He has also directed a number of big manufacturing concerns to Mississippi, including the Kemper County coal plant, which is expected to create 260 permanent jobs and 1, 000 during peak construction, and a Toyota factory in the state's rural north that will employ 2, 000 people.

ECONOMIST: Haley Barbour's ambitions

The North American rig count dropped by 6% over the quarter while the number of rigs directed at gas exploration fell sharply by 20%.

FORBES: Baker Hughes Earnings: What We're Watching

The California Department of Financial Institutions, faced with a growing number of consumer complaints directed at financial institutions in the wake of the global economic crisis, needed a solution to process citizen requests faster and to improve case-tracking and recordkeeping.

FORBES: Not Your Father's Government

Only a disproportionately minute number of discoveries traditionally came from directed academic research.

FORBES: You Can't Predict Who Will Change The World

The film is written and directed by Tina Gordon Chism and received a number of surprisingly positive reviews, so its rather awful debut is genuinely bad news for all involved.

FORBES: Connect

The construction is directed by a master craftsman who oversees a large number of craftsmen, working in close coordination.

UNESCO: CULTURE

Coalitions of environmental policy groups have lampooned the idea of clean coal in a number of TV commercials, including one directed by the Coen brothers.

FORBES: Is The Next Big Climate Change Solution Just Vaporware?

At the local level, the HIDTAs are directed and guided by Executive Boards composed of an equal number of regional Federal and non-Federal (state, local, and tribal) law enforcement leaders.

WHITEHOUSE: High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program

On the call, a number of Governors offered assistance to states that had more severe impacts and the President directed Administrator Fugate to make sure FEMA was providing any and all assistance they could to support the movement of these resources from state to state.

WHITEHOUSE: Readout of the President��s Call with Governors and Mayors

Written and directed by Anthony Minghella, from the novel by Michael Ondaatje, this long and searching movie tangles together a number of stories.

NEWYORKER: The English Patient