NASHVILLE – The House and Senate broke gridlock Wednesday night on problems stemming from the results of troubled TNReady testing by passing legislation saying no “adverse action” would be taken against teachers, students or schools for poor test scores.

2. Parkinson to Introduce Bill Phasing Out State’s Achievement School District - Friday, March 23, 2018

NASHVILLE – Rep. Antonio Parkinson is set to make a push to remove Memphis schools from the state’s Achievement School District and dissolve the state district because of its failure to pull them out of Tennessee’s bottom 5 percent for performance.

3. Memphis Home Sales Stay Hot Despite February Cold, Rain - Friday, March 9, 2018

A cold and rainy start to the year may have slowed down new construction, but it wasn’t enough to cool off Memphis’ overall housing market.

The average home sales price in Memphis and Shelby County for February rose 3 percent to $149,432 when compared to last year’s figures, according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, chandlerreports.com.

4. Tubby Time - Thursday, March 8, 2018

At various points in his life, Guffrie Smith was a soldier, a barber, a farmer, and a school bus driver. These are not jobs that reward impatience. If you’re inpatient in those occupations, you or someone else gets hurt.

5. Last Word: Saturday In The Parks, The Citizen and Kroger Backlash - Friday, January 5, 2018

No protest or march permits applied for at City Hall as of Thursday morning in anticipation of a Saturday Confederate monuments protest, according to city chief legal officer Bruce McMullen at Thursday’s taping of “Behind The Headlines.” Our discussion included lots about the city’s move toward taking down the monuments Dec. 20 and what could happen next. Also, McMullen tells us there were some other nonprofits that talked with the city about Health Sciences and Memphis Parks before Memphis Greenspace. The show airs Friday at 7 p.m. and Sunday at 8:30 a.m. on WKNO TV.

6. NouriTech Ready to Construct Fish Feed Facility - Thursday, December 14, 2017

It’s been a little more than a year since Cargill and California-based Calysta announced the two companies would partner to bring an old corn mill on Presidents Island back to life with a brand new $120 million, state-of-the-art facility.

7. First Music Project Funded Through Memphis Slim House Loan Program - Thursday, October 12, 2017

Attendees of the Eric Hughes Band’s CD release party next week won’t see everything that goes into making a collection of tunes like the band’s latest.

The album – “Meet Me in Memphis” – and band will be feted Oct. 21 at the warehouse behind Earnestine & Hazel’s during a bash that includes live music and food by Central BBQ. Among the things that won’t be apparent amid the festivities, though, is all the work that goes into an undertaking like this, and the honing of chops that for Hughes has meant playing about 3,000 shows in Memphis since 2001.

8. Graham-Cassidy Bill Withdrawn Amidst Local Protest - Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Ahead of an increasingly tentative vote on the latest Republican health care proposal in the U.S. Senate, about 100 critics of the Graham-Cassidy bill rallied Downtown Monday, Sept. 25, to call for U.S. Sens. Bob Corker and Lamar Alexander of Tennessee to vote against the proposal.

9. Fully Loaded - Saturday, July 29, 2017

It’s almost like the first half of 2017 was a decade in the making, at least when it comes to commercial real estate. Throughout all four major sectors of the Memphis-area commercial real estate market – industrial, office, retail and multifamily – figures are consistently reaching or exceeding pre-recession marks.

10. Initiatives Geared at Boosting Owner-Occupied Housing - Saturday, April 15, 2017

Nearly a third of all homes in Shelby County are owned by investors, a fact which has state and city leaders looking for ways to stem the tide and encourage locals to buy into their communities through owner-occupied homeownership.

11. Last Word: Opening Day in Nashville, Parking Pass or Parking Space and Ell Persons - Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Lots of formalities Tuesday in Nashville where the 2017 session of the Tennessee Legislature begins. And that’s what this first week back will be about on the floors of the state House and the state Senate. Away from the floors, the real business of speculation and vote counting and drafting language is already well underway.

