Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. - Texas-based KiOR, a company with plans to produce a crude oil substitute from wood chips and other biomass, will locate its first three facilities in Mississippi.
JACKSON, Miss. - A recent attempted terrorist attack aboard a commercial airliner could mean big business for companies making body imaging scanners, especially two firms with technology already approved by federal authorities.

Some key events in Comcast Corp.'s history:
1963 - Ralph Roberts buys American Cable Systems, a 1,200-subscriber cable TV operator in Tupelo, Miss., for $500,000.