Humans are a limited species. We cannot with any certainty, given the dynamic nature of life, predict the future.

In some cases you have better odds when running models and scenarios based on judging the future by analyzing past behaviors and patterns, such as insurance actuary tables or credit scores; however, most predictions are wrong.

2. Countercultural Secrets of Successful Innovators - Tuesday, August 15, 2017

Successful innovators may seem cavalier, but really they are vast and complex beings. As the great American poet Walt Whitman said of the prophetic role of a poet, “They contain multitudes.”

3. Full Text of Gov. Bill Haslam's State of the State Address - Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Here is the full text of Gov. Bill Haslam's annual State of the State address as prepared for delivery to a joint convention of the Tennessee General Assembly on Monday.

Speaker Harwell, Lieutenant Governor McNally, Speakers Pro Tem Tracy and Johnson, Members of the 110th General Assembly, Justices, Constitutional Officers, General Slatery, Commissioners, Friends, Guests, fellow Tennesseans, and for the seventh year in a row, the woman voted best first lady in the land, Crissy. My kids even made it this year.

4. Final Goodbye: Roll Call of Some of Those Who Died in 2016 - Monday, January 2, 2017

Death claimed transcendent political figures in 2016, including Cuba's revolutionary leader and Thailand's longtime king, but also took away royals of a different sort: kings of pop music, from Prince and David Bowie to George Michael.

5. Last Word: Heart of the Park, Tigers Opener Preview and Memphis In May Numbers - Thursday, September 1, 2016

“Try to remember the kind of September when life was slow and oh, so mellow. Try to remember the kind of September when grass was green and grain was yellow.”

It would appear this is that kind of September you would otherwise be remembering.

6. Poll: Two-Thirds of US Would Struggle to Cover $1,000 Crisis - Friday, May 20, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) – Two-thirds of Americans would have difficulty coming up with the money to cover a $1,000 emergency, according to an exclusive poll released Thursday, a signal that despite years of recovery from the Great Recession, Americans' financial conditions remain precarious as ever.

7. Teachers Wary of Haslam’s Push For Increased Pay - Thursday, February 11, 2016

Pushing a budget with more than $100 million for K-12 teacher pay raises, Gov. Bill Haslam says Tennessee is taking education to new levels by raising standards, linking teacher evaluations to student performance and expanding education options.

8. Fenced Out - Saturday, January 30, 2016

There’s a major problem in Memphis when it comes to minorities: African-Americans make up 63 percent of the population but garner less than 1 percent of total business receipts within Memphis, according to the most recent U.S. Census data.

9. O’Brien Joins Sullivan’s Creative Team - Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Chris O’Brien has joined Sullivan Branding’s creative team as group creative director. In this role, O’Brien specializes in the design, development, and implementation of creative campaigns. He’s also responsible for overseeing the agency’s creative operations and product.

10. Wharton’s Accomplishments Weighted With Controversy - Wednesday, September 30, 2015

It’s a set of events just about any incumbent would envy during a re-election bid.

Overnight riverboat cruises on the Mississippi River picked up just as Beale Street Landing opened in mid-2014. In late April, the long-dormant Pyramid reopened as a Bass Pro Shops megastore with a hotel and other attractions.

11. Charles Hughes to Head Rhodes’ Memphis Center - Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Dr. Charles L. Hughes has been named director of Rhodes College’s Memphis Center, an academic hub focused on the human experience of the Memphis and Mid-South region. He will be teaching classes on Memphis history and culture, coordinating student projects and developing programs, and also will be continuing his own research on the area.

12. Small Banks Find Ways to Compete With Giants - Saturday, May 16, 2015

Nashville’s InsBank began 15 years ago, founded by a group of insurance agents. Originally, it was known as Insurors Bank of Tennessee, its target market was independent insurance agents in the state. But that has changed somewhat over the years as the bank has evolved from that particular niche.