12. Last Word: MAA and TraVure, JT Votes Early and Minority Biz Momentum - Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Big news overnight for one of several corporate headquarters moves we’ve been watching in the last year. Mid-America Apartments LP is poised to become the anchor of the TraVure mixed-use development on the western side of Germantown.

13. Concerts, Pop-Up Events and Beer Gardens Are Feeding Business at The TapBox - Saturday, September 3, 2016

A traveling beer-mobile with a variety of taps on the side for easy pouring might sound like a dream straight from Homer Simpson’s head, but partners McCauley Williams, J.R. Kingsley and Justin Brooks of The TapBox have turned that dream into a reality, creating several multi-tap refrigerated devices that are popping up at more events across Memphis.

14. Left Turns at Union and McLean Debut - Monday, August 1, 2016

Traffic signals aren’t normally an event. But then again, Union Avenue traffic can be its own event on a daily basis.

Last week in an anonymous one-story city government building in South Memphis, City Traffic Engineer Randall Tatum took reporters to a workroom in the maintenance shop dominated by traffic signal lights to show off the city’s newest equipment.

15. Last Word: A Robust 2nd Quarter, Marshall and Union and the Code Crew - Friday, July 22, 2016

Last Word is more like First Word because of a blink of the computer overnight at around 11 p.m. that left us able to create and report but not to post. But not to worry, we will resume our night owl habits Sunday into Monday after this brief reminder of the way things used to be when the deadline was when the presses stopped.

16. Last Word: Cubits Anyone, The G-Word and The TV News Crime Block - Thursday, March 10, 2016

How long is a cubit? After a day in which many of you got about four to five inches of rain and more to come Thursday, it seems an appropriate and timely question.
And yes, there is a cubit conversion chart on line for converting that and other really old units of measurement no longer in use like the mina, drachma or the synodic month.
So the average cubit, which is supposed to be the length of a forearm, is 18 inches or a foot and a half. That’s 0.4572 of a meter, which might as well be an ancient unit of measurement.
Someone had to say it.
According to biblehub.com – I’m not making up websites – the book of Genesis sets God’s instructions to Noah as an arc with the dimensions of 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide and 30 cubits tall. And it was to be made out of gopher wood and covered inside and out with pitch.
The New Living Translation and Holman Christian Standard Bibles convert that to an arc 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high.

17. LEDIC’s High-Tech HQ To Be LEED Certified - Wednesday, November 18, 2015

LEDIC’s new East Memphis headquarters will aim for a LEED-certified silver status and bring high-speed fiber optic Internet to the area, according to documents recently submitted to the Memphis-Shelby County Economic Development Growth Engine.

18. In the Digital Race, There Is No Finish Line - Monday, August 10, 2015

Recently, the American Marketing Association’s Memphis chapter conducted a member survey to find out the topics of greatest interest.

“Digital was the No. 1 topic people wanted to talk about,” chapter president Melissa Thomson said.

19. Do Not Fear What You Should be Afraid Of - Wednesday, May 27, 2015

There are factors conspiring in the market’s industrial kitchen right now that might lead to a fit of indigestion for investors. This week we will look at the three main ingredients and discuss how to medicate.

20. Midtown Cash Saver Property Sells for $5.3 Million - Tuesday, November 4, 2014

1620 Madison Ave.
Memphis TN 38104
Sale Amount: $5.3 million

Sale Date: Oct. 24, 2014
Buyer: LAG Memphis LLC
Seller: Super Market Developers Inc.
Loan Amount: $3.9 million
Loan Date: Oct. 24, 2014
Lender: Ladder Capital Finance LLC
Details: The Cash Saver property on Madison Avenue in Midtown has been sold for $5.3 million.

21. Midtown Cash Saver Property Sells for $5.3 Million - Saturday, November 1, 2014

The Cash Saver store on Madison Avenue in Midtown has sold for $5.3 million.

Super Market Developers Inc., an affiliate of Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc., sold the grocery store at 1620 Madison Ave. to LAG Memphis LLC, which is affiliated with New York-based Ladder Capital Finance LLC, according to an Oct. 24 special warranty deed.

