Birmingham Companies Starting to Spend their Piles of Cash
Andrew Yeager | July 27, 2015
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After the recession many American companies were holding onto tons of cash. Birmingham companies were no different. But even with an improving economy, those reserves at Birmingham firms are still growing. We talk about it with Birmingham Business Journal editor Cindy Crawford in this week’s Magic City Marketplace.
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