CANTON, Miss. (AP) – Nissan says it's giving $250,000 to seven historically black colleges and universities in Mississippi to support science, technology, engineering and math programs.

2. Blankenship Named President Of Coldwell Banker Collins Maury - Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Sean Blankenship has joined Coldwell Banker Collins Maury as president, coming to the Collierville-based full-service real estate firm after serving as chief marketing officer for Coldwell Banker Real Estate LLC. In his new role, Blankenship will focus on growing the company’s presence in the greater Memphis and northern Mississippi markets.

3. New Tennessee State Museum Campaign Yields $25M in Donations - Wednesday, October 11, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The new Tennessee State Museum project has yielded more than $25 million in donations by corporations, foundations and individuals.

In a news release Monday, museum officials said the money committed during the initial "silent phase" puts the campaign more than halfway toward its $40 million fundraising goal.

4. Auto Supplier Denso: $1B Investment in Tennessee Plant - Monday, October 9, 2017

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Automotive supplier Denso announced plans Friday to invest $1 billion and create more than 1,000 new jobs in its main Tennessee facility to meet growing demand for electric vehicle parts.

5. For Electric Cars to Take Off, They'll Need Place to Charge - Monday, August 14, 2017

DETROIT (AP) – Around the world, support is growing for electric cars. Automakers are delivering more electric models with longer range and lower prices, such as the Chevrolet Bolt and the Tesla Model 3. China has set aggressive targets for electric vehicle sales to curb pollution; some European countries aim to be all-electric by 2040 or sooner.

6. Analysis: Mississippi LGBT Law Faces More Court Scrutiny - Monday, June 26, 2017

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi is in for a long court fight over constitutional questions about its law dealing with religious objections to same-sex marriage.

Legislators in 2016 passed House Bill 1523 , called the "Protecting Freedom of Conscience from Government Discrimination Act."

7. The Alamo? No, Vols Rally Around Loss to Vandy - Friday, December 23, 2016

Tennessee’s football team can’t afford to get too merry when it goes into Christmas break this weekend. Not with the way it finished the 2016 regular season, and not with a chance for some redemption.

8. Nashville Joins Cities Seeking Major League Soccer Team - Wednesday, August 10, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Some Nashville investors and supporters are making a push for Music City to be among the communities awarded expansion franchises by Major League Soccer.

Bill Hagerty, a former state commissioner of economic and community development, and Will Alexander, the son of U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander, are spearheading the effort called the Nashville MLS Organizing Committee. It includes a bipartisan group of former politicians and leaders of Nashville-area companies.

9. Robots Are Taking Tennessee’s Jobs - Saturday, April 23, 2016

MTSU student Nathan Simpkins found the perfect major when the university started its mechatronics engineering program in 2013, a pursuit practically guaranteeing him a high-paying job in an increasingly automated manufacturing industry.

10. Statewide Demand Outstrips Supply of Qualified Workers - Saturday, April 2, 2016

Tennessee is surging as a major manufacturing state, bouncing back from the Great Recession by attracting billions of dollars in new investment and creating thousands of new – and often very high-paying – advanced manufacturing jobs.

11. Dodging a Disaster With Volkswagen? - Saturday, March 26, 2016

Next month will mark five years since the first Passat rolled off the assembly line at Chattanooga’s Volkswagen plant. Most anniversaries are a cause for celebration.

But as Chattanoogans blow out the candles on this particular milestone they’ll be hoping that Volkswagen’s diesel emissions troubles will soon be extinguished, too, and that the new SUV model they’ll start producing this year will help VW emerge from the crisis a better and stronger company than before.

12. Feuer Powertrain Begins Production In Tunica - Saturday, November 7, 2015

Feuer Powertrain North America Inc. has started production at its $60 million plant plant in Tunica County, Mississippi.

The Robinsonville plant’s first product from the assembly line was a V8 diesel crankshaft for Cummins that will go into a new Nissan Titan pick-up truck.