22. Midtown Cash Saver Property Sells for $5.3 Million - Thursday, October 30, 2014

The Cash Saver store on Madison Avenue in Midtown has sold for $5.3 million.

Super Market Developers Inc., an affiliate of Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc., sold the grocery store at 1620 Madison Ave. to LAG Memphis LLC, which is affiliated with New York-based Ladder Capital Finance LLC, according to an Oct. 24 special warranty deed.

23. Midtown Cash Saver Store Sells for $5.3 Million - Wednesday, October 29, 2014

The Cash Saver store on Madison Avenue in Midtown has sold for $5.3 million.

Super Market Developers Inc., an affiliate of Associated Wholesale Grocers Inc., sold the grocery store at 1620 Madison Ave. to LAG Memphis LLC, which is affiliated with New York-based Ladder Capital Finance LLC, according to an Oct. 24 special warranty deed.

24. Client Service Remains Top Priority at The Barnett Group - Saturday, August 30, 2014

The Barnett Group, a Memphis-based employee benefits and financial services firm, didn’t get to the point where it’s provided benefits to more than 75,000 people by accident.

It’s always a reality that businesses are looking to do more with less, cut costs and look for areas where resources can be optimized. The industry space in which The Barnett Group operates is a fast-changing one, with a constant stream of new rules and regulations governing it.

25. School Board to Weigh 13 Closings - Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Shelby County School board members could vote Tuesday, Feb. 25, on a set of 13 school closings the board has been considering since last April.

But the final recommendation from Superintendent Dorsey Hopson is likely to be a shorter list.

26. Transplant Games Flag To Be Signed in Memphis - Saturday, January 18, 2014

On Jan. 31 at 11:30 a.m., Team Mid-South, the local Transplant Games of America team that is being presented by Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Methodist Transplant Institute and Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., will celebrate the countdown to the 2014 Transplant Games of America at Church Health Center-Wellness.

27. Transplant Games Flag to be Signed in Memphis - Monday, January 13, 2014

On Jan. 31 at 11:30 a.m., Team Mid-South, the local Transplant Games of America team that is being presented by Mid-South Transplant Foundation, Methodist Transplant Institute and Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp., will celebrate the countdown to the 2014 Transplant Games of America at Church Health Center-Wellness.

28. What Does the Fed Say? - Friday, December 27, 2013

Ben Bernanke announced a tapering of the Federal Reserve’s asset purchase program from $85 billion to $75 billion at his final FOMC meeting last week, and contrary to pundit fears, the Dow Jones Industrial Average threw him a going away celebration by rallying to new highs. What he said:

29. FedEx Posts 7 Percent Earnings Increase - Thursday, September 19, 2013

Memphis-based FedEx Corp. posted a quarterly profit 7 percent higher than a year ago for its fiscal first quarter, ended Aug. 31.

30. Ford Road Elementary School Charts Progress - Tuesday, August 20, 2013

The school year before Ford Road Elementary School became part of the seven-school Innovation Zone within Memphis City Schools, no more than 17 percent of its students were proficient or advanced in reading, math or science.

31. Longleaf Funds Disappoint in Second Quarter - Saturday, August 10, 2013

The Longleaf Partners family of mutual funds – for which Memphis-based Southeastern Asset Management acts as adviser – had a disappointing second quarter.

Three of the four funds were down for the quarter.

32. Longleaf Funds Underperform in Second Quarter - Tuesday, August 6, 2013

The Longleaf Partners family of mutual funds – for which Memphis-based Southeastern Asset Management acts as adviser – had a disappointing second quarter.

Three of the four funds were down for the quarter.

33. Hospitals Keep Eye on Patient Satisfaction - Saturday, July 27, 2013

Local hospital administrators are focusing on improving everything from catering menus to patient and staff communication since Medicare last year began paying them partly based on patient satisfaction scores under the health care overhaul.

