When Rosemarie Fair was named Broker of the Year in investment sales at last year’s Pinnacle Awards, she became the first woman ever to do so.

Before Fair founded One Source Commercial Inc. in 1993, she worked with Carlisle Corp. in the early 1980s on Beale Street Landing Downtown. She remembers often what her mentor Gene Carlisle taught her – “Somebody will take care of the big stuff, it’s the nickels and dimes that make the difference.”

2. Crowne Plaza Hotel Sells Out of Foreclosure - Tuesday, January 08, 2013

300 N. Second St. Memphis, TN 38103

Sale Amount: $9.4 million

Sale Date: Dec. 28, 2012

3. Mississippi Tracks Possible Misuse of Nutrition Program - Tuesday, October 02, 2012

TUPELO, Miss. (AP) – State officials say 1,705 people in Mississippi were disqualified last budget year from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program for making false claims and improperly taking more than $2.7 million in benefits.

4. B&N, Microsoft Team Up on Nook, College Businesses - Tuesday, May 01, 2012

NEW YORK (AP) – Books and bits united Monday as Microsoft provided an infusion of money to help Barnes & Noble compete with top electronic bookseller Amazon. In exchange, Microsoft gets a long-desired foothold in the business of e-books and college textbooks.

5. First Schools Meeting Addresses Blueprint - Friday, September 23, 2011

The two groups that will do much of the political and organizational heavy lifting in the consolidation of Shelby County’s two public school systems first will do a lot of listening in the weeks to come.

6. Summit Touts Return of Demand - Friday, August 26, 2011

“Demand is back” was the theme at the ninth annual Southern Lodging Summit held Downtown this week at The Peabody hotel and the Memphis Cook Convention Center.

Hoteliers and industry execs gathered for the 2011 Summit, which was organized by the Metropolitan Memphis Hotel & Lodging Association and hotel consulting firm Pinkowski & Co.

7. Atlanta Investment Group Buys Holiday Inn Select - Tuesday, August 02, 2011

5795 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38119
Sale Amount: $7.5 Million

Sale Date: July 19, 2011

8. Noble Investment Buys Holiday Inn Select - Thursday, July 28, 2011

An Atlanta hospitality investment firm has paid $7.5 million for the Holiday Inn Select Memphis East at 5795 Poplar Ave. where Poplar and Interstate 240 intersect.

9. Judge OK’s Borders Auction, Liquidators Open Bid - Friday, July 15, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) – Borders Group, the second largest U.S. book store chain that once operated over 1,000 stores, appears headed for liquidation after a judge on Thursday approved its motion to auction itself off with a team of liquidators as its opening bid.

10. Liberty Media Execs Discuss Barnes & Noble Offer - Wednesday, May 25, 2011

NEW YORK (AP) – Executives with online company Liberty Media say the "interesting interplay" between Barnes & Noble's Nook e-reader and its retail stores is one reason they have bid for the book seller, but Barnes & Noble executives launching the device's latest version Tuesday were mum on the $1 billion offer.

11. States Push Harder for Online Sales Tax Collection - Tuesday, March 22, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Tax-free shopping is under threat for many online shoppers as states facing widening budget gaps increasingly pressure Amazon.com Inc. and other Internet retailers to start collecting sales taxes from their residents.

12. Poplar Plaza Bookstar Closing in January - Thursday, November 11, 2010

Barnes and Noble is shuttering another Memphis-area bookstore about a year after a previous closure.

Bookstar, a longtime tenant of the Poplar Plaza shopping center and one of Barnes and Noble’s brands, is closing at the end of January, according to The Commercial Appeal. That’s about a year after the nation’s largest book retailer announced the closure of the Barnes and Noble store at 6385 Winchester Road. David Deason, vice president of development at Barnes and Noble, told The Daily News at the time sales were “not sufficient to continue to operate” at Winchester.

13. Shoppers, Wary of Credit Cards, Get Creative - Monday, December 21, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - Shoppers are doing all they can to keep their credit cards in their wallets this holiday season.

They're paying with cash, direct debits from bank accounts, taking advantage of free financing and even cashing in frequent flier miles.

14. Barnes and Noble to Close Winchester Location - Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Citing a downturn in customer traffic, Barnes and Noble is closing one of its four Memphis stores at the end of this month.

The book retailer is shuttering its store in the Hickory Ridge Pavilion at 6385 Winchester Road after what will be its final day of business on New Year’s Eve.

15. Barnes and Noble to Close Winchester Location - Thursday, December 17, 2009

Citing a downturn in customer traffic, Barnes and Noble is closing one of its four Memphis stores at the end of this month.

The book retailer is shuttering its store in the Hickory Ridge Pavilion at 6385 Winchester Road after what will be its final day of business on New Year’s Eve.

16. Commission to Take First of Three Votes On Charter - Again - Wednesday, April 16, 2008

The Shelby County Board of Commissioners will meet in special session one week from today to take the first of three votes on ordinances to start the process of changing the county charter.

The ordinances would put the proposed changes to five offices - trustee, sheriff, register, assessor and county clerk - and other changes on the Aug. 7 ballot.

17.       CBU Business School to Honor Buckman - Wednesday, October 26, 2005

Christian Brothers University's School of Business honors Memphis businessman/entrepreneur Robert Buckman at the school's annual Founders Dinner Saturday. Buckman is president and chairman of the board of The Applied Knowledge Group Inc. He also serves as chairman of the executive committee of the board of directors of Bulab Holdings Inc., parent company of Buckman Laboratories.

18. Archived Article: Tech Briefs - Wednesday, November 13, 2002
EmergeMemphis and Foley Management Partners LLCs next seminar, Building a Business Plan, is at 8:30 a

EmergeMemphis and Foley Management Partners LLCs next seminar, Building a Business Plan, is 8:30 a.m. Nov. 21 at EmergeMemphis, 516 Tennessee St...

19. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, August 26, 2002
Restraining order puts state, Chambers, artists in contention

Court order puts state, Chambers, artists at odds

By DAVID LYONS

The Daily News

A number of Chambers of Commerce across the nation filed a motion in U.S. District Court last w...

20. Archived Article: Real Fcs2 Vesta Lj - Tuesday, August 20, 1996
lj 10/5 cates Vesta visions Annual home show will spotlight country estate living   By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News The spotlight will be on gracious country living at the 1996 Vesta Home Show, the annual Memphis new home showcase that has bec...