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On the boards — Nov. 2012
CHURCHILL DOWNS INC. Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman Ulysses Lee “Junior” Bridgeman has been appointed to the board of directors of Churchill Downs Inc. Bridgeman is founder and president of Bridgeman...
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Interstate Lane — Nov. 2012
TENNESSEE: Nissan to add third shift, 810 jobs at Smyrna assembly plant Nissan’s popular Altima model is built at its plant in Smyrna, Tenn. Nissan is adding 810 manufacturing jobs at its Smyrna...
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Education: Endowment Yield is Long-Term Stability
Amidst the very public howling over tuition increases, budget cuts and the rising cost of a college education, at most schools there also are little-talked-about but vital financial efforts going on in...
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Bigger Systems, Better Healthcare
LifePoint Hospitals, which acquired Clark Regional Medical Center in 2010, pumped $60 million into its new 79-bed facility in Winchester. LifePoint owns several hospitals in Kentucky. Healthcare is...
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Exports: Made in Kentucky, Shipped to the World
Ying Juan Rogers, executive vice president of World Trade Center Kentucky, and Mark Wilson with ECM Bioscience, sample the goods in a Shanghai market. World Trade Center Kentucky organizes trade...
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Winners At The Track Keep Creating Kentucky Thoroughbred Sales Success
Members of a Japanese buying group inspect a colt at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Seven different groups of Japanese were among many foreign buyers active at the 2012 sale. It seems a...
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Economy Likely to Continue ‘Muddling Though’
With neither President Obama nor Mitt Romney having offered campaign ideas that inspire business community confidence, expect the lackluster U.S. economy to continue “muddling through” in slow,...
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Spotlight on the Arts — Nov. 2012
New Business Development Program Brings Kentucky Artisans to Market The arts are a big business in Kentucky, which is home to more than 6,700 arts-related businesses that employ 24,400 people – nearly...
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Cash Receipts for Kentucky Farm Commodities Nearly $5 Billion in 2011
Poultry was the No. 1 commodity for Kentucky in 2011. Kentucky farm cash receipts did not exceed $5 billion in 2011 as was predicted late in the year, but it came close. At the end of 2011, cash...
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Business briefs — Nov. 2012
BOWLING GREEN – General Motors plans to idle production at its Bowling Green plant for six months to prepare for the next generation Corvette, according to a report by the Associated Press. Production...
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