AutoZone Inc.’s just-ended fiscal third quarter results show why it’s a rarity among public companies.

The Memphis-based auto parts retailer – the nation’s largest in the sector – is an earnings machine. Net sales were $2.2 billion for the quarter, and profit was up 6.8 percent to $265.6 million. The quarter also included AutoZone’s 27th straight period of double-digit earnings-per-share quarterly growth.

2. BankTennessee Teams With Raymond James - Saturday, May 11, 2013

BankTennessee now has a relationship with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. that will allow the bank to now offer investment and wealth management services to its customers.

3. BankTennessee Teams With Raymond James - Wednesday, May 08, 2013

BankTennessee now has a relationship with Raymond James Financial Services Inc. that will allow the bank to now offer investment and wealth management services to its customers.

4. The Daily News Takes Two TAPME Awards - Saturday, May 04, 2013

The Daily News and The Memphis News took two awards at the annual Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors competition.

The publications placed first in the competition for best editorial among Division 3 publications, which includes a daily circulation of up to 15,000, for an editorial in the July 27 Memphis News edition on the state of local green initiatives that also ran on the daily website.

5. The Daily News Takes Two TAPME Awards - Tuesday, April 30, 2013

The Daily News and The Memphis News took two awards at the annual Tennessee Associated Press Managing Editors competition.

The publications placed first in the competition for best editorial among Division 3 publications, which includes a daily circulation of up to 15,000, for an editorial in the July 27 Memphis News edition on the state of local green initiatives that also ran on the daily website.

6. Raymond James Makes ‘Unprecedented’ Job Cuts - Saturday, April 20, 2013

Raymond James Financial Inc. has undertaken a round of job cuts it says is “unprecedented in the firm’s history.”

7. Raymond James Adds Fellman as Senior Vice President - Saturday, April 13, 2013

Ted Fellman has joined Raymond James as a senior vice president in the firm’s public finance group.

Fellman, who is based in Nashville, has had an extensive career in state government, including serving 18 years with the Tennessee Housing Development Agency. His work with that group included stints as executive director and chief financial officer.

8. Raymond James Makes ‘Unprecedented’ Job Cuts - Monday, April 15, 2013

Raymond James Financial Inc. has undertaken a round of job cuts it says is “unprecedented in the firm’s history.”

9. Raymond James Adds Fellman as Senior Vice President - Thursday, April 11, 2013

Ted Fellman has joined Raymond James as a senior vice president in the firm’s public finance group.

Fellman, who is based in Nashville, has had an extensive career in state government, including serving 18 years with the Tennessee Housing Development Agency. His work with that group included stints as executive director and chief financial officer.

10. Morgan Keegan Fund Directors Settle With SEC - Saturday, March 30, 2013

A group of former Morgan Keegan & Co. mutual fund directors are reportedly settling claims filed against them by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2010.

11. Morgan Keegan Fund Directors Settle With SEC - Friday, March 29, 2013

A group of former Morgan Keegan & Co. mutual fund directors are reportedly settling claims filed against them by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in 2010.

12. Morgan Keegan Mutual Fund Hearing Headed to Judge - Wednesday, March 27, 2013

A regulatory action filed in December against former directors of several Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. mutual funds has a hearing before a judge April 2.

13. Changing Times - Saturday, March 02, 2013

After a four-decade existence, the Morgan Keegan name has been retired.

The announcement Raymond James Financial Inc. is dropping the Morgan Keegan name was made during Raymond James’ first quarter earnings conference call last month. Raymond James CEO Paul Reilly was giving analysts listening to the call an update on the firm’s acquisition of the Memphis investment firm last year and its integration since then.

14. Changeover - Saturday, February 16, 2013

It was almost 40 years ago, but Nancy Smith remembers the one year the men’s pro tennis tournament was held at the Mid-South Coliseum; her father had box seats. But even more memorable is that not long after the tournament moved to The Racquet Club of Memphis, a young and unknown Czech player came to town and, in that far simpler time, stayed at her parents’ house.

15. Urban Child Institute Loses Claim Against Morgan Keegan - Wednesday, February 06, 2013

The Urban Child Institute has lost an arbitration case it filed against Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., the Memphis brokerage firm that was sold to Raymond James Financial Inc. in 2012.