34. Council Grapples With Attrition Plan Reality - Thursday, July 18, 2013

Every version of a city budget the Memphis City Council and Mayor A C Wharton Jr. considered in June included a plan to lose 300 city employees through attrition for long-term savings toward meeting rising future debt obligations.

35. Council Ponders Use of Reserve To Keep Fire Station Open - Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Memphis City Council member considered briefly Tuesday, July 16, using $1.1 million from the $48 million city reserve fund to keep a North Memphis fire station open.

But they dropped the idea after Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr. agreed to keep Fire Station #6, on Danny Thomas Boulevard north of Chelsea Avenue open at least until Labor Day.

36. NewME Accelerator Event Coming to Town - Tuesday, June 18, 2013

In the last 16 years, the number of firms owned by minorities and women has grown, but they still lag behind all firms in terms of revenue and employment, according to a report commissioned by American Express OPEN.

37. Urban Child Institute Data Show Good News - Friday, August 24, 2012

The Urban Child Institute this month published its seventh annual “Data Book: The State of Children in Memphis and Shelby County,” focused on the forces, trends and factors affecting the healthy brain, social and physical development of children through age 3.

38. City Kicks Off Neighborhood Innovation Effort - Wednesday, July 4, 2012

Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Jr.’s administration is set to begin a concerted effort to bring back neighborhood retail in three parts of the city.

Wharton and his Innovation Delivery Team, funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropies of New York, rolled out the first moves Monday, July 2, for parts of South Memphis, Binghampton and the Madison and Cleveland area.

39. Reform Won’t Mean Better Access For Minorities - Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Although health care reform will likely have a favorable outcome regarding access to insurance coverage, that won’t necessarily translate to actual access to medical care, particularly for minorities.

40. Medical Realignment - Monday, June 4, 2012

Private practice is fast becoming a thing of the past, as physicians groups across the country scramble to align with large health care systems in a move largely driven by national health care reform.

41. Poag, N.Y. Investor Buy The Avenue - Friday, May 11, 2012

The Avenue Collierville – the largest lifestyle center in the Memphis metropolitan area at Houston Levee Road and Bill Morris Parkway – has been bought by an affiliate of Memphis-based Poag Lifestyle Centers.

42. Poag, N.Y. Investor Buy The Avenue - Thursday, May 10, 2012

The Avenue Collierville – the largest lifestyle center in the Memphis metropolitan area at Houston Levee Road and Bill Morris Parkway – has been bought by an affiliate of Memphis-based Poag Lifestyle Centers.

43. Office Opportunities - Thursday, May 3, 2012

Memphis’ office real estate landscape is changing, and for three firms, those changes are creating opportunities.

Orlando, Fla.-based Parkway Properties Inc. in March completed the sale of its interest in Renaissance Center – a 190,000-square-foot office building at 1715 Aaron Brenner Drive in the Poplar Avenue corridor – to partner Parkway Properties Office Fund LP.

44. Steering Through Muddied Waters - Wednesday, April 18, 2012

The Flows Knows While rationality has returned to the markets, occasional bouts of volatility (as we have experienced over the last few trading days) can muddy the analytical waters. After a 30 percent advance in the S&P 500 from the October lows, a pullback seems appropriate, and the reaction to the recent pullback couldn’t be more telling.

45. Cubicles: Unintended Consequences - Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Finding ways to maximize office space isn’t really a new concept. After all, Dilbert has been parodying office life in and around the cubicle for more than 20 years.

But a recession has a way of challenging us all to do more with less and there may be no better example of that in commercial real estate than in the office sector, where there is a global trend toward allocating less square footage per person. Forty percent of respondents in a recent CoreNet Global survey project their office space per person will be 100 square feet or less by 2017 and a majority of respondents reported that they’ve already reduced space per employee by 5 to 25 square feet over the last five years.

46. Robinson: Health Study Confirms Known Problem - Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Dr. Kenneth Robinson, public health policy adviser to Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell, said he wasn’t at all surprised by a recent study that found African-American women in Memphis are more than twice as likely to die from breast cancer as their white counterparts.

