Heads and tales: Taking care of business

Hacking Saks: Remember the glory days of Saks? Neither do we, but the retailer — sorta based in Birmingham — is having a bad year. The good news? The year’s almost over. The bad news? Next year means likely cuts in jobs, stores and inventory. But where will we go to snag that one-of-a-kind $2,000 ballgown? Guess there’s always eBay …
• Saks will reduce empire [Birmingham News]

Jesus and the chocolate factory: Combining the glory of His word with the sinful goodness of sugary confection, Scripture Candy is a homegrown success story. The business, which started out in an entrepreneurial incubator, is ready to move into its own new five-acre property in Adamsville. Meanwhile, the incubator is also growing, preparing to move into the old Sears building downtown with another incubator. Let’s hope the candy company doesn’t start slacking like the lazy gits at the fortune cookie factory, who actually stuffed this into our dessert: “You will live a long time, long enough to open many, many fortune cookies.”
• Scripture Candy’s sweet success owed to incubator [Birmingham News]

Block? Bling!: Downtown is in demand, and it’s gonna cost big. Fortunately, lots of businesses want to be there, especially if “there” is Five Points South or around the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Of course, the results are coming from a bunch of UAB students. Hmm …
• Half-block lot downtown: Write a check for $1.54M [Birmingham Business Journal]

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• Desperate military recruiters asking promiscuous teens to “step it up”
• Hot holiday gifts: rifles, Xbox 360, various commandments
• Festivus carolers skip neighborhoods to hit Lakeview pubs, drown sorrows

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Posted: Thursday, December 15, 2005, 6:33 pm, in Headlines.
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