Magic City Marketplace

| December 21, 2009 

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Your pocketbook is affected by a whole host of business forces. WBHM’s Andrew Yeager speaks with Craig Ey, Editor of the Birmingham Business Journal every other week on Morning Edition as we discuss the big stories of the moment.

 

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