http://www.memphisdailynews.comNews of business and the public record for Memphis and the Mid-South.Copyright 2009,The Daily News Publishing Co.This could take awhile.Among the items on today’s Shelby County Commission agenda is the appointment of a mayor to serve the remaining 10 months left ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4591811/9/2009A few months ago, First Horizon National Corp.’s then-chief investor relations officer was named by an industry magazine as the best IR officer among ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4591911/9/2009After developing the land and building a day care center, R.S. Harris has sold The Goddard School franchise he brought to 509 E. Winchester Road in Co....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=45940#4594011/9/2009The Memphis-based orthopedics division of Smith & Nephew had revenues of $503 million for the third quarter, which was about flat from the same pe....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=45941#4594111/9/2009U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., reported Friday that federal funding to combat crime and support at-risk youths in Memphis is included in a confer....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=45942#4594211/9/2009The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $15 million grant to the chief of preventive medicine at the Memphis Veterans Administration Medical C....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=45943#4594311/9/2009Businesses cut inventories at the wholesale level for a record 13th consecutive month in September, but sales rose for a sixth straight time.The hope ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=45944#4594411/9/2009Tony Dungy, former head coach of the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, will address members of the local business community at a lunc....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=45945#4594511/9/2009The Internal Revenue Service may owe you money.The IRS in Nashville is looking for Tennesseans who are due to receive a combined $1.77 million in 1,84....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=45946#4594611/9/2009The University of Memphis will host a lecture by Dr. James L. Gelvin today at 7 p.m. in Room 136 in the Fogelman Executive Center. Gelvin is a profess....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4593911/9/2009http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?story=snapshot&id=4593811/9/2009Instead of taking it easy during the holidays, Innova officials will be calling on the corporate offices of insurance companies in a quest to raise $2....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4592011/9/2009American Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, the fundraising arm of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, laid off 70 employees on Friday in the or....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4592111/9/2009WASHINGTON (AP) – The national unemployment rate has passed the psychological threshold of 10 percent for the first time since 1983 – and is likely to....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4592211/9/2009NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Thirty-one colleges will line up their little vehicles in Nashville this weekend to test alternative fuels.It's the 11th Annua....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4592311/9/2009NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The mother of five was at wits' end. Her husband had lost his job, their lease-to-purchase house was foreclosed on and she had....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4592411/9/2009UNION CITY, Tenn. (AP) - State Rep. Judy Barker says she won't accept an increase in the daily expense allowance lawmakers received on Oct. 1.Barker –....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4592511/9/2009LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Gov. Mike Beebe says that a proposal in the House to overhaul the nation's health care system could add $205 million to the s....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4592811/9/2009FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - State agriculture experts say soggy weather that drenched Arkansas during much of the harvest season will cut farm receipts ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4593011/9/2009JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Weeks after exchanging sharp words about each other, Mississippi Medicaid director Bob Robinson and state Attorney General Jim H....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4593111/9/2009WASHINGTON (AP) - Consumers borrowed less for a record eighth straight month in September amid rising unemployment and tight credit conditions. Econom....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4593311/9/2009NEW YORK (AP) - AIG said Friday it was profitable for the second straight quarter as its core insurance operations continue to stabilize after the com....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4593411/9/2009WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama signed a $24 billion economic stimulus bill into law Friday, giving tax incentives to prospective homebuyers ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4593611/9/2009WASHINGTON (AP) - Government officials put trillions of taxpayer dollars on the line to guarantee risky bank assets – a strategy that could cause perm....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4593711/9/2009Just before sunrise on a rainy Tuesday morning, the armed officers raided the city office. They didn’t make any arrests, but they took files, intervie....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4594811/9/2009By now, you may be thinking there’s no real cycle in Memphis politics – that it’s all just one big, loud, brassy parade-like spectacle on an endless l....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4594911/9/2009The National Civil Rights Museum recently honored Myrlie Evers Williams and Julius Erving with its annual Freedom Awards.Evers-Williams, the former ch....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4595011/9/2009Ballet Memphis’ season opener offers what lately has been a rain-soaked Memphis a sight for sore eyes: a rainbow. “The Wizard of Oz,” choreographed by....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4595111/9/2009In the parlance of the sweet science, a knockdown occurs when a boxer is knocked to the mat but rises to fight again. Antonio Martinez knows something....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4595211/9/2009Last week’s wine was such a high-octane example of drool fuel that this week perhaps we should dial back the gonzo meter and try a wine you could take....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4595311/9/2009Robbie O’Kelly watches as the late afternoon sun brings the saints to life inside Evergreen Art Glass LLC.The Madonna gazes serenely over the room. St....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=4594711/9/2009