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Speakers say state's economy sound despite national slowdown.

Publication: Mississippi Business Journal
Publication Date: 24-MAR-08 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The message was hopeful and encouraging at Hancock Bank's 41st Gulf Coast Economic Symposium earlier this month. Three scheduled speakers and Gov. Haley Barbour--a surprise visitor--told the crowd of 1,000 business and community leaders that the national economy is not all bleak and the state's outlook continues to improve. The featured speakers were Gray Swoope, executive director of the Mississippi Development Authority; Jimmy G. Gouras, president of Urban Planning Consultants; and Peter F. Ricchiuti, assistant dean of Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business.

"I believe Mississippi's economy is the strongest it's ever been," Barbour said. "Per capita income is up 26%, and there are three things that will position Mississippi well in dealing with a...

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