WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is ending its decades of funding for the U.N. agency that helps Palestinian refugees, the State Department announced Friday, a week after slashing bilateral U.S. aid for projects in the West Bank and Gaza.

2. Memphis Site of One of Golf’s Greatest Events - Friday, April 13, 2018

The hugs, the handshakes, the slaps on the back, the big smiles and loud, lengthy applause. All things normally saved in the golf world for that moment when a 75-foot eagle putt settles in the bottom of the hole.

3. Glassman to Tax Pros: Take a Lesson From the Tortoise, Not the Hare - Saturday, February 10, 2018

Richard Glassman’s spacious office in Downtown Memphis is cluttered like a closet, but holds the history of a museum. Everything from a cap signed by actor Tom Cruise back when “The Firm” was being filmed in Memphis, to a framed and autographed No. 45 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls jersey, to a stuffed cobra positioned under his desk, looking ready to pounce.

4. Final Goodbye: Roll Call of Some Who Died in 2017 - Monday, January 1, 2018

They made music that inspired legions of fans. Rock 'n' roll founding fathers Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, rockers Tom Petty and Gregg Allman, grunge icon Chris Cornell, country superstar Glen Campbell and jazz great Al Jarreau were among the notable figures who died in 2017, leaving a void in virtually every genre of music.

5. Chuck Berry's Influence on Rock ‘n’ Roll Was Incalculable - Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Rock n' roll was more than a new kind of music, but a new story to tell, one for kids with transistor radios in their hands and money in their pockets, beginning to raise questions their parents never had the luxury to ask.

6. Judge: Georgia Can Keep Execution Drug Provider Secret - Monday, October 24, 2016

ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Atlanta says Georgia doesn't have to reveal information about its execution drug to two Mississippi death row inmates.

U.S. District Judge J. Clay Fuller ruled Thursday that Georgia law prohibits the release of that information. Georgia uses the barbiturate pentobarbital made by an undisclosed compounding pharmacy to carry out executions.

7. Airlines Promise a Return to Civility, For a Fee - Tuesday, October 1, 2013

NEW YORK (AP) – Airlines are introducing a new bevy of fees, but this time passengers might actually like them.

Unlike the first generation of charges which dinged fliers for once-free services like checking a bag, these new fees promise a taste of the good life, or at least a more civil flight.

8. Weddle-West Voted GRE Board Chair-Elect - Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Dr. Karen Weddle-West, dean of the graduate school, vice provost for academic affairs and director of diversity initiatives at the University of Memphis, has been voted chair-elect of the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) Board. The national board establishes all policies for the GRE program, the most widely used graduate-school admissions test, and oversees GRE assessments, services and research.

9. Medical Mergers - Saturday, July 27, 2013

In January, The Medical Group, an adult internal medicine practice in Germantown with seven physicians: Drs. Todd Overby, Alison Pomykala, Richard Jordan, Terinell Beaver, Steven Wener, Mark Castellaw and Dana Wright sold to Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. after being independent since 1956.

10. Shadowy Tennessee Donor Behind Record Campaign Contributions - Monday, December 10, 2012

WASHINGTON (AP) – A lawyer in Tennessee who is mysteriously linked to millions of dollars in campaign contributions steered to congressional candidates doubled his investments in the weeks before Election Day and quietly funneled $6.8 million more to a prominent Tea Party group, according to new financial statements filed with the government.

11. Scharff Elected to Legal Roles at Buckman, Bulab Holdings - Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Jonathan Scharff has been elected vice president, legal and general counsel for Buckman and corporate secretary for Bulab Holdings Inc., Buckman’s parent company. Scharff has more than 22 years’ experience in the legal industry, including positions at Greensfelder, Hemker & Gale PC in St. Louis and Harris Shelton Hanover Walsh PLLC in Memphis. In his new position, he will oversee legal needs in U.S. and global operating companies and work with associates in preventing and managing legal risks.

12. McBroom Joins Indie Memphis as Director of Operations - Wednesday, September 12, 2012

Mandy McBroom has been named director of operations for Indie Memphis, the first full-time staff member to hold the position. In her new role, she will oversee festival operations, shorts programming, volunteer opportunities and membership growth.