16. Federal Regulators Charge Eight Directors of Morgan Keegan Funds - Saturday, December 15, 2012

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges Monday, Dec. 10, against eight former members of the boards of five Morgan Keegan mutual funds for “violating their asset pricing responsibilities under the federal securities laws.”

17. SEC Charges Eight Directors of Morgan Keegan Funds - Tuesday, December 11, 2012

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission announced charges Monday, Dec. 10, against eight former members of the boards of five Morgan Keegan mutual funds for “violating their asset pricing responsibilities under the federal securities laws.”

18. Slow and Steady - Monday, December 03, 2012

The local office market saw little change in the third quarter, and brokers say the fourth quarter will likely yield similar results.

Memphis’ vacancy rate ended the quarter in the mid-14 percent range, the same levels as 2008, according to Colliers International Memphis’ Q3 office report. Vacancy during that period in 2007 was below 12 percent.

19. Christmas Spirit - Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Through Friday, Nov. 30, Memphians will be dropping off toys and cash donations at Bud Davis Cadillac in East Memphis for a special purpose.

It’s part of the 2012 WRVR Toy Truck, presented by BancorpSouth Inc., and it’s one of the largest events and fundraisers each year benefiting Porter-Leath, an organization that focuses on at-risk children and families.

20. Seminar Underscores Commercial Sectors’ Highs, Lows - Monday, November 05, 2012

Memphis’ commercial real estate market for the most part appears to mirror national trends, with all four sectors boasting challenges and bright spots so far this year.

That was a message a room full of real estate professionals received when The Daily News hosted its second annual Commercial Real Estate seminar Thursday, Nov.1, at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, sponsored by Magna Bank and Evans Petree PC.

21. Third-Quarter Earnings Vary Widely - Monday, October 29, 2012

Third-quarter earnings season is wrapping up, and the results have been all over the map for banks and financial institutions with ties to Memphis.

One common thread: many are still making money – an increase in profits, in fact. But the low interest rate environment is eating into how much some of them are able to achieve.

22. Seminar To Tackle Commercial Conditions - Tuesday, October 23, 2012

While many commercial real estate professionals would like to forget about 2011 altogether, celebrating increases in 2012 is necessary for morale.

Shelby County experienced the most second-quarter sales this year since the second quarter of 2008, and the highest quarterly sales revenue since the second quarter of 2007.

23. CCDC Passes Two Downtown Projects - Thursday, September 20, 2012

Two Downtown Memphis projects were propelled Wednesday, Sept. 19, by the Center City Development Corp. while the board was briefed on several of the area’s businesses that are in flux.

24. Regions Could Be in a Shopping Mood - Monday, September 10, 2012

The bank with the biggest customer deposit share in Tennessee – and the second biggest in Memphis – may be getting bigger soon.

That’s according to some of the analysts who follow Regions Financial Corp., the Alabama-based financial services giant that was the last of the large banks to get a green light to pay back its Troubled Asset Relief Program investment from the federal government. Regions also recently put another question mark behind it via the sale of its Memphis-based investment unit Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. to a new owner, Florida-based Raymond James Financial.

25. Raymond James Execs Pleased With Acquisition - Monday, July 30, 2012

Executives with Raymond James Financial Inc. remain pleased with what their company got out of its $1.2 billion acquisition of Memphis-based investment firm Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc.

26. Raymond James Reports Higher Q3 Earnings - Friday, July 27, 2012

Florida-based investment bank Raymond James Financial. Inc. – the new parent company of longtime Memphis investment firm Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. – reported higher fiscal third quarter earnings this week, driven in part by its acquisition of Morgan Keegan in April, the company said.

27. Signature’s Marshall Leads Renovation Effort - Friday, July 20, 2012

When Charles Marshall co-founded Signature Advertising & Marketing Solutions with Mark Henry in 1994, the two were the firm’s only employees.

28. Raymond James Trust Expands With Hires - Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Raymond James Trust is expanding to serve the needs of financial advisers from the April acquisition of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., according to Joe Weaver, president of Raymond James Trust, a wholly owned subsidiary of Raymond James Financial Inc.

