Lee Roop | lroop@al.com
Top business headlines: Sept. 12, 2017
Here are the top business headlines from AL.com for Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2017. For more Alabama business news anytime, visit AL.com/business.
Lee Roop | lroop@al.com
Axe throwing club
Civil Axe Throwing is a new club opening at Huntsville's Campus 805 on Friday night, Sept. 15, 2017. Patrons toss hatchets at targets in competitions similar to dart games.
The axes are more like hatchets in size, so you don't have to be a lumberjack to throw one. Lima's website says axe throwing is "perfect for birthday parties, bachelor/bachelorette parties or just a fun night out with friends." There's a league night, too.
(Contributed photo)
Daxko
New Daxko CTO
Birmingham software company Daxko has hired Bjorn Bjerkoe to the role of Chief Technology Officer.
The CTO role is a new role for the company, which provides technology solutions to member-based wellness centers like gyms and YMCAs.
AP file photo
New iPhone announcement
The phone will feature an all-screen design and will replace the home button with a virtual home button and, perhaps, facial recognition software that will unlock the device.
Peter Kneffel
iPhones through the year
Whether fat or thin, long or short, the iPhone has indelibly made its mark on the culture, not just of America, but the world. And it's done so in ways its creators could barely have envisioned at the time. At the iPhone's birth, Facebook was only three years old, Twitter barely a year old and Instagram still three years away. Being social meant something completely different.
In 2007, Jobs said his goal for the iPhone was to own 1 percent of the market within a year, a benchmark the device met. The first version sold more than 3.6 million. Since then, the company has sold more than 1 billion iPhones worldwide. That’s a lot of change.
(AP Photo, dpa,Peter Kneffel)
William Thornton | wthornton@al.com
Barkery expansion
Owner Michelle Reeder announced the business has recently acquired Barks & Rec, a Wetumpka pet daycare, boarding and grooming firm at 42 Coosa River Parkway. And yes, they plan on selling their signature pet treats.
(The Barkery)
Courtesy Alumni Develpment
Alabaster development
Tuscaloosa-based Alumni Properties has reached an agreement with the City of Alabaster to build the development, which is sated to open in 2019.
William Thornton | wthornton@al.com
ASK Telemarketing HQ
ASK Telemarketing held the grand opening today of its new headquarters in Montgomery - a renovated bowling alley that will allow the company to add another 400 jobs.
The company spent $2.7 million on the renovation, which transformed the former Brunswick Woodmere Lanes bowling alley on Carmichael Road only two blocks away from their offices. ASK is in the midst of a two-year expansion.
Lawrence Specker | lspecker@al.com
Best colleges for veterans
The publication provides an annual ranking that compares more than 1,800 U.S. schools in a variety of categories, including academics, cost and other factors. In the newly published 2018 rankings, Princeton University takes the overall No. 1 spot for the seventh year in a row.
John Sharp | jsharp@al.com
Does Mobile have a shot at Amazon?
The City of Mobile is currently reviewing if it will formally bid on Amazon's newly planned $5 billion, 500,000 sq.ft headquarters, adding to the $30 million sorting center that the online giant is set to open on the Gulf Coast next month.
In its proposal guidance, Amazon indicated that it wants the new 8 million sq. ft building to be near to an international airport and metro areas with more than 1 million people. Mobile has a population of around 414,000 in its urban area, but also draws in people from Gulf Coast cities in Mississippi and Florida, and is around two hours from New Orleans.
William Thornton | wthornton@al.com
Equifax class-action lawsuit
The suits were filed on both September 8 and September 11. All plaintiffs are filing for damages regarding the massive Equifax data breach.According to the company, hackers used a website application vulnerability to access the personal information of about 143 million U.S. consumers from Equifax.
Steve Wood UAB Photo
UAB Nursing grant
The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing has received more than $4 million in funding to support graduate programs for the 2017-18 academic year, the university announced on Tuesday.
The funding will support students preparing for careers as advanced practice nurses, nurse educators and nurse researchers. According to UAB, the funding will also help expand primary care services for rural and medically underserved populations.
Julie Bennett/jbennett@al.com
Businessman running for AL House
Priceville business owner Tom Fredricks will run for the Republican nomination for a north Alabama seat in the Alabama House of Representatives, his campaign announced.
Fredricks will run in District 4, which covers parts of Limestone and Morgan counties. Rep. Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, who has held the seat since 2002, has announced he would not seek another term. Fredricks owns Fredricks Outdoor, which sells tractors, mowers, boats, utility vehicles, campers and other equipment. He has been in business for more than 26 years, according to a press release from his campaign.
Erin Edgemon | eedgemon@al.com
BSC tuition reduction
BSC is resetting tuition back to what is was more than 15 years ago, officials said. Tuition for the 2017-18 academic year was $35,840. Beginning next year, tuition will be $17,650.
Leada Gore | lgore@al.com
Airports resuming service after Irma
Delta Airlines has canceled 140 flights Tuesday; Southwest Airlines has canceled 52 flights out of Atlanta. Those numbers are expected to remain steady during the day.
Leada Gore | lgore@al.com
Irma evacuees can spend SNAP
Thousands of people from Florida and Georgia are sheltered in Alabama while Hurricane Irma makes its way across the Southeast. For those evacuees that use food stamps, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is reminding them their benefits are good in Alabama and any other state.
Officially known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, food stamps are a federal program that is transferrable from state-to-state, no matter where the person's original application was filed.
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