13. Feuer Powertrain Begins Production In Tunica - Friday, November 6, 2015

Feuer Powertrain North America Inc. has started production at its $60 million plant plant in Tunica County, Mississippi.

14. Nissan Making Refreshed Altima Sedan at Tenn., Miss. Plants - Wednesday, October 28, 2015

SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) — Nissan is launching production of an updated version of the midsized Altima sedan at assembly plants in Smyrna, Tennessee, and Canton, Mississippi.

The Japanese automaker's U.S. plants have combined to make more than 5.5 million Altimas since 1992.

15. Haslam Expresses Hope of Luring VW Headquarters to Tenn. - Wednesday, October 21, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam on Tuesday expressed hopes that Volkswagen's emissions cheating scandal won't hurt Tennessee's efforts to lure the German automaker's North American headquarters to the state.

16. ECD Commissioner: Memphis Megasite is Tennessee's 'Greatest Asset' - Tuesday, September 22, 2015

The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development is getting serious about the Memphis Regional Megasite with new promotional materials intended to attract a major original equipment manufacturer.

17. Rocky Top In Nashville: Good For City, Bad For Vols - Saturday, September 5, 2015

I can’t help but get fired up for a college football game between Tennessee and Virginia Tech in front of 150,000 people at Bristol Motor Speedway.

18. Nissan Launches Production of Redesigned Maxima - Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Nissan on Tuesday launched the production of a redesigned version of its flagship Maxima sedan that the Japanese automaker hopes will revive flagging sales.

Nissan stresses a sportier approach taken for the eighth generation of the Maxima as the company seeks to reverse a trend of struggling sales for large sedans in in recent years.

19. Less for the Tank, More for the Bank - Saturday, March 21, 2015

The U.S. Energy Information Administration predicts the typical American household will save nearly $750 on gasoline in 2015, but no one should expect the good fortune to last forever.

Yes, gas prices did fall below $2 – and have begun falling again in recent days after rising about 35 cents in February and early March – but now it’s spring, a time when gas prices typically rise.

20. Nissan to Build $160 Million Supplier Park at Tennessee Plant - Thursday, March 19, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Nissan Motor Co. announced plans Tuesday to build a new $160 million supplier park at its Tennessee assembly plant that the Japanese automaker projects to attract more than 1,000 jobs.

21. Eakin: Rising Rents Hitting All of Middle Tennessee - Saturday, March 7, 2015

Selling business people on the idea of relocating to Nashville is easy for commercial real estate broker Barry R. Smith because he, too, bought into the city’s charm when he first came to town in 1981.

22. Hitting the Accelerator - Saturday, January 17, 2015

Five years after the Great Recession rocked the nation and nearly destroyed auto manufacturing in Tennessee, the Midstate’s industry is booming again.

Nissan’s growth is no small part of that, largely because of the company’s confidence in the state of Tennessee and Gov. Bill Haslam, according to José Muñoz, executive vice president of Nissan Motor Co. and chairman of Nissan North America, which is headquartered in Franklin.

23. Nissan Pledges Further Expansion of Mississippi Plant - Thursday, November 6, 2014

CANTON, Miss. (AP) – Nissan Motor Co. says it wants to produce 507,000 vehicles a year at its Mississippi plant by 2017, an expansion that would add about 1,000 employees to the current 6,300 workers at the complex.

24. Hiring to Push Mississippi Nissan Employment Over 6,000 - Friday, May 30, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A Nissan Motor Co. contractor has begun seeking applicants for 500 workers as part of the automaker's buildup to begin producing a new model in Mississippi.

25. Tire-Maker Hankook to Build Tennessee Plant - Tuesday, October 15, 2013

South Korean tire-maker Hankook announced Monday that it will build its first North American plant in Tennessee, creating 1,800 jobs.

Hankook, the world's seventh-largest tire maker, said it will build the $800 million facility in Clarksville. Construction on the 1.5 million-square-foot facility is scheduled to begin by the end of next year, and it will begin making high-end performance tires by early 2016.