47. Fed Report: Activity Picks Up in Memphis - Friday, March 2, 2012

The Federal Reserve sees an improving economy and a pickup in economic activity in the central bank’s Eighth District, its regional territory that includes Memphis.

A report released this week by the Fed – the so-called “beige book” – notes that economic activity in the Eighth District has expanded at a modest pace since the Fed last looked at the area.

48. CRE Outlook Remains Mixed - Wednesday, February 8, 2012

A sophomore at the University of Memphis could open up an economics book and explain how the United States got to its current state through the laws of demand, diminishing returns and comparative advantage.

49. CRE Outlook Remains Mixed - Thursday, February 9, 2012

A sophomore at the University of Memphis could open up an economics book and explain how the United States got to its current state through the laws of demand, diminishing returns and comparative advantage.

50. Grays Creek Annexation on City’s Agenda - Tuesday, February 7, 2012

Memphis City Council members take up the first of three readings Tuesday, Feb. 7, of an ordinance to annex the Grays Creek area that is in the city’s annexation reserve area.

The ordinance is a reaction to pending state legislation in Nashville that would remove part of the area from the Memphis annexation reserve.

51. More of the Same for Housing - Monday, January 16, 2012

Last year’s home sales declined 6 percent from 2010, and local real estate professionals expect 2012 to be more of the same, as consumers hold their pocketbooks tight and wait for more economic stability.

52. Forecasters Expect Recovery 'With a Lag' - Monday, December 5, 2011

Over the past several days, eerily similar messages have come from a pair of economic forecasters who spoke at the Thursday, Dec. 1, meeting of the Economic Club of Memphis, the most recent forecast from a local investment firm and the latest economic snapshot from the Federal Reserve.

53. Commission Tackles Redistricting Plan - Monday, November 14, 2011

Shelby County Commissioners should take the first of three votes Monday, Nov. 14, on a new redistricting plan that would change the areas represented by those on the 13-member body but not the size of the commission.

54. Corker: Government Could Learn from Realtors - Wednesday, August 24, 2011

U.S. Sen. Bob Corker learned early on in his construction business that as long as you’re chasing a profit, you can’t go broke.

It’s the fundamental rule of accounting – for a balance sheet to balance, you can’t be spending more than you’re earning.

55. 'Buy' Rating Maintained On FedEx Shares - Tuesday, March 15, 2011

A Deutsche Bank analyst reiterated his “Buy” rating on shares of FedEx Corp. on Monday, saying the company will likely continue to see strong earnings growth this year despite the impact of increasing fuel prices.

56. Glaeser Discusses City Triumphs at Leadership Luncheon - Monday, March 7, 2011

Community leaders and elected officials were on hand Thursday as Harvard urban expert Ed Glaeser spoke at the seventh annual Leadership Memphis Community Leadership luncheon held at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis.

57. Glaeser Discusses City Triumphs at Leadership Luncheon - Friday, March 4, 2011

Community leaders and elected officials were on hand Thursday as Harvard urban expert Ed Glaeser spoke at the seventh annual Leadership Memphis Community Leadership luncheon held at the Holiday Inn University of Memphis.

58. Looking for Opportunities in the Economic Fog - Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Take one look at the economic trends of the Memphis office real estate market over the past year and the impact of the recession becomes all too clear. A fog of uncertainty, created in large part by low consumer confidence and the lack of a crystal ball to predict the future recovery, has had many companies sitting on the sidelines.

59. Baptist Forms Partnership With Stern Cardiovascular - Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Consistent with a national trend of health care systems partnering with physicians groups – cardiology groups in particular – Baptist Memorial Medical Group has announced its partnership with Stern Cardiovascular Center, one of the region’s largest cardiology group practices.

60. Municipal Bond Market Draws Scrutiny - Wednesday, November 24, 2010

One of the newest corners of the economy to come under scrutiny is one of the most traditionally predictable.

