December 7, 2009
Alabama
By JEFF AMY at www.al.com Alabama’s unemployment hot line automatically hangs up on a quarter of all callers because the crush of calls is overwhelming the 178 operators, state data show. And the numbers do not include those who get a busy signal, never reaching an operator or hearing the recording that instructs them to [...]
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December 3, 2009
Alabama
By Dawn Kent — The Birmingham News Alabama and local governments offered incentives valued as much as $100 million to bring production of the Mercedes-Benz C-Class sedan to the German automaker’s factory in Vance. The package includes $55 million in training, as well as $20 million in state and local cash grants. Mercedes also is eligible for tax [...]
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