Wall Street Journal, the Mississippi plant in question is owned by a private company, the Steel Development Co.

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On the festival grounds, the company set up tent along the mighty Mississippi in the ribs section, and then set to work luring visitors in out of the heat with free samples of wine.

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"I am personally inviting you and your company to come to the great state of Mississippi, " Gunn wrote in a letter to Colt's Manufacturing Co.

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She said the company also expects Katrina to increase sales in Louisiana and Mississippi.

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In the late 1990s Benz Energy, a Vancouver-exchange-listed exploration company, stumbled while developing the Oakvale gas field in Mississippi but stayed alive by selling assets to Prime Natural Resources.

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The company plans to start production at a facility in Columbus, Mississippi and start selling renewable fuel this fall.

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Of the nine "Best Picture" nominees in 2012, for example, five were filmed on location in states where the production company received financial incentives, including "The Help" (in Mississippi) and "Moneyball" (in California).

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The company's headquarters are in New Orleans and its lone US factory is located on Mississippi's Gulf Coast.

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