Just when we had learned to pronounce ThyssenKrupp, the German company has agreed to sell its stainless steel business, Inoxum, to Outokumpu Oyj of Finland for $3.6 billion, the Wall Street Journal reports. The deal would make Outokumpu the world’s largest steel manufacturer.
Artur Davis says he regrets questioning the prosecution of Don Siegelman, a move that made him appear soft on political corruption, the former Congressman told the Mobile, Ala., Lagniappe. Meanwhile, Davis continues to distance himself from the Alabama Democratic Party, which he says worked to defeat him in 2010. Read the interview here.
U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson has ordered that jury selection in the bingo corruption retrial begin on Feb. 6. The one week delay follows the death of one defendant, Ray Crosby.
Beason who? Stan what? Tarnished by an insider trading scandal and facing strong primary opposition for the first time in decades, what’s a Washington insider to do? Run against Washington, that’s what. In his first TV ad of the campaign, Bachus makes the race about Obama.
The corruption trial of Milton McGregor and six others will begin a week later than planned after defendant Ray Crosby was found dead in his home Sunday. Also, prosecutors are seeking a gag order to prevent defendants from talk to media outside of court.
Former State Sen. Danny Corbett found bingo corruption defendant Ray Crosby dead Sunday. He tells the Montgomery Advertiser that Crosby was lying in bed with a book and appeared to have fallen asleep and never woken. Montgomery police are still investigating.
Last weekend, an episode of the syndicated radio show “This American Life” explored Alabama’s immigration law, HB56, in an in-depth story on the law’s effects.
Kenneth Klee, a bankruptcy lawyer for Jefferson County, says non-user fees are still an option as the county prepares its plan to emerge from Chapter 9 bankruptcy. Meanwhile, Commission Pres. David Carrington says eventual rate increases are inevitable.
The retrial of the remaining defendants in the Alabama bingo corruption case has been suspended indefinitely following the death Sunday of defendant Joseph “Ray” Crosby.
Will Jefferson County’s push for a new occupational tax turn into a fight over the future of Cooper Green? Commission President David Carrington says he’s not afraid of a debate, but the county doesn’t have that much time before it runs out of money.