13. Room Service - Monday, February 27, 2012

The good news for the local hotel industry is that last year notched the most rooms ever sold on a daily basis with 4.8 million – 115,628 more than 2010 and 76,780 more than the previous high set in 2007.

14. Bulls Announce 5-Year Extension for Rose - Thursday, December 22, 2011

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Chicago Bulls have made it official: Reigning MVP Derrick Rose has agreed to a five-year contract extension.

15. Bulls Announce 5-Year Extension for Rose - Wednesday, December 21, 2011

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) – The Chicago Bulls have made it official: Reigning MVP Derrick Rose has agreed to a five-year contract extension.

The deal extension, which kicks in next season, was announced Wednesday. It is worth approximately $94 million, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press late Tuesday on condition of anonymity because the team has not released details.

16. Union Holiday Deli & Ham Adds Drive-Thru, Parking - Friday, November 11, 2011

Holiday Deli & Ham Co. is in the midst of adding parking and a drive-thru to its high-volume Midtown store.

17. Obsidian PR Preps For South Main Move - Friday, September 16, 2011

Obsidian Public Relations is relocating less than a mile from its current office, in efforts to establish a presence in the South Main Historic Arts District by having its own creative space that will allow plenty of room for growth.

18. Leadership Memphis Announces Board Members - Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Leadership Memphis has announced new board members and officers for its new fiscal year.

The officers and executive committee include Eric Robertson, chair; Beverly Jordan, vice chair; Bryan Ford, treasurer; Veronica Coleman Davis, secretary; Chris McLean, immediate past chair; Jeff Gaudino, alumni chair; Christine Munson, development chair; Lemoyne Robinson, program chair; and Jeane Chapman, marketing chair.

19. Cable Service Provider Signs New Lease - Friday, June 3, 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.

20. Conference Pits MEM At Center of Aviation World - Tuesday, April 12, 2011

For five years Memphis International Airport executives and other civic leaders have worked on developing the city’s aerotropolis – the concept of an airport serving as a region’s economic engine.

The idea will be as public as ever – at least here – Tuesday, the second day of the Airport Cities World Conference & Exhibition at The Peabody hotel. That’s when FedEx Corp. founder Frederick W. Smith and Delta Air Lines Inc. CEO Richard Anderson share the stage with University of North Carolina professor John Kasarda, the originator of the aerotropolis concept.

21. Evolve Systems Grows Memphis Location - Friday, November 19, 2010

Evolve Digital Media has more than doubled its Memphis location at Apple Tree Center in Hickory Hill.

The Memphis-based company expanded its lease from 2,520 to 6,327 square feet at 6073 Mount Moriah Road Extended. Tyler Tapley, associate with CB Richard Ellis Memphis, represented the landlord, Apple Tree Center Partnership.

22. Hooks Remembered for Trail-Blazing Life - Thursday, April 22, 2010

National civil rights leader the Rev. Benjamin L. Hooks was eulogized Wednesday as an icon who lived very much in the present.

A memorial service for Hooks, the former national executive director of the NAACP, a Criminal Court judge, Federal Communications Commission commissioner, preacher and attorney, filled Temple of Deliverance Church of God in Christ on Downtown’s south end.

23. Treasury: Local Banks Have Paid $42M in Interest - Monday, October 12, 2009

Memphis-area banks have paid more than $42 million in interest to the federal government as part of the strings attached to emergency capital they received starting last year.

The desperately needed cash was doled out to banks to help them ride out the economic storm, and was one of the most significant planks in the government’s rescue of the financial system. Banks are making quarterly interest payments on those capital infusions, and the tally from banks in and around Memphis comes from a new report from the U.S. Treasury.

24. Covenant Bank Names Burnett Executive VP - Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Charles R. Burnett has been hired as executive vice president for Covenant Bank.

25. Pawnshops Clients Today are Driving BMWs - Friday, January 2, 2009

PHILADELPHIA - At Society Hill Loan, a pawnshop in a middle-class neighborhood here, a steady rain fell outside as a fashionably dressed young man parked his Cadillac Escalade outside. Looking around warily, he came in to speak with Nat Leonard, co-owner of the store.

26. Prosecutors Eyeing Wall Street Mess Look for Lies - Tuesday, October 21, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) - Investigators are hunting through the remains of the stock-market collapse and housing bust of 2008 for fresh signs of white-collar crime, targeting many of the same types of misdeeds that precipitated past market downturns.

