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• Trump plans rally in Louisville next week

  13-03-2017 19:57 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Louisville is gaining a lot of attention from the Trump administration of late.Last week, several media outlets reported that President Donald Trump was coming to Louisville, which was later met with denials by his office.Instead, Vice President Mike Pence, the former governor of Indiana, appeared in Louisville with Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin on Saturday to talk up a replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act in a state held up as an ACA success story by former Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, forme
  
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• Shares of Turning Point Brands rise on earnings news

  13-03-2017 19:53 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Shares of Louisville-based Turning Point Brands Inc. are up more than 6 percent today after the company released fourth-quarter earnings results.Turning Point Brands (NYSE: TPB) is the owner of Zig-Zag rolling papers, Stoker’s smokeless tobacco and VaporBeast.In mid-afternoon trading, the company's stock was at $14.05, up 80 cents on the day. In its earnings release, the company said net sales rose to $206 million for 2016. That's up about 4.5 percent from 2015. Net income rose to $26.9 mi
  
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• These are Louisville's largest electrical contractors

  13-03-2017 19:49 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The March 10 issue of Louisville Business First has two lists: one that ranks electrical contractors in the Louisville area, and another that ranks full-service remodelers.The electrical contractors list is ranked by electrical work billed out of local offices in 2016.The list is available to subscribers of Louisville Business First, but for a sneak peek of the top five electrical contractors, click on the attached slideshow.In conjunction with the electrical contractors list, we did an In&helli
  
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• Kentucky Venues produces millions for Louisville despite convention center closure

  13-03-2017 19:40 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The Kentucky State Fair Board lost the Kentucky International Convention Center for nearly five months of 2016 to accommodate a massive renovation and expansion of that facility, and it won't reopen until summer 2018.But the loss didn't upend the organization's economic impact on Louisville.According to the state agency's 2016 annual report, The Kentucky Exposition Center and KICC combined for more than $259 million in local economic impact, with KEC accounting for $206 million and KICC generati
  
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