BATON ROUGE, La. - Gov. Bobby Jindal traveled Friday to Iowa, a state that is pivotal to a presidential campaign, in a trip that has heightened speculation that Jindal is planning a presidential bid in 2012. But Jindal said the speculation is ...

New Logistics Center to be Unveiled in Huntington - Inside Indiana Business

The Huntington County United Economic Development Corp. will unveil plans on Monday for a new logistics/distribution center. The facility will provide 20 new jobs immediately and more next year. The announcement will be made during its first business ...

Wal-Mart Replaces Chief Scott With Overseas Head Duke (Update5) - Bloomberg

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, unexpectedly announced the retirement of Chief Executive Officer H. Lee Scott after almost nine years at the helm, replacing him with overseas chief Mike Duke . Scott, 59 ...

Analyst: New CEO Could Point Wal-Mart Toward Global Growth - Morning News

Mike Duke will take the reigns of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. from CEO Lee Scott at the start of the new fiscal year, the retailer said Friday. Duke, the 58-year-old executive of Wal-Mart’s international division, will succeed Scott Feb. 1 to become the ...

Herndon’s Rodrigues hits $277 million homerun - Birmingham Business Journal

Dan Rodrigues "did all the hard work on the deal," according to CEO Scott Herndon. Herndon Products LLC just hooked its biggest catch ever — a $277 million defense contract from the federal government — and much of the credit goes to new Chief ...