13. Universal Life Building Developers Acquire Key Public Financing - Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Developers of the Universal Life Building have received approval for two key pieces of financing and a commitment from the city of Memphis to lease about half of the building.

Self-Tucker Properties LLC won approval Tuesday, April 14, for a nine-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement from the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. to renovate the building for office use. Architects Jimmie Tucker and Juan Self, principals of Self-Tucker Architects, also gained approval for $2 million in Qualified Energy Conservation Bonds for the project.

14. Universal Life Building Developers Seek PILOT - Saturday, April 11, 2015

Developers of the Universal Life Building are seeking a 10-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement from the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. to renovate the building for office use.

15. Universal Life Building Developers Seek PILOT - Friday, April 10, 2015

Developers of the Universal Life Building are seeking a 10-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement from the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. to renovate the building for office use.

16. Universal Life Building Developers Seek PILOT - Thursday, April 9, 2015

Developers of the Universal Life Building are seeking a 10-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement from the Center City Revenue Finance Corp. to renovate the building for office use.

17. OK, Baby Boomers: Time for Some Hard Decisions - Saturday, January 24, 2015

She works in her yard, maintains a garden, watches her diet and is waiting for her exercise group to get started at the FiftyForward Center in Madison.

Asked about long-term care insurance, Eva Mai Nelson says, “I’ve thought about it. I don’t think it’s worthwhile to buy at my age.” She’s 83.

18. Cushman & Wakefield Adds Yates to Capital Markets Team - Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Alex Yates has joined the Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors Capital Markets team as vice president, assisting and executing investment sales, debt/equity placement and development advisory projects. Yates’ efforts will be heavily concentrated in multifamily and retail, but he will focus on other product types as well.

19. Embassy Suites Memphis Sells for $24.8 Million - Tuesday, November 26, 2013

1022 S. Shady Grove Road
Memphis, TN 38119
Sale Amount: $24.8 million

Sale Date: Nov. 15, 2013
Buyer: 1022 South Shady Grove LLC
Seller: 1022 Shady Grove LLC
Loan Amount: $22.6 million
Loan Date: Nov. 15, 2013
Maturity Date: N/A
Lender: Great American Life Insurance Co.
Details: An affiliate of Chicago-based hotel asset manager Lodging Capital Partners LLC has paid $24.8 million for the Embassy Suites Memphis hotel at 1022 S. Shady Grove Road in East Memphis.

20. Embassy Suites Memphis Sells for $24.8 Million - Friday, November 22, 2013

An affiliate of Chicago-based hotel asset manager Lodging Capital Partners LLC has paid $24.8 million for the Embassy Suites Memphis hotel at 1022 S. Shady Grove Road in East Memphis.

21. Box’s Law Career Spurred by Helping Community - Thursday, November 7, 2013

Brad Box, a partner at Rainey, Kizer, Reviere & Bell PLC, has been named the 2013-2014 president of the Tennessee Defense Lawyers Association. The association is the state arm of the national Defense Research Institute, an organization committed to the exchange of ideas, technique and information.

22. Chance Meeting Leads Lambert to Legal Career - Thursday, July 26, 2012

As an undergraduate student studying communications at the University of Mississippi, Mark Lambert was leaning toward a career in advertising, and the possibility of being an attorney had never even crossed his mind.

23. Towering Questions - Monday, April 2, 2012

It’s been slightly more than two years since the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, but when it comes to small businesses meeting its demands, confusion still abounds.

While some provisions of health care reform – such as expansion of coverage to adult children up to age 26, new coverage options for individuals with pre-existing conditions and eliminating lifetime caps on coverage – have been implemented, the government will continue to roll out provisions through 2014 and beyond.

24. Vornbrock Receives Ad Fed’s Silver Medal - Monday, January 30, 2012

Bob Vornbrock thought he was attending the Thursday, Jan. 26, American Advertising Federation Memphis meeting to hear a presentation from Fred’s Discount Stores about the marketing approach of brick-and-mortar retail.