29. AutoZone’s Q3 Earnings Grow 18 Pct. - Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Memphis-based AutoZone Inc., the nation’s leading auto parts retailer, opened 33 new U.S. stores during the company’s third quarter that ended earlier this month.

30. AutoZone’s Q3 Earnings Grow 18 Pct. - Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Memphis-based AutoZone Inc., the nation’s leading auto parts retailer, opened 33 new U.S. stores during the company’s third quarter that ended earlier this month.

31. Regions Financial Q1 Profit is $145M, Beats Street - Wednesday, April 25, 2012

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) – Regions Financial Corp. gave out more mortgage loans to its customers and commercial loans to businesses in the first three months of the year, which helped the bank post more than eight times the profit it reported last year.

32. New Chapters - Tuesday, April 10, 2012

It’s a new day at prominent investment firms in Memphis. Different degrees of change are on tap at Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., Duncan-Williams Inc. and Wunderlich Securities Inc. And though it’s reshaping the inner workings of those firms at the moment, some of those changes also could have an impact on the city around them.

33. Morgan Keegan Future Finally Taking Shape - Wednesday, April 04, 2012

A Raymond James Financial Inc. spokesman said as the week began the company has no comment about what additional personnel shifting or cuts might still be to come in the days and weeks ahead, with longtime Memphis financial firm Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. now officially owned by St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Raymond James.

34. Hertz Closes On Memphis CRE Portfolio - Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Hertz Investment Group LLC has completed its acquisition of five Memphis office buildings, marking the firm’s return to the Bluff City and focus shift to secondary and tertiary markets.

35. Raymond James Completes Morgan Keegan Acquisition - Tuesday, April 03, 2012

St. Petersburg-based Raymond James Financial has completed its acquisition of Memphis-based Morgan Keegan.

The deal, for which Raymond James paid total consideration of about $1.2 billion, creates one of the country’s largest full-service wealth management and capital markets firms not based on Wall Street.

36. 218 Jobs Tagged 'Redundant' in Morgan Keegan Merger - Monday, April 02, 2012

More than 200 positions – including 68 in Memphis – have been identified as “redundant” as a result of the combination of Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. with St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Raymond James Financial Inc.

37. Office Market Outlook Tied to Small Biz Expansion - Monday, April 02, 2012

Companies seeking larger blocks of office space are staying on the sidelines for the most part so far this year because of diminishing inventory in the area’s hottest submarkets of East Memphis, the Tenn. 385 corridor and Downtown.

38. 218 Jobs Tagged 'Redundant' in Morgan Keegan Merger - Friday, March 30, 2012

More than 200 positions – including 68 in Memphis – have been identified as “redundant” as a result of the combination of Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. with St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Raymond James Financial Inc.

39. Wunderlich Securities Inc. Expands Private Client Group in Houston - Monday, March 26, 2012

Memphis-based Wunderlich Securities Inc. has expanded its private client group in Houston.

A financial group comprised of three people in Houston with $65 million in assets under administration has joined the firm.

40. Regions to Repay TARP - Thursday, March 15, 2012

Regions Financial Corp. will sell $900 million in stock to repay some of the $3.5 billion it received from the Treasury Department as part of the 2008 bank bailout, the company announced Wednesday, March 14.

41. Encouraging Signs - Monday, February 27, 2012

In the weeks since it was announced last month that Raymond James Financial Inc. is paying $930 million to acquire Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., more than 550 Morgan Keegan employees have trekked down to St. Petersburg, Fla.

42. More than 550 Morgan Keegan Employees Visit Raymond James HQ - Monday, February 20, 2012

Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. executives and financial advisers have wrapped up their trips down to Florida to the headquarters of Morgan Keegan’s soon-to-be new parent company, Raymond James Financial Inc.

43. Raymond James Declares Price for Stock Offering - Thursday, February 16, 2012

Raymond James Financial Inc., the soon-to-be-new parent of Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., has announced the pricing of its public offering of 10.5 million shares of common stock at $34 per share.

44. Pricing Announced for Raymond James Stock Offering - Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Raymond James Financial Inc., the soon-to-be new parent of Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., has announced the pricing of its public offering of 10.5 million shares of common stock at $34 per share.

