Henry Chu of the Los Angeles Times reported in late March that “To grammarians’ delight, officials in southwest England who had considered expunging apostrophes from street signs threw out the idea … and vowed to follow the rules of proper English.” Ha! Good luck with that!

2. Riding the Rails - Thursday, April 18, 2013

By some estimates, America’s railroad companies are in the midst of the largest investment boom since the Gilded Age – when America’s railroad track mileage tripled between 1860 and 1880.

This year, North American’s freight railroads plan to invest $24.5 billion in intermodal terminals, new track, bridges and tunnels, safety equipment and rail cars, according to the Association of American Railroads.

3. Reappraisal to Impact Office Market - Monday, March 18, 2013

For the first time in history, the property value of the once-every-four-year reappraisal is going down, and it has some commercial real estate property owners concerned.

Although how much the value decreases won’t be official until April 20, the first formal notices of 2013 Shelby County property values for taxation purposes were mailed at the beginning of this month to owners of commercial and industrial cost properties.

4. Argent Financial Sees Growth in Memphis, Beyond - Saturday, March 02, 2013

Argent Financial Group hasn’t let its foot off the gas since arriving in Memphis.

The Louisiana-based wealth management firm, which is now responsible for more than $5.5 billion in client assets, has continued to expand both in Memphis and beyond.

5. Kiesewetter Law Firm Inks Lease at Forum III - Thursday, February 28, 2013

Jenny Kiesewetter is getting ready to move her boutique law firm into what will be its third home in three years, a product of the workload for employee benefits attorneys like her swelling with each passing month as new regulations come down from the federal government.

6. Events - Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Greater Memphis Chamber and Duncan-Williams Inc. will host Job Fuel: 2013 Conference on Job Creation Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. at Memphis Cook Convention Center, 255 N. Main St. Jim Clifton, chairman and CEO of Gallup, and Dr. Gene Huang, chief economist and vice president at FedEx, will discuss what leaders need to know about the future of job creation. Cost is $50 per person or $450 per table of 10. Visit memphischamber.com.

7. Events - Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Memphis Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, Feb. 19, at noon at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Dr. Roland Gray, medical director of the Tennessee Medical Foundation, will discuss prescription drug abuse. Cost is $18. R.S.V.P. to Taylor Hughes at taylor@memphisrotary.org.

8. Events - Saturday, February 16, 2013

The Booksellers at Laurelwood will host former Vice President Al Gore, signing “The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change,” Monday, Feb. 18, at noon at the bookstore, 387 Perkins Road Extended. Visit thebooksellersatlaurelwood.com.

9. Argent Financial, Highland Capital Merging - Wednesday, January 09, 2013

Memphis-based Highland Capital Management LLC and Louisiana-based Argent Financial Group, which entered the Memphis market a few years ago, are merging.

10. Norfolk Southern Increases Activity - Friday, January 04, 2013

Norfolk, Va.-based Norfolk Southern Corp. expects to continue increasing operations this year at its new Memphis Regional Intermodal Terminal in Rossville, just east of Collierville.

11. Changing Market - Wednesday, January 02, 2013

Much of 2012’s commercial real estate deals could be summed up in one of three phrases: speculative construction, institutional buyers and unusual transactions.

The first quarter was kicked off when Industrial Developments International Inc. revealed plans to add one build-to-suit and two speculative buildings in its Crossroads Distribution Center in Olive Branch – marking the area’s first spec construction since 2008.

12. Southwind Homewood Suites Sells for $6.5 Million - Monday, December 31, 2012

3583 Hacks Cross Road Memphis, TN 38125

Sale Amount: $6.5 million

Sale Date: Nov. 2, 2012

13. $1.3 Million Permit Filed for The Capital Grille - Friday, December 28, 2012

Orlando, Fla.-based Darden Concepts Inc. has filed a $1.3 million permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement to build The Capital Grille on an outparcel of the Crescent Center in East Memphis.

14. CashSaver Trades Hands for $3.2 Million - Friday, December 28, 2012

The CashSaver in Midtown has traded hands. 

Kansas City, Kan.-based Super Market Developers Inc. bought the 69,017-square-foot building at 1620 Madison Ave. at Avalon Street from 1620 Madison LLC for $3.2 million. Fred Monks III, president/chief manager of 1620 Madison LLC, signed the special warranty deed.