26. Bryant Touts Delta as Auto Epicenter - Thursday, September 26, 2013

A different kind of Detroit comparison was made in the Mississippi Delta this week.

It’s a comparison to Detroit’s golden age as the center of the U.S auto industry instead of its later decline and recent fiscal insolvency.

27. Calsonic Kansei Adding 1,200 Jobs in Tennessee - Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Auto parts supplier Calsonic Kansei North America is adding 1,200 jobs at three facilities in Tennessee.

Gov. Bill Haslam announced Tuesday, Sept. 3, that the Nissan subsidiary is adding the positions to plants in Shelbyville, Lewisburg and Smyrna.

28. Nissan Adds 900 Jobs to Make Rogue at Tennessee Plant - Friday, June 28, 2013

NASHVILLE (AP) – Nissan is adding 900 jobs to start making the Rogue crossover SUV at its Tennessee plant, the Japanese automaker announced Thursday.

The new jobs are in addition to 800 positions added at the Smyrna plant last year, and will bring total employment at the suburban Nashville facility to more than 7,000. Hiring is already underway, and Rogue production is scheduled to begin this fall.

29. Suits Dismissed Against Corps Over Nashville Flood - Friday, March 1, 2013

NASHVILLE (AP) – A federal judge has dismissed a pair of lawsuits claiming the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers was responsible for flood damage in 2010 to the Grand Ole Opry, Gibson Guitar and other Nashville-area businesses.

30. General Motors' Stock Rise Surprises Industry - Monday, October 1, 2012

DETROIT (AP) – Surprise! The top-performing stock among automakers in the U.S. this quarter is General Motors.

The company, which endured management upheaval during the quarter and announced that it would lose substantial cash in Europe, saw its shares rise almost 18 percent from July through late September. The gain was the best since the first quarter of this year, when the stock climbed about 23 percent. GM posted strong profits in that period.

31. Region Should Benefit From GreenTech Opening - Friday, July 13, 2012

When a group of American investors bought a Chinese auto company making electric vehicles and decided to move the plant to the U.S., the competition was intense for the location.

Haley Barbour, who was governor of Mississippi at the time, points out it was not as intense as the competition for the Toyota plant that the state had previously won.

32. Memphis Habitat Affiliate Receives Nissan Grant - Monday, January 23, 2012

Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis will participate in a new sustainable building grant program sponsored by Nissan North America Inc.

33. CRE Activity Stays Strong During 2011 - Friday, December 30, 2011

Despite hard times, local commercial real estate firms were able to ink plenty of deals in the past 12 months.

Memphis’ industrial leasing activity kicked off in January when Buena Park, Calif.-based Pacific Logistics Corp. signed a 60,000-square-foot lease in ProLogis Park DeSoto for its first Memphis-area location.

34. Toyota Celebrates Production Start at New US Plant - Friday, November 18, 2011

BLUE SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) – Toyota celebrated the start of Corolla production at its newest U.S. auto plant Thursday after a lengthy delay that the car maker blamed on a weak economy.

The ceremony formally marked the start of production last month, almost five years after Toyota Motor Corp. announced in February 2007 that it would build a sprawling facility in Blue Springs, a tiny town in the sparsely populated hills of north Mississippi.

35. Nissan North America Renews Lease In SE Shelby - Friday, October 28, 2011

Nissan North America Inc. has renewed its 413,000-square-foot lease in Southeast Shelby County.

36. CMOM Names Roberts Marketing, Fundraising Coord. - Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Carrie Callaway Roberts has been named marketing and fundraising coordinator at The Children’s Museum of Memphis.

37. Goodspeed Named CIO at ServiceMaster - Monday, September 26, 2011

Linda Goodspeed is the new chief information officer at The ServiceMaster Co., the latest appointment to the top ranks of the Memphis-based company by ServiceMaster CEO Hank Mullany.