25. Vornbrock Receives Ad Fed’s Silver Medal - Friday, January 27, 2012

Bob Vornbrock thought he was attending the Thursday, Jan. 26, American Advertising Federation Memphis meeting to hear a presentation from Fred’s Discount Stores about the marketing approach of brick-and-mortar retail.

26. Adding Some Soul to School - Monday, November 28, 2011

Last week we focused on attracting, developing and retaining knowledge workers and leaders in our city and noted that it takes each of us doing our part for Memphis to succeed. This week let us spotlight an organization that is dedicated to preparing students for success in college and life in an academically rigorous, music-rich environment: The Soulsville Charter School.

27. McGuire Joins Accounting Firm Dixon Hughes Goodman - Friday, October 21, 2011

Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP, the new firm formed earlier this year with the combination of Memphis accounting firm Dixon Hughes PLLC and Virginia-based accounting firm Goodman & Co. LLP, has a new senior manager in Memphis leading the office’s financial institutions services group.

28. Recession Proves Tough for Medical Device Cos. - Thursday, September 29, 2011

When the Great Recession began in 2008, the health care industry was one of the few said to be recession-proof, but 2011 has proved otherwise, at least for medical device makers.

The prolonged recession, a decrease in procedure volumes and delayed reimbursement are several factors that have led to corporate restructuring – including layoffs – in the medical device industry this year.

29. Victims To Victory - Monday, August 15, 2011

Last week we spotlighted Hope House, which is improving the quality of life for HIV-impacted children and their families by addressing their educational, social, psychological and health needs. This week let us explore an organization helping victims of crime move from crisis to comfort through Christ: Victims to Victory.

30. Health Plan Rules: What Counts as an Emergency? - Thursday, August 11, 2011

When is an emergency not an emergency? In health care, that can be a costly distinction.

Emergency rooms are designed to live up to their names by treating life-threatening or serious medical problems. But they often handle much more than that, sometimes at great cost to patients.

31. Huey’s ‘World-Famous’ Burger Turns 40 - Monday, April 19, 2010

It might have been called “Hamburgers for Healing,” but perhaps that would be too cheesy and obvious. The 40th anniversary party of Huey’s restaurants in Memphis will offer live music and the eatery’s world-famous burgers with hope in every mouthful.

32. Life or Death for The MED - Monday, March 1, 2010

A hand as tiny as a budding leaf punched at the air inside a baby incubator.

Kelley Smith, the head nurse of the neonatal intensive care unit at The Regional Medical Center at Memphis, checked on the little fighter.

33. Little Guys, Big Guys - Monday, February 22, 2010

No one would mistake a local institution like Tri-State Bank for one of Wall Street’s mighty titans of finance, whose recent woes brought the U.S. and world economies to their knees.

34. Wiggins Ready To Grab YLD Baton - Thursday, November 19, 2009

Kyle M. Wiggins is ready to get behind the wheel.

Today at the Memphis Bar Association’s Young Lawyers Division Annual Meeting and Elections, current YLD president Freeman Foster, an attorney for the Juvenile Court of Memphis and Shelby County, will pass the gavel to Wiggins.

35. Summers Extols Complexity Of Construction Practice - Thursday, September 3, 2009

Jim Summers, one of the founding partners of Allen Summers Simpson Lillie & Gresham PLLC, has been named to the 2010 edition of Best Lawyers in America for construction litigation.

36. Hot Flavor: Plain Vanilla - Friday, July 17, 2009

The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco in April reached an agreement with a bank holding company there limiting its activities in several areas, including the payment of dividends.

37. AIG Annual Meeting a Short, Relatively Calm Affair - Wednesday, July 1, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - American International Group Inc.'s annual shareholder meeting ended without drama Tuesday after a handful of shareholders voiced disappointment over the embattled insurer's near-collapse last fall.

38. Apperson Crump’s Kosciolek Discusses Elder, Family Law - Thursday, June 18, 2009

Jeannie M. Kosciolek is an attorney at Apperson Crump & Maxwell PLC, where she practices in divorce and family law as well as general civil litigation and elder law.

