never entered my mind,“ he said. After he was laid off from LandAmerica Financial Group in 2008, Horton and his wife, Sandy, decided to go into business for themselves, starting a TeamLogic IT franchise in Midlothian. Visit link: New business owner linchpin of Chesterfield chamber...

DALLAS—Amare Stoudemire heard the latest trade rumor had him going to Dallas. When he looked out his window, he surely must’ve preferred the one that would send him to Miami. The business of all-star Friday was business, with plenty of talk about trades, free agency and the NBA’s labor situation that hung over Dallas like the gray clouds that dumped a foot of snow on the city the day before. Follow...

The Southern Company hopes to build two reactors in Burke County, near Augusta, in what would be the first such construction since the 1970s. See more here: U.S. to Back Loans for Reactors (New York Times)

WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The International Monetary Fund’s mission to Georgia recommended Friday releasing another $150 million in loans to the country, citing good progress under the fund-sponsored … Read the rest here: IMF Staff Proposes Giving Georgia Access To $150 Million In Loans (MalaysiaNews.net)

Student loans and outsourcing Austin schools Read the rest here: Student loans and outsourcing Austin schools (Austin American-Statesman)