45. Morgan Keegan Focus List Wins High 5-Year Marks - Thursday, February 09, 2012

The focus list of stocks assembled by Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. ranked second in five-year returns among the stock lists of nine leading national and regional brokerage firms for the five years ended Dec. 31, according to Zacks Investment Research Inc.

46. 2008 Model Predicts Effects of Airline Mergers - Friday, February 03, 2012

Two years ago, a trio of economics professors at Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, checked in on a model they built in 2008 to measure and predict the long-term effects of U.S. airline mergers on specific markets, including Memphis.

47. Morgan Keegan Advisers Head to Fla. - Monday, January 30, 2012

More than 75 top advisers and executives from Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. are heading to the Florida headquarters of their company’s soon-to-be-official new owner, Raymond James Financial Inc.

48. Morgan Keegan Execs Head to Raymond James HQ - Friday, January 27, 2012

Early next week, more than 75 top advisers and executives from Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. will head to the Florida headquarters of their company’s soon-to-be-official new owner, Raymond James Financial Inc.

49. Sale Mars Regions’ Q4, Yearly Earnings - Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Regions Financial Corp. swung to a loss for the fourth quarter and ended 2011 with a loss for the full year.

50. Regions Financial Posts Q4, Full Year Loss - Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Regions Financial Corp. swung to a loss for the fourth quarter and ended 2011 with a loss for the full year.

The Birmingham, Ala.-based banking company, one of the largest players in the Memphis market, reported a $602 million loss for Q4 before the stock market opened Tuesday, Jan. 24. That loss was driven largely by a write-down related to Regions’ deal announced earlier this month to sell its Memphis-based investment banking unit to Raymond James Financial Inc.

51. Morgan Keegan Deal Coming Into Focus - Tuesday, January 24, 2012

The $930 million deal reached earlier this month in which Raymond James Financial Inc. is buying Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. isn’t scheduled to close for several more weeks. Regulatory approvals are needed, plus there’s a lot of work ahead to integrate the two investment firms.

52. Raymond James Welcomes Morgan Keegan to Fla. HQ - Thursday, January 19, 2012

The integration of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. and Raymond James Financial Inc. isn’t officially under way yet, since the $930 million deal in which Raymond James is buying Morgan Keegan won’t close for several more weeks.

53. Raymond James Statement on Deal - Monday, January 16, 2012

Editor’s Note: Below is a portion of the official statement Raymond James issued on the Morgan Keegan acquisition. For the complete corporate statement, plus additional coverage of the historic sale, visit www.memphisdailynews.com.

54. Trading Hands - Monday, January 16, 2012

It’s been something of a roller coaster ride for a little more than six months in the drawn-out process by Regions Financial Corp. to sell Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc., its Memphis-based investment unit.

55. Details Emerge in Morgan Keegan Sale - Friday, January 13, 2012

During a conference call with analysts early Thursday, Jan. 12, one day after announcing their firm’s acquisition of Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. for $930 million, Raymond James Financial Inc. officials shared new details that employees of the Memphis firm had been waiting to hear.

56. Raymond James statement on Morgan Keegan acquisition - Thursday, January 12, 2012

Raymond James Financial's official statement about the Morgan Keegan acquisition:

RAYMOND JAMES TO ACQUIRE MORGAN KEEGAN & COMPANY

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Raymond James Financial, Inc. announced today that it has entered into a definitive stock purchase agreement to acquire Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. and related affiliates from Regions Financial for $930 million, expanding both its private client wealth management and capital markets businesses.

57. Raymond James Buys Morgan Keegan - Thursday, January 12, 2012

Raymond James CEO Paul Reilly made it official Wednesday, Jan. 11, announcing the company has bought Memphis-based Morgan Keegan & Co. from Regions Financial in a $930 million deal.

58. Morgan Keegan Deal Would Represent New Chapter - Tuesday, January 10, 2012

If indeed a deal is close at hand for Regions Financial Corp. to sell its Memphis-based investment banking unit to either Raymond James Financial Inc. or Stifel Financial Corp., it would represent a major new chapter in the firm’s 43 years of history in the city.

59. Economists: Obama's Policies 'Fair' or 'Poor' - Thursday, December 29, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama gets mediocre marks for his handling of the U.S. economy, and Mitt Romney easily outpolls his Republican rivals in an Associated Press survey of economists.