Kosciolek was admitted to practice law in 2001 after receiving her juris doctorate from the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law. She received her bachelor’s degree in English literature with minors in political science and Spanish from the University of Memphis, graduating with honors.

39. As Unemployment Rises, Uncle Sam Has Jobs - Tuesday, February 3, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) - The economic downturn has forced private industry and state and local government to shed jobs, but one major employer in the country is hiring: The federal government.

While the nation's 11 million unemployed and the millions more who fear losing their jobs may feel Washington should streamline too, economists say a strong federal work force is key to economic recovery. Were President Barack Obama to put any of the nearly 2 million federal civil servants out in the street in the middle of the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression, the consequences could be dire.

40. Avoiding the Ax: Where the Jobs Are - Friday, December 26, 2008

While the employment landscape looks sparse right now, the outlook for 2009 isn't uniformly bleak – and is downright bright in some recession-resistant industries.

Employers that provide necessary products and services – hospitals and insurers, for example – tend to always need recruits. And areas employers deem critical to their survival, like accounting and information technology, rarely get cut. What's more, some fields, such as bankruptcy law and crisis-management consulting, are thriving because of the downturn.

41. Interaction With Clients Drives Ward’s Desire to Practice - Thursday, October 2, 2008

Ashley Ward is an attorney at Nahon, Saharovich & Trotz PLC, where she practices in civil litigation, personal injury and workers’ compensation. She has been with the firm since 2003, and she serves as chair of its workers’ compensation practice group.

42. Events - Thursday, September 13, 2007

The Cordova Leadership Council and the Memphis Area Home Builders Association will host "The Future of Cordova Politics: City Candidates Forum" today at 6 p.m. at the Memphis Area Home Builders Association, 776 N. Germantown Parkway. For additional information, contact Gene Bryan at esbryan@bellsouth.net or 486-9679.

43. Help for Dark Moments Of Divorce Offered at Lecture - Thursday, July 12, 2007

The trials and tribulations that go on inside divorce courts have inspired a bounty of movies, books, country songs and numerous other works of fiction.

Sadly, however, the truth about divorce is that even the prospect of severing ties with a spouse can leave divorcing couples with plenty of questions about their financial future and, if children are involved, their future as parents.

44. Archived Article: Marketplace - Monday, April 8, 2002
By SUE PEASE Women should consider investing options for their future By SUE PEASE The Daily News Women today are enjoying financial rewards more than their counterparts in past generations. However, even with more women in the work force earning si...

45. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, November 5, 1999
If this is picked up by Best Times, his daughter will have turned 21, and that needs to be changed, but today shes 20 Note: If this is picked up by Best Times, his daughter will have turned 21, and that needs to be changed, but today shes 20. Lookin...

46. Archived Article: Law Focus (surgery) - Thursday, January 21, 1999
By STACEY PETSCHAUER X marks the spot Surgeons are increasingly using a $1.50 instrument to ensure they operate on the right part of a patient By STACEY PETSCHAUER The Daily News What kind of insurance policy can someone buy for $1.50? If that someo...

47. Archived Article: Marketplace St - Monday, November 23, 1998
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Whats for dinner? Tennessee restaurateurs anticipate expansion as industry booms By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Going out to eat these days is not the luxury it once was. The increase in dual-income households has made dining...

48. Archived Article: Law Focus - Thursday, May 15, 1997
By SUZANNE THOMPSON A judicial temperament Newly appointed General Sessions Judge Lynn Cobb will use his hometown teachings in dispensing justice By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Seated in a plaid easy chair and sipping strong German coffee from a...

49. Archived Article: Tech Focus Chg - Wednesday, April 16, 1997
Before the Internet, students could look to the familys set of encyclopedias for help with geography or history homework, but if the parents were not mathematically inclined, they may have been out of look with their calculus homework The Web as a m...