15. ‘Banner Year’ for Logistics Industry - Friday, December 28, 2012

Positive momentum far outweighed the negative in the local logistics and distribution industry during 2012, as city officials and business leaders continued elevating Memphis’s status as world logistics hub.

16. Fayette, Marshall Prep for Ambitious Industrial - Monday, December 17, 2012

With Norfolk Southern Corp.’s Memphis Regional Intermodal Terminal now operational in Rossville and a pair of large-scale industrial manufacturing buildings under way in the area, stakeholders say the future is bright for the region.

17. Crescent Center to Host Human Resources Seminar - Monday, December 03, 2012

Lisa Horn, of the Society for Human Resource Management in Alexandria, Va., will be the keynote speaker at a seminar Thursday, Dec. 6, for HR professionals.

18. Permit Filed for Seasons 52 at Crescent Center - Friday, November 30, 2012

Preparations have been made for Seasons 52’s first Memphis location at the Crescent Center, according to a recent permit application with the city-county Office of Construction Code Enforcement.

19. I-Bank Grows in Namesake East Memphis Office Tower - Friday, November 30, 2012

Independent Bank has expanded its headquarters at I-Bank Tower to primarily accommodate its Mortgage Lending Division.

20. Rhodes, University of Memphis Students Organize Syria Benefit - Wednesday, November 14, 2012

A group of students from Rhodes College and the University of Memphis have organized a music fundraiser to benefit Syrian refugees.

“Sound Out for Syria” is happening Saturday, Nov. 17, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., at the Hi-Tone Café, 1913 Poplar Ave. The suggested donation is $10 at the door.

21. Norfolk, CB Richard Ellis Memphis Executives Tout Intermodal Yard - Friday, November 09, 2012

Norfolk Southern Corp.’s most ambitious intermodal terminal to date, the $105 million, 380-acre Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility in Rossville, is making steady progress toward becoming a driving force for industrial development in Tennessee and Mississippi.

22. Events - Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Memphis Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, Oct. 23, at noon at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Bill Seely of Varsity Brands will discuss cheering as an NCAA sport. Cost is $18. R.S.V.P. to Taylor Hughes at taylor@memphisrotary.org.

23. Human Resource Executive Seminar Set for Oct. 11 - Tuesday, October 09, 2012

HR Professionals Magazine, in partnership with the Memphis chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management, will present a seminar on strategic leadership for HR executives Thursday, Oct. 11, at the Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave.

24. Local Attorneys Celebrate Pro Bono Month - Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Memphis legal community will continue a tradition next month that began a few years ago, in which the pro bono efforts of legal professionals are celebrated, encouraged and promoted for the entire month of October.

25. Amtrak Trips to New Orleans Resume After Isaac - Monday, September 10, 2012

Amtrak says the City of New Orleans passenger train, which travel through Memphis, will pull into its namesake city on Monday, Sept. 10, after trips were suspended because of Hurricane Isaac.

Amtrak says trains will start and end in New Orleans on Monday, when service on the route in Mississippi also will resume. The City of New Orleans train was halted Aug. 27.

26. Rail Yard Opens In Rossville - Friday, July 27, 2012

Those in the logistics industry have known since the end of June, but Norfolk Southern Corp.’s Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility at Rossville had its soft opening earlier this month.

27. National Capital Management Expands - Friday, July 20, 2012

National Capital Management LLC has expanded by 3,900 square feet on the third floor at Southwind Office Center A, bringing the company’s total lease to 12,253 square feet.

28. FDIC Signs Lease In Lakecrest - Friday, May 25, 2012

Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. has inked a substantial lease in Lakecrest III, marking the market’s largest office lease signing this year.

29. Council OKs Soup Kitchen, Delays Adult District Talks - Thursday, May 17, 2012

The Memphis City Council delayed Tuesday, May 15, a discussion of a proposal by council member Shea Flinn to look into a red light district for strip clubs and adult bookstores.

Flinn delayed a discussion of his resolution to appoint an ad hoc committee that would explore the idea as committee sessions on other unrelated topics ran long Tuesday.

30. Council Votes Down Bed Tax Increase - Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Memphis City Council members voted down a proposed increase in the hotel-motel bed tax Tuesday, May 15, in a debate with local tourism industry leaders that focused just as much on high air fares into and out of Memphis International Airport.

