Pilgrim's Pride Corp. today idles one of its two chicken processing plants in Athens, laying off about 100 people.
BBVA Compass Bank. Founded as Compass Bank in Birmingham in the 1960s, BBVA Compass is an Alabama-based banking organization with current headquarters in Birmingham, Jefferson County. Compass Bank's parent company, Compass Bancshares Inc., was acquired by Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) in 2007. The bank's name was then changed to BBVA Compass Bank.
Regions Financial Corporation started on July 13, 1971 with the merger of three Alabama banks: First National Bank of Montgomery (opened 1871), Exchange Security Bank of Birmingham (opened 1928), and First National Bank of Huntsville (opened 1856).