60. Key Storylines Emerge in 2011 Banking - Monday, December 26, 2011

Much of the news that came out of the local banking and financial services sectors in 2011 fell into one of three buckets.

No new fees, please.

Smaller names are doing bigger business.

And, two heads are better than one.

61. Wharton, Fullilove & Conrad Re-Elected -- Harris-Ford to Runoff - Friday, October 07, 2011
Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. won a full four-year term of office as mayor Thursday, Oct. 6, two years after he claimed the mayor’s office in a special election.

And all 12 of the Memphis City Council members seeking re-election won new four year terms in the city election cycle, marking the largest return of incumbents to the 13-member council in the 43-year history of the mayor-council form of government.

62. FINRA Orders Raymond James to Pay Investors $1.69M - Friday, September 30, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority fined Raymond James & Associates, Inc. a total of $425,000 and ordered the brokerage and financial adviser company to pay $1.69 million to investors for charging excessive commissions.

63. D. Canale Site Sells as Part of Hand Purchase - Tuesday, October 05, 2010

45 E.H. Crump Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38106
Sale Amount: $4 million

Sale Date: Sept. 24, 2010
Buyer: The Hand Family Realty Co. LLC
Seller: D. Canale Beverages LLC
Loan Amount: $48.4 million
Loan Date: Sept. 27, 2010
Maturity Date: n/a
Lender: Branch Banking and Trust Co.

64. Companies Add 67K Workers, but Jobless Rate Rises - Tuesday, September 07, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend. But the unemployment rate rose because not enough jobs were created to absorb the growing number of people looking for work.

65. Rite Aid Pares Q1 Loss and Reduces Spending - Thursday, June 25, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - Drugstore operator Rite Aid Corp. reported Wednesday it narrowed its fiscal first-quarter loss by closing stores and trimming costs, and making progress as it works to eliminate $6 billion in debt.

66. Office Depot Gets $350M Private Equity Investment - Wednesday, June 24, 2009

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Office Depot Inc. reported Tuesday that private equity firm BC Partners has made a $350 million investment through a preferred stock purchase, giving it a stake in the office supplies chain of approximately 20 percent.

67. Archived Article: Small Biz - Wednesday, May 04, 2005
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ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

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68. Archived Article: Benchmark - Thursday, April 18, 2002
Some drug earnings Some drug earnings under the weather Stricken by patent expirations, too few new drugs in the pipeline and political uncertainty, the drug industry is a bit anemic, with first-quarter earnings growth averaging 3 percent, analysts ...

69. Archived Article: Tech Focus - Wednesday, January 23, 2002
Mark Ruleman Advisers say investing in tech stocks OK with caution By SUE PEASE The Daily News While the economy is supposedly in an upswing, many investors are still a bit skittish, especially when it comes to the technology sector. Mention a stock...

70. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, October 25, 2000
Victor Mills was named as the general manager of the Peabody hotel Victor Mills was named general manager of the Peabody hotel. He joined the Peabody Hotel Group in 1990 through the Peabody Orlando hotel. During his tenure, he earned the Peabody Gro...

71. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, July 28, 1999
Mike W Mike W. Myers has been named chief operating officer for Back Yard Burgers Inc. Myers formerly was regional vice president of Whataburger Inc. in Irving, Texas. He has a masters degree from the University of Phoenix. Lawrence C. Day has been ...

72. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, September 02, 1998
Morgan Keegan Promotes Four Jeffrey C. Kline has been appointed vice president of fulfillment for Genesis Direct Inc. He will oversee operations at the companys local distribution center. Kline formerly was director of fulfillment operations for Nor...

73. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, July 30, 1997
Dr Dr. Raymond R. Lagesse has been named assistant to the vice president for academic affairs at State Technical Institute. Lagesse previously worked at the State University of New York College at Geneseo where he was associate dean and director of ...

74. Archived Article: Inv Focus (adams) - Monday, March 04, 1996
focus Paperwork, paperwork By Robert R. Adams Special to The Daily News Judging by the escalating participation of the public in qualified retirement plans, Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) and Simplified Employee Pensions, these retirement veh...