31. Second Budget Vote Tops Agenda - Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Memphis City Council members take the second of three votes Tuesday, May 15, on a city budget for the fiscal year that begins July 1 as well as a property tax rate for the fiscal year to come.

But the council is still weighing its options and gathering information through a budget committee that continues meeting Tuesday morning at City Hall.

32. Highwoods Properties' Q1 Net Income Rises - Thursday, May 03, 2012

Highwoods Properties Inc.’s first-quarter net income was $16.7 million – up from $10.1 million during the same period last year – the Raleigh, N.C.-based real estate investment trust announced Wednesday, May 2, in its Q1 earnings conference call.

33. Restaurants Make Market Entrée at Crescent Center - Tuesday, May 01, 2012

The Poplar/240 corridor soon will add a pair of national restaurant tenants to its already booming portfolio of dining options.

The Land Use Control Board unanimously approved in April a planned development to add two upscale freestanding restaurants to the Crescent Center office building site at Poplar Avenue and Ridgeway Road.

34. Gripping Tales Of True Crime - Thursday, April 19, 2012

During the past 16 months, NPR has featured a couple of creative police-blotter writers in stories filed by Don Gorenstein and Alexandria Gutierrez.

In January 2011, Gorenstein reported on John Nolan, editor of the Rochester (N.H.) Times, who writes up the local police’s doings, and is known to inject puns and rhyme into his work. For example:

35. Events - Tuesday, April 10, 2012

The Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico Watershed Nutrient Task Force will host a meeting Tuesday, April 10, at 8:30 a.m. at the Holiday Inn Select, 160 Union Ave. Federal and state officials will discuss strategies to address water quality in the river basin and gulf. For details, contact Reginald Jackson at 501-352-7761 or reginald.jackson@ar.usda.gov, or Jeannine May at 601-260-0298 or jeannine.may@ms.usda.gov.

36. Hampton Named Exec. Director of SRVS - Wednesday, April 04, 2012

Tyler W. Hampton has been named executive director of SRVS. He previously served as director of operations and director of finance for the agency.

Hometown: Dyer, Ind., but raised in Houston, Texas.

37. Argent Opens Trust Office in Nashville - Wednesday, April 04, 2012

It’s been a few years now since Louisiana-based Argent Financial Group, a diversified financial services company responsible for more than $3 billion in client assets, arrived in Memphis.

Since then, Argent has solidified its ties to the city. Now, it’s grown beyond Memphis deeper into the state.

38. McKesson VP: ‘Slow Walk’ Cost City $135M Plant - Wednesday, March 28, 2012

Doug Pace, vice president of operations for McKesson Corp., came to East Memphis to talk about the quality of employees at the company’s Memphis redistribution center and how its new plant is coming along in Olive Branch.

39. Monroe Ave. Bldg. Sells For $3.3M - Friday, March 23, 2012

A fully leased Downtown office building has traded hands for more than twice its assessed value.

309 Monroe Property LLC purchased the 22,792-square-foot property at 309 Monroe Ave. for $3.3 million. The Shelby County Assessor of Property’s 2011 appraisal was $1.5 million.

40. 100 Years of Design - Thursday, March 15, 2012

Evans Taylor Foster Childress, which celebrates its centennial in March, can trace its origins to two distinguished Memphis architectural firms.

41. Events - Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Remington College Memphis will hold a blood drive Tuesday, March 13, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on its campus, 2710 Nonconnah Blvd. The blood drive is part of Remington College’s 3 Lives campaign, an effort to increase the number of minority blood donors. For more information, call 800-448-6405.

42. Events - Monday, March 12, 2012

The Memphis chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will meet Monday, March 12, at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. Lenny Johnson, an independent consultant, will discuss public speaking. Cost is $22. For reservations, contact Sharon Gardner at sharon.gardner@asentinel.com or 752-6213.

43. Diversified Trust Promotes Smithwick - Monday, March 12, 2012

Diversified Trust, a Memphis-based comprehensive wealth management firm, has a new managing principal of its Memphis office.

Robert “Robin” Smithwick III assumed the role effective Jan. 1. He’s taking the role previously held by Samuel Graham, who became the firm’s CEO in 2011.