38. Goodspeed Named CIO at ServiceMaster - Friday, September 23, 2011

Linda Goodspeed is the new chief information officer at The ServiceMaster Co., the latest appointment to the top ranks of the Memphis-based company by ServiceMaster CEO Hank Mullany.

39. US Malaise, Debt Stalemate Shake Allies Globally - Monday, August 1, 2011

BEIJING (AP) — America's debt crisis and economic malaise are shaking confidence in its global leadership.

Many governments see Washington's paralysis as political theater ahead of a presidential election and wonder how American hardliners can be allowed to hold up a deal and bring a globalized economy to the brink.

40. Nissan Dispute Moved to Federal Court - Thursday, June 9, 2011

CANTON, Miss. (AP) – Canton's lawsuit seeking to invalidate a state law that bars the city from annexing the Nissan plant site is now in federal court.

Attorneys for Nissan North America moved the case from Madison County Circuit Court because the city raised new issues in an amended complaint.

41. US Auto Sales Cooled in May Due to Shortages - Thursday, June 2, 2011

DETROIT (AP) – U.S. auto sales cooled off in May as dealers started running short on some popular, fuel-efficient models and buyers were turned off by sharply lower incentives.

Deals aren't likely to come back until the end of this summer. Some experts are advising people to delay their purchases if they can.

42. Memphis Closer to Electric Vehicle Technology - Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Memphis Light, Gas and Water Division should have 10 locations up and running by September for public charging stations for electric vehicles.

And Tennesseans who buy a Nissan Leaf, the all-electric vehicle coming to the market in 2012, will get a free home charging station as part of federal government incentives in six states and Washington as well as state government incentives in Tennessee.

43. APNewsBreak: Businesses, PACs Give $1.4M to Haslam - Thursday, February 17, 2011

NASHVILLE (AP) – Businesses, trade groups and political action committees accounted for three out of every five dollars raised for Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam's inauguration last month.

44. The Law of Attraction - Monday, September 13, 2010

The state of Tennessee is basking in the glow of its growing reputation as a top destination for companies following a myriad of accolades for its favorable and welcoming business climate.

While Chief Executive magazine ranked the Volunteer State the nation’s third best for business, Southern Business & Development magazine named Tennessee its State of the Year.

45. Noel Becomes ABA Delegate From Tennessee - Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Randall D. Noel has been elected as the Tennessee delegate to the American Bar Association’s House of Delegates.

Noel is a member of Butler, Snow, O’Mara, Stevens & Cannada PLLC’s Commercial Litigation Group. Noel is a Fellow of the American, Tennessee and Memphis Bar Foundations and has served as president of the Tennessee Bar Association.

46. Energy Secretary Announces Nissan Loan Closing - Monday, February 1, 2010

The U.S. Department of Energy has closed a $1.4 billion loan agreement with Nissan North America Inc., a transaction the automaker said will eventually create up to 1,300 jobs at its Smyrna assembly complex to make the all-electric Leaf and lithium-ion battery packs to power it.

47. Tenn. Nissan Plant to Use Methanol to Cut Costs - Wednesday, August 26, 2009

SMYRNA, Tenn. (AP) - In another cost-cutting move that also makes its car and truck production a little greener, Nissan North America said Tuesday it will use methanol fuel cells on some vehicles used to haul parts to assembly lines, starting at its plant in central Tennessee.

48. Ford, Nissan, Tesla's Electric Plans Get $8B Jolt - Wednesday, June 24, 2009

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) - Cultivating the next generation of fuel-efficient vehicles, the Obama administration said Tuesday it would lend $5.9 billion to Ford Motor Co. and about $2.1 billion to Nissan Motor Co. and Tesla Motors Inc. in a government-industry partnership to build green cars.

49. Fred Smith Talks Green: Helps the environment and Fedex's bottom line - Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Fred Smith is going green. In the case of the FedEx founder, however, it’s a different shade – something like military fatigue green.

