VOL. 126 | NO. 229 | Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Investment banking firm Duncan-Williams Inc. has inked a deal that extends the company’s lease in East Memphis’ Forum office park for 12 years.
Finard’s refurbishment of century-old building latest Downtown success
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.
The countywide school board Tuesday, Nov. 22, denied the applications of 17 charter schools for Shelby County’s two public school systems claiming the fiscal impact of the schools would be too much of a financial hardship on each school system – city and county.
One of the three remaining defendants in the largest drug case ever brought in Memphis federal court has pleaded guilty to multiple conspiracy charges including racketeering, murder for hire and drug distribution.
As part of a multiyear plan to upgrade its facility, Methodist North Hospital is planning a $1.1 million interior renovation of one of its medical units to improve the care and comfort of its mostly elderly patients.
MEMPHIS (AP) – Discount-store operator Fred’s Inc. said Tuesday its third-quarter profit rose 16 percent, boosted by strong customer traffic and cost cutting. The results beat Wall Street expectations.
Shelby County government has been awarded a $2.6 million federal grant to plan a regional network of greenways, bikeways and similar paths.
The new Memphis Animal Shelter in Cordova, which will have its formal opening next month, will come with many of the same concerns that plagued the old shelter near Memphis International Airport.
Dr. James Dale of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center has received a grant for $315,000 from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, a subsidiary of the National Institutes of Health, the nation’s medical research agency.
MEMPHIS NEWSMAKERS
Nick Tutor is founder of Skirkle, a membership-card program that offers exclusive discounts and deals at locally owned businesses.
LOCAL COLUMNISTS
Thirty years ago, prior to caller ID and voice mail, we actually answered our phone to find out who was on the other end. Eek. Gasp. The horror.
STATEWIDE
LEBANON, Tenn. (AP) – Restaurant operator Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc.'s fiscal first-quarter earnings inched up slightly, helped by new store growth that balanced declines in revenue from stores and restaurants open at least a year.
NASHVILLE (AP) – A proposal by local officials to tax Jack Daniel's whiskey was derailed before it could reach the Tennessee Legislature.
NATIONAL BUSINESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – Unemployment rates fell in three-quarters of U.S. states last month, a sign that many parts of the country are experiencing modest job gains.
Some are holding potluck dinners instead of springing for the entire feast. Others are staying home rather than flying. And a few are skipping the turkey altogether.
CHICAGO (AP) – Seven vinyl banners draped this month along one of Chicago's most iconic bridges, advertisements some have dubbed "a visual crime" and "commercial graffiti," are reviving a debate about how governments raise money in tough economic times.
NATIONAL POLITICS
WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve policymakers this month discussed how they could give businesses and investors more information about what might trigger an increase in interest rates, according to minutes of the Nov. 1-2 meeting.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Congress' defense hawks insist the military should be spared from automatic spending cuts after a special panel failed to reach a deal on reducing the deficit.
SPORTS
Financial advisers and third-party runners may soon face NCAA oversight under a series of planned changes to the rules governing sports agents.
NEW YORK (AP) – Baseball players and owners signed an agreement for a new labor contract Tuesday, a deal that makes baseball the first North American professional league to start blood testing on human growth hormone and expands the playoffs to 10 teams by 2013.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Baseball's new labor deal will limit the use of smokeless tobacco by players, but not ban it during games, as some public health groups had sought.