44. Events - Thursday, March 08, 2012

The HIV/AIDS Network 2012 Conference will be held Thursday, March 8, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Friday, March 9, from 9 a.m. to noon at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center and Student Alumni Center, 800 Madison Ave. The topic is “Responding to Challenges in the Mid-South.” Pre-registration is $25 and onsite registration is $35. Visit www.hivmemphis.org for more information or to register.

45. Financier Stanford Convicted in $7 Billion Fraud - Wednesday, March 07, 2012

HOUSTON (AP) – Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford, whose financial empire once spanned the Americas, was convicted Tuesday on all but one of the 14 counts he faced for allegedly bilking investors out of more than $7 billion in massive Ponzi scheme he operated for 20 years.

46. Try Looking at Our City This Way - Friday, March 02, 2012

A NEW WAY OF SEEING THINGS. New Orleans is the city that throws the country’s biggest party about this time of year, putting on the biggest show in return for a few colorful beads and trinkets since the Indians gave away Manhattan. It is also the city so much larger than life that Katrina couldn’t drown it, the subsequent loss of virtually every support system couldn’t kill it, and a slow and painful recovery can’t keep it from partying harder and smiling wider.

47. NAWBO to Talk Funding for Women-Owned Biz - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

The Memphis chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners will host Pamela Marshall, executive director of Memphis Area Association of Governments, at its March 13 networking event, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the The Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Avenue, suite 909.

48. Events - Tuesday, February 14, 2012

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board of directors will meet Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 9 a.m. at 114 N. Main St.

49. HR Professionals Present Seminar at Crescent Club - Monday, February 13, 2012

HR Professionals of Greater Memphis, in partnership with the Society for Human Resource Management-Memphis, will present a seminar on Thursday, Feb. 16, at the Crescent Club on “Strategic Leadership for HR Executives.”

50. Events - Monday, February 13, 2012

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board of directors will meet Tuesday, Feb. 14, at 9 a.m. at 114 N. Main St.

51. Events - Friday, February 10, 2012

eighty3 will offer a special prix fixe Valentine’s Day dinner menu Friday, Feb. 10, through Tuesday, Feb. 14, at the restaurant, 83 Madison Ave. The four-course menu will include many items from the restaurant’s new small plates menu, as well as several special dishes. The cost is $80 per person. Reservations are highly recommended and can be made at 333-1224 or www.eighty3memphis.com.

52. Buckman International Invests in Community - Wednesday, January 25, 2012

It would be easy for students on their way to Springdale Elementary School on North Hollywood Street to not think much about the adults working inside Buckman offices and research centers on McLean Boulevard and Chelsea Avenue in North Memphis.

53. Workshop to Teach Dynamics of Growth - Friday, January 20, 2012

As part of Mid-South business coach and strategy expert Michael Synk’s 2012 agenda for The Business Growth Series, In-Synk is offering a new all-day workshop Thursday, Jan. 26, at the Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave., from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

54. Synk Looks to Help Businesses Grow - Friday, January 20, 2012

Mid-South author, business coach and strategy expert Michael Synk is kicking off 2012 with a renewed emphasis on helping business owners and leaders achieve consistent and sustainable growth.

Synk is the founder of In-Synk, a company that provides business education and coaching services. He’s one of only 35 business coaches worldwide certified to teach and coach the Four Decisions Rockefeller Habits Model, a popular model by Gazelles International.

55. Events - Tuesday, January 10, 2012

The National Association of Women Business Owners will meet Tuesday, Jan. 10, from 11:15 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at The Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. The discussion will focus on topics of the audience’s choice. For more information or to register, call Nita Black at 413-1315.

56. Events - Monday, January 09, 2012

ArtsMemphis will hold an opening reception for “Time, Talent and Tempera: ArtsMemphis’ Volunteer Art Show” Monday, Jan. 9, from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the organization’s East Memphis office, 575 S. Mendenhall Road. The show will run through March 31. For more information, visit www.artsmemphis.org.

57. 'In the Middle' - Friday, December 30, 2011

Memphis executives and business owners moving their goods around the world this year kept a close eye on international developments like the Arab spring and the Greek government’s fiscal crisis.

58. Valero Plans to Invest $298M in Memphis - Friday, December 16, 2011

Two Memphis companies will ask for tax breaks at next week’s board meeting of the Memphis-Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine – better known as EDGE – to help them keep and make new investments in their local operations.

