Story by Emily Williams, Contributing writer Murray State professors Murphy Smith, Katherine Taken Smith and Stefan Linnhoff of the Arthur J. Bauernfiend College of Business were awarded the KPMG Outstanding Published Manuscript Award from the American Accounting Association Gender Issues and Work-Life Balance Section. Murphy Smith said the team’s award-winning paper “A Longitudinal Analysis of Read More
Column by Robert Valentine, Senior lecturer of advertising There is much talk these days about running things like a business. Most of it is wrong. In Kentucky, the governor wants to run the state more like a business. Like any good businessman who finds himself in arrears, he has looked first at some of his biggest expense Read More
Story by Abby Siegel, Contributing writer Yogurt Your Weigh will lock their doors for the final time at 9 p.m. Oct. 31. The local business made this “bittersweet” decision because of the growth in their family, owners Kara and Chad Canerdy said. When they opened their doors three years ago they only had one young Read More
Jamicha Phelps always knew she was an animal lover. That idea quickly turned into a booming business over the past couple of years. Phelps opened Grooming with Love and Kindness last year. Since then, Phelps said business has gone great, and she’s been a successful pet groomer ever since. Phelps began at Murray State five Read More
Gov. Steve Beshear announced German automotive supplier iwis (pronounced ee-vis and written in lower case) will establish its first U.S.-based manufacturing operation in Murray next year. The new company will move into the 119,000-square-foot old Webasto plant that closed down north of Murray in 2008 and bring 75 new jobs to the region. The announcement Read More
Ed Marlowe Staff writer Despite news of a down economy, Calloway County will have new businesses open to the public as early as spring of 2012. Construction for a new AT&T store and Arby’s are currently underway, while Dunkin’ Donuts and Fazoli’s are in development stages. Peyton Mastera, projects administrator for the City of Murray, Read More