Municipal bond prices saw some surprising drops this month, leading to concern about what might be around the corner in the normally stable market for bonds backed by state and local governments and other public entities.

61. Redesigned and Rebuilt - Tuesday, August 17, 2010

David Schuermann, president of Architecture Inc., said his 16-year-old Downtown firm specializes in renovations and restorations to existing buildings.

62. Tenn. GOP Gov Candidates Take Aim at Certain Taxes - Tuesday, June 29, 2010

HENDERSONVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's taxes on inheritance, investments and businesses are levies the state's Republican gubernatorial candidates say that they would consider cutting if elected.

63. Tax Credits Fuel 6 Percent Rise in April Home Sales - Thursday, June 3, 2010

WASHINGTON (AP) – A rush of homebuyers aiming to meet a deadline to qualify for a federal tax credit pushed the number of signed sales contracts to the highest level since October.

The National Association of Realtors reported Wednesday its seasonally adjusted index of sales agreements for previously occupied homes rose 6 percent in April from a month earlier to a reading of 110.9. March’s reading was revised upward to 104.6.

64. Home Sales Decline in April but Market Leaders Optimistic - Friday, May 7, 2010

Real estate professionals won’t call April’s home sales disappointing, but with all the buzz surrounding the homebuyers tax credit that expired at the end of last month the final tally was underwhelming to say the least.

65. Wharton to Float Preliminary Budget - Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Mayor A C Wharton Jr. will take his preliminary revenue projections and a basic framework for his first city budget proposal to the City Council during today’s executive session.

The session also will include an update on plans to create a “great lawn” at the Mid-South Fairgrounds.

66. The Cost of Progress - Monday, March 8, 2010

The development of Norfolk Southern Corp.’s $112 million intermodal yard on a former cattle ranch in Fayette County has polarized the community for more than a year.

67. Recession Pushes Looney Ricks Kiss Into Bankruptcy - Thursday, February 25, 2010

Looney Ricks Kiss Architects Inc., one of the city’s most recognizable and renowned architectural and design firms, on Tuesday filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition.

68. Report Shows Many Banks Still Unprofitable - Thursday, February 25, 2010

For Tennessee’s 194 banks insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., bigger was not better at the end of 2009.

69. Recession Pushes Looney Ricks Kiss Into Bankruptcy - Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Looney Ricks Kiss Architects Inc., one of the city’s most recognizable and renowned architectural and design firms, on Tuesday filed a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition.

70. 2009 Cargo Numbers Up at Memphis Int’l - Friday, January 29, 2010

Officials at Memphis International Airport spent Thursday preparing for the harsh winter weather possibly headed this way, but they also discussed ways in which the airport has been dealing with a brutal economic climate.

71. Crimson Tide - Monday, January 25, 2010

Twelve days into the new year, Gov. Phil Bredesen stood in the well of the state House in Nashville and talked about leading the nation in education reform.

Later this year, Bredesen will return to address legislators on a less lofty but more immediate topic – a pool of red ink in the state budget unprecedented at least since the Depression years of the 1930s. For more than a year and a half, Tennessee has failed to meet its monthly revenue projections.

72. Flintco Picked for $89.5M Airport Project - Friday, December 18, 2009

The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority on Thursday awarded The Flintco Cos. Inc. an $89.5 million contract to build a state-of-the-art ground transportation facility at Memphis International Airport.

73. Local ULI Leads Green Charge - Monday, November 16, 2009

Memphis might lag behind other cities when it comes to developing and connecting green spaces, but a collaboration of organizations is working to improve this community’s “greenprint,” or its collection of parks, trails and other natural areas, and then link them to regional and national green spaces.

74. Stars Start to Align In Residential Real Estate Market - Tuesday, November 10, 2009

The first week of November brought a double dose of good news for the beleaguered real estate industry. Not only did Congress extend and expand its first-time homebuyers tax credit, but the most recent local sales report was peppered with positive signs.