59. Valero Planning $298M Investment in Memphis - Thursday, December 15, 2011

Two Memphis companies will ask for tax breaks at next week’s meeting of the Memphis-Shelby County EDGE Board to help them keep and make new investments in their local operations.

The board meets Wed., Dec. 21, at the Crescent Center, 6075 Poplar, at 3:00 p.m.

60. Events - Tuesday, December 13, 2011

The Center City Revenue Finance Corp. board of directors will meet Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 9 a.m. in the DMC conference room, 114 N. Main St.

61. Events - Monday, December 12, 2011

The Memphis Chapter of the International Association of Administrative Professionals will hold its holiday party Monday, Dec. 12, at 6 p.m. at the Hilton Memphis, 939 Ridge Lake Blvd. Entertainment will be provided by ballerinas from Collage Dance. Cost is $25. For reservations, contact Sharon Gardner at 752-6213 or sharon.gardner@asentinel.com.

62. Welcome Addition - Wednesday, November 23, 2011

The four-story office building at Court Avenue and Second Street in Downtown Memphis was built in 1903 as the home of The Commercial Appeal and later became the longtime headquarters of the Welcome Wagon Corp.

63. Events - Tuesday, November 08, 2011

The Memphis Rotary Club will meet Tuesday, Nov. 8, at noon at the University Club of Memphis, 1346 Central Ave. Joan Ferguson, Rotary District 6800 governor, will speak. Cost is $18 per person. For reservations, email Taylor Hughes at taylor@memphisrotary.org.

64. Events - Monday, November 07, 2011

The River City Writers Series at the University of Memphis will welcome author Randall Kenan for two events Monday, Nov. 7, and Tuesday, Nov. 8. Kenan will read from his work Nov. 7 at 8 p.m. in the University Center River Room, room 300, and conduct an interview Nov. 8 at 10:30 a.m. in Patterson Hall, room 456. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, call 678-4692 or email creativewriting@memphis.edu.

65. Events - Tuesday, October 11, 2011

The National Association of Women Business Owners will meet Tuesday, Oct. 11, from 11:30 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at The Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. Seating is limited. Cost is $25. Lenny’s franchise owner Edith Kelly-Green is speaking on “The Secret of My Success.” For more information or to register, visit nawbomemphis1011.eventbrite.com.

66. Events - Monday, October 10, 2011

The Third Annual Coach Pastner Golf Classic will be held Monday, Oct. 10, at Ridgeway Country Club, 9800 Poplar Ave. The morning start is 8 a.m. and the afternoon start is 1:30 p.m. Foursomes are $1,000 and individual players are $250. For more information or to register, visit www.memphisrebounders.com.

67. Events - Thursday, October 06, 2011

The Memphis Bar Association will present a continuing legal education seminar titled “Protecting the Vulnerable: Demystifying Probate” Thursday, Oct. 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Wade Auditorium at the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, 1 N. Front St. For more information or to register, visit www.memphisbar.org.

68. Forever Fit, stiQRd Team Up for Rewards Program - Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Customers at Forever Fit’s three Memphis locations can start collecting virtual points this week using the smartphone app of stiQRd, a Memphis startup that aims to replace traditional paper-based loyalty cards with a phone-based system.

69. Museum’s Metalsmiths Ready to Repair - Monday, September 26, 2011

The Metal Museum’s largest annual fundraiser invites Memphians to have their trash turned back into treasures.

Paired with this year’s Master Metalsmith exhibition, “Repair Days,” running Friday, Sept. 30, to Sunday, Oct. 2, makes broken items whole amid a jamboree of art teachers, students and metal enthusiasts.

70. New York Co. Buys Medical Office Buildings - Tuesday, September 20, 2011

1333 Poplar Ave.
Memphis, TN 38104
Sale Amount: $2.9 million

Sale Date: Aug. 26, 2011

71. Crescent Place Condos Financed for $1.7M - Monday, September 19, 2011

Cordova-based White Station Partners GP has financed 17 condominiums in Crescent Place at Central Gardens on South McLean Street through First Capital Bank for $1.7 million. The loan matures in August 2014.