27. FBI Investigating 14 Companies For Possible Subprime Fraud - Thursday, January 31, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI on Tuesday said it is investigating 14 companies for possible accounting fraud, insider trading or other violations in connection with home loans made to risky borrowers.

28. Commercial Advisors' Jensen Voted Commercial Broker of the Year - Wednesday, April 12, 2006

Larry Jensen has received the 2005 Pinnacle Award for Commercial Broker of the Year from the Memphis Area Association of Realtors' Commercial Council. Jensen is president and CEO of Commercial Advisors LLC. He has more than 30 years of experience in real estate.

29. Memphis Leaders Consider Living Wage Issue - Friday, September 23, 2005

Should companies that are given contracts by the city of Memphis be required to pay workers at least $10 an hour with benefits?

For David Ciscel, an economics professor at the University of Memphis, that answer is a resounding 'yes.' Ciscel has written several documents in support of a minimum wage that is higher than the federal minimum, an idea commonly referred to as a living wage.

30. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, February 2, 2005
HEADLINE

MAAR Inducts Officers, Names Realtor Award Winners

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors announced the following 2004 award winners: Lee McWaters of McWaters & Associates, Realtor of the Year; Sally Isom of Prudential Collins-M...

31. Archived Article: Real Recap - Tuesday, June 8, 2004
1991 Corporate Ave

Texas Group Acquires Nonconnah Office Property

1991 Corporate Ave.

Memphis, TN 38132

Cost: $2.1 million

Buyer: JP Memphis LLC

Seller: Crown Dixie Associates LP

Property: 4.7 acres and an office building at 199...

32. Archived Article: Newsmakers - Wednesday, December 31, 2003
Edmiston, Lollar Named Master School Board Members

Edmiston, Lollar Named Master School Board Members Shelby County Board of Education members Anne Edmiston and Ron Lollar earned the designation Master School Board Member, the highest title confe...

33. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Thursday, May 15, 2003
Nonprofit consultants

Nonprofit consultants

move Memphis office

Fundamentals, a nonprofit fund-raising consulting firm, moved into office space at 4646 Poplar Ave., Suite 327.

The firm, which opened in a home-based office in January, off...

34. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, October 25, 2002
Making Assists

Making assists

By ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

As far as Richard Cohee is concerned, much more rewarding than clutching a rebound, swishing a last-second jumper or talking hoops with Michael Jordan is a grin spreading across...

35. Archived Article: Think (lead) - Thursday, October 3, 2002
Chamber wants you to Think Memphis

Chamber message: Think Memphis

By SUE PEASE

The Daily News

Memphis Regional Chamber officials literally put on thinking caps Wednesday to announce the Chambers new Think Memphis: A Partnership for Prosp...

36. Archived Article: Market Briefs - Monday, March 13, 2000
Building Owners and Managers Association-Memphis lunch meeting will begin at noon March 15 at Landry's Seafood Restaurant Building Owners and Managers Association-Memphis lunch meeting will begin at noon Wednesday at Landry's Seafood Restaurant. Thi...

37. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, November 3, 1999
RFS Hotel Investors Inc RFS Hotel Investors Inc. has announced several management changes. Randy Churchey has been named president and chief operating officer of RFS Hotel Investors Inc. He formerly was senior vice president and chief financial offi...

38. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, October 27, 1999
AutoZone Inc AutoZone Inc. has announced the following promotions: Bill Rhodes, previously vice president of finance, was promoted to senior vice president of finance. Mike Broderick, previously regional manager, was promoted to vice president-store...

39. Archived Article: Attorney Graph - Tuesday, February 16, 1999
Attorney Attorney Judgments Amount ------------------------------------------------ ----------- -------------------------- Gordon & Feldbaum 226 $220,174.79 Baer Baer & Baer 220 $348,622.30 Mccullough Law Firm ...

40. Archived Article: Govt Analys - Friday, June 14, 1996
Politics and peace Politics and peace By Berje Yacoubian Conventional wisdom has it that unless there is a war, President Bill Clinton will be re-elected to a second term this November. Americans generally reward a second term to presidents who mana...