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JPMorgan Chase launches a stock market rally
NEW YORK — Strong earnings from JPMorgan launched a stock market rally that gave the Dow Jones industrial average its best day this month.
The Dow jumped 204 points, snapping a six-day slump, to close Friday at 12,777.
JPMorgan surged 6 percent, the biggest gain in the Dow by far. The country’s biggest bank earned $5 billion in the most recent quarter, easily beating Wall Street’s forecasts,...
Rienzi man dies in Alcorn County traffic accident
The Mississippi Highway Patrol is still investigating an accident in Alcorn County that claimed the life of a Rienzi man, according to Trooper Ray Hall. Troopers were dispatched around 12:15 p.m. Saturday, to the crash scene on US 72 approximately 6 miles west of Corinth, in Alcorn County.
It appeared Leroy Rogers, 78, of Rienzi, was traveling west on US 72, in a 2002 Ford pic-up, when he apparently...
USM sets private fundraising mark
HATTIESBURG — The University of Southern Mississippi raised a record $20.2 million in private gifts for the fiscal year 2012, which ended June 30.
Officials say the figure represents a 46 percent increase over the previous record $13.9 million in fiscal 2006.
Bob Pierce, USM’s vice president for advancement, says the top initiative for 2012 was the new College of Business building, followed...
Keller Williams kicks off summer concert
Keller Williams celebrated more than just freedom on Independence Day – he also celebrated the release of a new album the day before.
Williams spent part of his Fourth of July holiday in an airport, ready to go to his next gig to support “Pick,” a CD he made with the Travelin’ McCourys. The band, made up of sons of bluegrass great Del McCoury, rotate guitar players, including Williams, so they...
Obituaries July 12, 2012
Ann McLendon
TUPELO – Ann Lumpkin McLendon, 92, died Monday, July 9, 2012, at the Martin House at Traceway. She was born June 22, 1920, to Houston and Chester Dare Lumpkin of Tupelo. She met her husband, Larry, in 1939 at Riley’s Jewelers in Tupelo. They married in 1942 and they were married 62 years before his death in September 2004. She was a wonderful Christian wife and mother as well as a...
BILL MINOR: Some of the scripture quoters forgot about the least
Bible-totin’, scripture-quotin’ politicians in Mississippi who wouldn’t be caught outside the church amen pew on Sunday have a problem:
How do they reconcile rejecting some $13 billion in federal money to provide health care coverage for more than 220,000 of Mississippi’s needy citizens with the Bible’s strong message that believers have a duty to help the least of our brethren?
Well, right...
US stocks fall for third day amid European troubles
FILE-In this Friday, June. 29, 2012, file photo, specialist James A. Denaro works the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange before the closing bell. Stock futures are falling on the eve of the U.S. earnings season Monday, July 9, 2012,with more signs of instability coming out of Europe. (AP Photo/David Karp, file)
NEW YORK (AP) — Edgy investors sent stocks lower Monday on Wall Street ahead...
Football Roundup: Notebook, All-SEC, More Watch Lists
Hey, we’ve got some real news and some pretend news for you this morning. Let’s start with the meaty stuff.
In today’s Journal I have a football notebook (CLICK HERE), with the topics being Malcolm Johnson‘s injury, Johnthan Banks and Matt Balis. More to come from yesterday’s interviews later, both on the blog and in the paper.
• OK, now for the fluff. The coaches’...
10 Things to Know for Thursday
Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today:
1. PENN STATE REPORT WILL DRAW SCRUTINY
The results of Penn State’s internal investigation into the Jerry Sandusky scandal will be released in a report that may answer many troubling questions.
UPDATE: Click here for story on report and reaction.
2. WHAT JOE BIDEN WILL TELL BLACK VOTERS
The...