72. Sickle Cell Foundation Hosts Awareness Event - Wednesday, September 07, 2011

The Sickle Cell Foundation of Tennessee will host a 5K Run to increase awareness of sickle cell disease and raise funds to provide educational and social services for individuals affected by the disease.

73. Region Sees Logistics Assets Grow - Monday, August 22, 2011

Change is afoot with the area’s transportation and logistics industries. New developments in the region – from a proposed third bridge spanning the Mississippi River to a new multimillion-dollar intermodal facility – should keep transportation and logistics as the area’s bread-and-butter businesses.

74. Events - Tuesday, August 09, 2011

The National Association of Women Business Owners will meet Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 11 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. at the Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. A networking session will be held from 11 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. Local businessman Jon Thompson will speak on “Passion, Persistence and Patience.” Registration cost is $28. To register, visit nawbomemphis0809.eventbrite.com.

75. Events - Monday, August 08, 2011

Methodist South Hospital Stroke Support Group will meet Monday, Aug. 8, at 6:30 p.m. at the hospital, 1251 Wesley Drive, suite 141. Light refreshments will be served. For more information or to register, call Patricia Morgan at 516-3726 or visit www.methodisthealth.org.

76. Highwoods Properties’ Q2 Funds Down to $45.8 Million - Friday, July 29, 2011

Highwoods Properties Inc.’s second-quarter funds from operations was $45.8 million – down from $48.7 million during the same period last year – the company announced Thursday, July 28, in its second-quarter earnings conference call.

77. Events - Tuesday, July 26, 2011

The GOTV Club will present a seminar titled “Healthcare Reform for Business Owners” Tuesday, July 26, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave., suite 909. Philip Johnson of Argyle Benefits Consultants will speak. Cost is $25. To register, visit thegotvclubjuly.eventbrite.com.

78. Events - Monday, July 25, 2011

The Memphis Library and Information Center board of trustees will meet Monday, July 25, at noon at the Frayser Branch, 3712 Argonne St. For more information, call 415-2846.

79. Events - Friday, July 22, 2011

The Memphis Library and Information Center board of trustees will meet Monday, July 25, at noon at the Frayser Branch, 3712 Argonne St. For more information, call 415-2846.

80. Events - Thursday, July 21, 2011

Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz PC will present “Dealing With Guns in the Workplace” Thursday, July 21, from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 a.m. at the firm’s office, 165 Madison Ave., 20th floor. Jonathan Hancock will speak. To register, email rsvp@bakerdonelson.com.

81. Brighter Days Ahead for Argent Financial, Sector Capital Combo - Monday, July 04, 2011

The recent acquisition of Sector Capital Management, a local boutique money management firm, by the much larger Louisiana-based Argent Financial Group came together fast, a testament to how well both firms complement each other and wanted to join forces.

82. Practice Grows With Kiesewetter’s Workload - Thursday, June 16, 2011

Jenny Kiesewetter has a new office and a new address for her law practice, which recently moved from a space across the street from the Crescent Center into Independent Bank Tower at 5050 Poplar Ave.

83. Cable Service Provider Signs New Lease - Friday, June 03, 2011

A Madison, Tenn.-based cable service provider is taking advantage of lower rates in a competitive leasing environment.

FTS USA has signed a 4,002-square-foot lease in East Pointe Business Center, 3915 S. Mendenhall Road.

84. Five Guys Burgers and Fries to Open Wednesday - Tuesday, May 17, 2011

Five Guys Burgers and Fries will open the doors Wednesday at its first Memphis franchise location at 1615 Ridgeway Road.

85. Ridgeway Trace’s Success Fills ‘Huge Void’ - Monday, May 16, 2011

A dramatic change to the retail landscape in East Memphis began in February of 2005 with one phone call.

Danny Buring, managing partner of The Shopping Center Group, made that call to the owner of the Ridgeway Trace Apartments, located on the southeast corner of Poplar Avenue and Interstate 240.

86. Events - Tuesday, May 10, 2011

The National Association of Women Business Owners Memphis will meet Tuesday from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at The Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. Deidre Malone of the Carter Malone Group will present “What’s New in PR and Marketing.” For more information or to register, contact Barbara Knight at bknight@rrmg-hr.com or Nita Black at 413-1315, or visit www.nawbo.org.