75. Regions Maintains Top Spot in Tenn. Market Share - Monday, November 2, 2009

Regions Financial Corp. is bullish on Memphis. And the Birmingham, Ala.-based bank has hard numbers to back up that optimism.

76. FDIC Report Offers Insight Into Banks’ Market Share - Thursday, October 22, 2009

First Tennessee Bank commands more than a third of the bank deposit market share in the Memphis area, while its closest rival has about half that amount.

77. Service First: Nonprofit orgs struggle to balance client needs with funding shortages - Monday, September 14, 2009

Rahema Barber gazed into the void of the Power House. It looked as though all the art had been wiped away: blank walls, empty rooms and silent space.

What had been a center of creative energy was about to become a shuttered building once again – just six years after the nonprofit Delta Axis had transformed the old coal plant into a venue for contemporary art and film.

78. Trade, Jobless Claims Figures Show Recession Fades - Friday, September 11, 2009

WASHINGTON (AP) – The U.S. trade deficit in July hit the highest level in six months as a record rise in imports outpaced a third straight increase in foreign demand for American products, according to government data released Thursday. Both gains provided more evidence the worst recession since the 1930s was losing its grip on the global economy.

79. What People Want - Friday, September 11, 2009

At one time, the quintessential image for the homebuilding industry was a busy job site where contractors and subcontractors worked on everything from a home’s framing to its plumbing, from its wiring to its roofing.

80. Beasley Allen Leader for Lending Suit - Friday, June 5, 2009

When the bottom fell out of several Regions Morgan Keegan mutual funds in 2007, billions of dollars in value belonging to shocked investors quickly evaporated.

Law firms throughout the country began signing up investors to represent. One of those firms is Montgomery, Ala.-based Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles PC.

81. Year of ‘Havoc’ For Residential Real Estate - Friday, February 20, 2009

The housing market is in desperate need of a shot in the arm, but only time will tell if the $787 billion economic stimulus bill signed into law this week by President Barack Obama will have a positive impact on real estate.

82. Local Managers Keep Stake In Longleaf Funds - Monday, November 3, 2008

“When the seas are roughest, a conservative appraisal is our anchor against fear.”

That’s one line from a letter sent to shareholders last month by the Memphis-based managers of the Longleaf Partners family of mutual funds. Its reference to choppy financial waters is an apt metaphor for the group of funds, three of which have taken a beating during the year-to-date period and at times lag the performance of rival funds and the S&P 500 Index.

83. Shipman Discusses Financial, Real Estate Crises - Thursday, October 30, 2008

O. Douglas Shipman is a partner at Marks, Shipman & Lansky and the principal of the law office of O. Douglas Shipman PC. Marks, Shipman & Lansky is a corporate finance, real estate and banking firm.

84. Slope Gets Steeper - Monday, July 14, 2008

Of Shelby County’s 33 ZIP codes that registered a home sale in the second quarter of 2008, all but one suffered a decline when compared to the same quarter of 2007, a trend that has been indicative of the area’s recent real estate woes.

85. Despite National Application Increase, Local Mortgage Activity Falters - Monday, June 16, 2008

Mortgage applications have increased nationwide, but mortgage loans in Shelby County continued their downswing in May as lenders grappled with tightened guidelines and weary consumers.

The Washington-based Mortgage Bankers Association last week released its weekly mortgage applications survey for the week ending June 6: It revealed a 10.9 percent increase in applications from the previous week across the U.S.

86. Robot Makes Spinal Medicine More Precise - Wednesday, April 23, 2008

When engineers designed the 1,671-foot Taipei 101 skyscraper, they had to calculate stress factors such as load, the weight of materials and contents and how the building would twist under wind pressure - always mindful that Taiwan has frequent earthquakes.

87. Bottoming Out - Monday, April 14, 2008

Reducing starts and shedding inventory continued to be the overriding theme for homebuilders as 2008 began, and it manifested in the shrinking number of building permits filed during first quarter.

