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May 6 , 2008

Vital Records Control to Build New Facility

The Hinds County Economic Development District (HCEDD), the Hinds County Board of Supervisors and the City of Jackson have finalized negotiations with Vital Records Control of Mississippi, LLC (VRCM), one of the Vital Records Control (VRC) family of companies, to build a new 74,680 square foot warehouse in the Northwest Industrial Park in Jackson.

February 25, 2008

METRO JACKSON TO GET 75 NEW JOBS, GOVERNOR BARBOUR ANNOUNCES

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(JACKSON, Mississippi) — The largest commercial property casualty insurer in Mississippi, The Travelers Companies, Inc., will locate a new Claim Customer Service Center in Jackson and create 75 new jobs for the Metro area, Governor Haley Barbour announced today.

July 11, 2007

MISSISSIPPI SITE ADVANCES TO SECOND ROUND IN BID FOR MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR BIO-DEFENSE PROJECT

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(JACKSON, Mississippi) – Flora Industrial Park in Madison County, Mississippi, has been listed by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as one of five potential locations to build a National Bio and Agro-Defense Project facility (NBAF), Governor Haley Barbour and the Mississippi Congressional delegation announced today.

May 17, 2007

COMCAST ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR ADVANCED SOLUTIONS CENTER IN MADISON COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

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600 new jobs created serving advanced product customers across the Southeast Region

Jackson, MS (May 17, 2007) – Comcast, the nation’s leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services today announced plans for a new advanced solutions center to be located at 384 Galleria Parkway in Madison County, Mississippi, part of the greater metropolitan Jackson area.

The new center will support customers with advanced products, including Comcast Digital Voice (CDV) throughout the Southeast. The facility will be staffed by more than 600 new customer service representatives, trainers and management located on two floors of the new building, totaling 71,500-square-feet. John Wuerdeman, most recently director of customer service for Comcast in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been named vice president for the Comcast Advanced Solutions Center. The center is expected to open in August, 2007.

The new center represents a major expansion by Comcast in the greater Jackson area and the state of Mississippi. The company currently has over 800 employees working in the state, including more than 200 administrative, technical and commercial business employees at its Jackson headquarters and 85 customer service representatives at a call center in Pearl. The new jobs will bring the total number of Comcast employees in Mississippi to more than 1400.

"I am pleased Comcast has selected Madison County for its new regional advanced solutions center,” said Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour. “Importantly, the creation of some 600 new jobs at this facility is a strong testament to our continued strategy of creating jobs in all sectors of the economy."

“The new advanced solutions center in Mississippi is one of the ways we are making it easier for customers to interact with us,” said John Ridall, president of the Comcast Southern Division.

“Comcast’s first system was in Tupelo, so it’s fitting that the company would make this important investment in the future growth and economic development of Mississippi.”

Comcast has experienced tremendous growth over the past several years, driven by the introduction of new products and services. Strong demand is expected to continue throughout the Southeast for the company’s Triple Play offering – a product package featuring Digital Cable with ON DEMAND, Comcast Digital Voice and Comcast High-Speed Internet.

To help meet increased demand for its products, Comcast will hire customer account executives, technical support representatives, trainers and management to staff the new center. The jobs will offer competitive wages and benefits based on education and previous service experience, in addition to a full incentive package including medical, dental and prescription benefits, and complimentary Comcast services.

Individuals interested in learning more about these opportunities are encouraged to apply online at http://comcast.com/careers.

About Comcast Corporation

Comcast Corporation (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 24.2 million cable customers, 12.1 million high-speed Internet customers, and 3.0 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable systems and in the delivery of programming content.

Comcast’s content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, VERSUS, G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout, TV One, four regional Comcast SportsNets and Comcast Interactive Media, which develops and operates Comcast's Internet business. Comcast also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia.

Comcast currently employs more than 800 people in Mississippi. The company’s Southern Division serves over 4.9 million customers across portions of 13 Southern states.

April 09, 2007

The worlds of private business, government and commercial purchasing will connect on May 9-10, 2007 at the Mississippi Business/Procurement Opportunities Conference and Trade Fair 2007 at the Vicksburg Convention Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi. This event sponsored by the Mississippi Development Authority/ Mississippi Business/Procurement Technical Assistance Program will feature seminars/workshops on the first day and a trade show on the second day. The pre-conference “Construction Symposium” held May 8th will focus on the million of dollars of construction procurement opportunities.

Among the invited U.S. government agencies and defense contractors are the Army Corps of Engineers, Small Business Administration, Departments of Homeland Security, Veteran Affairs, Treasury, Army, Air Force, and Navy, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and NASA. Mississippi State agencies will include Mississippi Department of Transportation, Mississippi Development Authority, municipalities, major state universities, etc. Commercial invites will include Mississippi gaming properties, Severcorr, Nissan, Toyota, etc.

For more information and registration please visit http://conference2007.mscpc.com/.

April 4, 2007

Old Capitol Green - Downtwn Jacks, MS

Old Capitol Green will be the first new mixed -use urban development project to be built in Jackson, Mississippi. It will transform a sixteen block area of downtown Jackson into a vibrant, sustainable, green and smart urban area. The project is being developed by Full Spectrum of NY, designated as the Master Developer in October 2006 having successfully responded to an RFP selection process.

Currently in the Master Plan phase, Old Capitol Green is the result of a concept developed by a private sector initiative lead by the Downtown Jackson Partners (DJP) and Entergy Mississippi for the area bounded by Pearl Street on the north, Silas Brown on the south, Jefferson Street on the east and State Street on the west. Full Spectrum will establish a new standard for controlled growth and high-density mixed-used development; contribute equity and debt financing; partner with property owners in the development area, and lead the development of all phases of the project through completion. For more information on FSNY go to their website at http://www.fullspectrumny.com

December 6, 2006

Nissan Study

A decade ago few states were focused on attracting a major automotive manufacturing plant, in part because there were not that many automotive projects in the market, and of those that

were, the stakes were so high few knew where to begin.

October 26, 2006

Bunge-Ergon Breaks Ground on Vicksburg Ethanol Plant

VICKSBURG, Miss.: Gov. Haley Barbour, federal, state and local officials praised the launch of the first joint venture between an energy company and a agribusiness company to build the largest ethanol plant in the Deep South.

August 9, 2006

Mississippi is finalist for $500 million bio-defense project

Mississippi is among the finalists in the running for a proposed a $500 million National Bio and Agrodefense Facility that would employ 400 workers.