87. Events - Monday, May 09, 2011

The Greater Memphis Chamber Golf Invitational will be held Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Spring Creek Ranch, 149 Chinquapin Drive. Registration and a clinic will begin at 8:30 a.m. For more information, including sponsorship opportunities, contact Tunga Lee at tlee@memphischamber.com or 543-3571.

88. Fayette Norfolk Southern Work Begins - Monday, May 02, 2011

Tennessee state Sen. Delores Gresham compared it to Friday’s royal wedding. “This beats any royal wedding,” the Fayette County legislator said from beneath a white tent on a leveled dirt field where the Memphis Regional Intermodal Facility in Rossville is being built.

89. Perl: Collaboration is Key for Memphis to Remain Competitive - Thursday, April 28, 2011

The realities of business are undoubtedly changing.

John Kasarda, the University of North Carolina professor who coined the term “aerotropolis,” recently said that individual companies no longer compete – supply chains do. He also said the three rules of real estate have changed from location, location, location to accessibility, accessibility, accessibility. And there’s a new metric, he said. It’s no longer space, it’s time and cost.

90. Events - Friday, April 15, 2011

The Crescent Club Growth Strategies Group will meet Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Crescent Club, 6075 Poplar Ave. Philip Johnson and Tom Merriam, partners at Argyle Benefits Consultants, will speak. Cost is $15 for members and $20 for nonmembers. For reservations, call 684-1010.

91. Events - Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Downtown Parking Authority will meet Thursday at 9 a.m. in the Center City Commission conference room, 114 N. Main St.

92. Argent Financial Strengthens Memphis Ties - Monday, April 04, 2011

It’s been almost a year since Louisiana-based Argent Financial Group, a diversified financial services company with more than $3 billion in client assets, opened a Memphis office.

Since then, the company has incrementally deepened its ties to the city with moves that include signing a five-year lease at The Crescent Center last spring.

93. Argent Financial Acquires Sector Capital Management - Friday, April 01, 2011

Argent Financial Group, one of the region’s oldest full-service independent trust and financial service companies, has acquired Sector Capital Management LLC of Memphis.

94. Myers Tire Finds ‘Ideal’ Spot in Miss. - Friday, April 01, 2011

Airways Distribution Center at 8474 Marketplace Drive in Southaven is nearly at capacity with a new lease.

95. Popular Burger Chain Moves Into Memphis - Friday, March 11, 2011

After years of Five Guys Burgers and Fries having a presence in the Nashville and Knoxville areas, the chain is setting up shop in one of Memphis’ most densely populated areas.

Jubilee Restaurant Group LLC, owner of the franchise, signed a 2,882-square-foot lease in Primacy Place, 1615 Ridgeway Road.

96. Events - Thursday, March 03, 2011

The Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence will hold a workshop Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at its office, 5100 Poplar Ave., suite 502. Participants will learn about the importance of honesty and its impact on organizations and people. Cost is $99 for members, $150 for nonmembers and $89 for those in the Program for Nonprofit Excellence. For more information, visit www.npexcellence.org.

97. Nichols Navigates Way to Firm’s Memphis Business Tax Group - Thursday, March 03, 2011

The key to any good planning might be plenty of quiet time to think and ponder through obstacles and challenges before arriving at a clear course of action.

For tax attorney Jack Nichols, 32, that time begins with the daily hour-plus commute from Oxford, Miss., to the offices of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC at the Crescent Center in East Memphis.

98. Events - Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Metamorphoses Inc. will hold a community event to draw attention to new programs designed to help troubled youth Wednesday at 1 p.m. at Ridgeway Assembly of God Church Family Life Center, 3150 Ridgeway Road. The event will highlight a three-month pilot program conducted in cooperation with Memphis City Schools set to launch March 23. For more information, call 552-3260.

99. Ripples From Stanford Scheme Still Felt in Memphis - Monday, February 21, 2011

The court-appointed receiver who’s unwinding the now-defunct operations of Stanford Financial Group – once fueled by money from a giant Ponzi scheme – is preparing to sell off Stanford property in Collierville.

100. Ripples From Stanford Scheme Still Felt in Memphis - Friday, February 18, 2011

The court-appointed receiver who’s unwinding the now-defunct operations of Stanford Financial Group – once fueled by money from a giant Ponzi scheme – is preparing to sell off Stanford property in Collierville.