88. Numbers Confirm That '07 Construction Went From High-Octane to Running on Fumes - Monday, December 17, 2007

As president of one of Memphis' largest homebuilders and a 35-year industry veteran, Jerry Gillis of FaxonGillis Homes had no trouble summing up construction activity during the past year: "It started out with a bang and ended with a whimper." Indeed it did.

89. Oxy-3 Provides Big Advertising Bang for City's Small Businesses - Monday, September 10, 2007

Memphis might not be a large market on the scale of New York, Los Angeles or Atlanta, but when it comes to marketing and advertising agencies, that doesn't mean the Bluff City has to lag behind the country's larger media centers.

90. Prostitution Plagues Memphis Neighborhoods, Businesses - Friday, August 24, 2007

You can't buy much with $20 nowadays. It won't even buy a full tank of gas.

But in the sex-for-sale industry, buyers have quite a few options, most of which are not suitable to be printed in the newspaper.

91. Welcome to Dixie, Christine - Friday, April 13, 2007

This has been a busy week for Christine Sun. And judging by the nature of her job, it only stands to get busier.

Sun, a well-known gay rights attorney, just began her new post Monday leading the American Civil Liberties Union's (ACLU) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) rights work in the South.

92. State Film Incentives Offer Clue About Village Roadshow in Memphis - Friday, September 8, 2006

For the big-league Hollywood film company that's in talks to set up a movie production hub in Memphis, it's lights, camera, inaction - at least for now.

On the one hand, sources have confirmed that either Village Roadshow Pictures Group or a division of that company is interested in opening a major operation in Memphis, an undertaking that would include building a soundstage and production offices. Village Roadshow, in turn, would spend $250 million on productions in the city over a five-year period.

93. 'Cautious Optimism' Permeates Industrial Market - Monday, August 21, 2006

After a few dark years followed by a tentative climb, the Memphis-area industrial development market is creeping further into the light.

With net absorption reaching about 5 million square feet in 2005 and on track for similar growth in 2006, developers are holding out hope that last year's market turnaround could have staying power, said Jim Mercer, executive vice president of CB Richard Ellis Memphis.

94. California-Based Silagi Moves Into Memphis Industrial Market - Tuesday, August 8, 2006

363-410 Burma Road
Memphis, TN 38106
Sale Amount: $3.5 million

Sale Date: June 28, 2006

Buyer: 363-410 Burma LLC

95. Urban Art: Vital Element or Frivolous Decoration? - Friday, May 5, 2006

Although Memphis might lag behind many large cities in the realm of public art, progress is being made one rooftop at a time. The latest example was "Inside/Out," an outdoor interactive piece exhibited at the South Main Trolley Tour last Friday night.

96. Archived Article: Trends - Monday, January 24, 2005
By Andy Meek

Pickup Projected in Memphis IT Hiring

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

Like an athlete preparing for a marathon, the information technology field in Memphis is flexing its muscle and preparing for a steady run in 2005.

Leaders at...

97. Archived Article: Permits Quarterly (lead) - Wednesday, October 13, 2004
Third quarter building permits

Construction Increases in Third Quarter

Residential market continues surge, commercial looks up

LANCE ALLAN

The Daily News

Mid to late summer 2004 was a good time to be employed in construction in Memphi...

98. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, July 16, 2004
Claude Talford, director of the Shelby County Emergency Management Agency, would like to see Memphians become more proactive t

Talford Steps Up City Preparedness

ROSALIND GUY

The Daily News

Claude Talford, director of the Memphis/Shelby ...

99. Archived Article: Steel (lead) - Wednesday, June 16, 2004
Investors absorbing rising steel costs

Builders Struggle With Rising Steel Costs

Global consumption, industry volatility play role in increase

ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

Add steel products to the list of construction materials with ri...

100. Archived Article: Standout - Friday, May 21, 2004
A 501C3 support the SCS through variety of activities and fundraising

Baker Champions School Fund-Raising Efforts

ANDREW BELL

The Daily News

As a community leader and father of two, Randy Baker, former principal with public relations fir...