50. UTHSC Professor Dagogo-Jack Appointed A.C. Mullins Chair - Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Samuel Dagogo-Jack has been appointed to the A.C. Mullins chair in Translational Research, an endowed professorship, at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center. Dagogo-Jack has also been named chief of the Division of Endocrinology for the Department of Medicine in the College of Medicine.

51. Electric Nissan to Have 100-Mile Battery Range - Wednesday, February 18, 2009

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A top Nissan North America executive says the company's new, all-electric car to be sold starting late next year will have 100 miles of pure battery range.

Product planning and strategy director Mark Perry also told the Chattanooga Engineers Club that the company wants to eventually make the car and batteries at its plant in Smyrna.

52. Toyota Cutting US Execs' Pay, Offering Buyouts - Monday, February 16, 2009

NEW YORK (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. is reacting to the slump in U.S. auto sales by further cutting North American production, slashing executives' compensation up to 30 percent and offering buyouts to about 18,000 workers.

53. Nissan Not Yet Giving Locations of Job Cuts - Tuesday, February 10, 2009

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Nissan spokesman in Franklin says the company is not yet saying if its job cutting will include employees at plants in Tennessee and Mississippi.

Nissan spokesman Fred Standish said the locations will be announced "hopefully very soon."

54. US Auto Sales Drop in 2008, Recovery Unclear - Wednesday, January 7, 2009

DETROIT (AP) - After a year in which U.S. auto sales tumbled 18 percent and GM had its worst year in nearly a half-century amid slack demand fueled by a terrible economic outlook and growing job worries, automakers are reluctant to predict when a recovery might occur.

55. Falling Energy Prices Yet to Show Economic Return - Monday, December 22, 2008

PHOENIX (AP) - Economists believe that American consumers as a whole pocket a billion dollars every time the price for a gallon of gas drops by a penny. Given that retail gas prices have dropped by $2.44 per gallon since July, there should be a lot of money flowing back into the economy.

56. GM Oct. Sales Fall Nearly Half; Ford Drops 30 Pct - Tuesday, November 4, 2008

DETROIT (AP) – General Motors' October U.S. sales plunged 45 percent and Ford's dropped 30 percent, as low consumer confidence and tight credit combined to scare customers away from showrooms.

57. Auto Industry Girds for Another Weak Sales Month - Monday, November 3, 2008

NEW YORK (AP) - The auto industry is preparing to report yet another month of rapidly slowing sales – possibly the worst in decades – as the same toxic combination of the credit crunch and the careening economy continue to keep consumers away from dealerships.

58. Tennessee Officials Look Forward to VW Cooperation - Thursday, October 23, 2008

WOLFSBURG, Germany (AP) - Tennessee officials, including Gov. Phil Bredesen, said Wednesday that Volkswagen AG's decision to build a new plant in Chattanooga was clearly a bonus for the state and they were looking forward to working together.

59. Nissan: 'Good Response' to Tenn. Worker Buyouts - Monday, September 15, 2008

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Nissan spokesman reported a "good response" to an employee buyout offer expiring Friday, but declined to say how many employees are taking the money.

Nissan North America Inc. spokesman Steve Parrett said Friday that the number of employees accepting the offer would likely be revealed sometime later.

60. GM Posts $15.5B 2Q Loss, Third Worst in its History - Tuesday, August 5, 2008

DETROIT (AP) - With another huge quarterly loss now in its rearview mirror, General Motors Corp. faces the ominous task of raising revenue by selling cars rather than trucks.

But even with plans to boost production of its hot-selling fuel-efficient models and cut output of unpopular trucks and sport utility vehicles, the company is running short on time if it keeps burning through more than $1 billion in cash every month.

61. Nissan Offering Buyouts to Tennessee Employees - Friday, August 1, 2008

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Nissan North America Inc. said Wednesday it will offer buyouts to about 6,000 employees at the company's two Tennessee plants and eliminate a night shift at one plant because rising fuel prices and the economic downturn have slowed sales of trucks and sport utility vehicles.

62. Volkswagen Selects Tennessee for US Auto Plant - Wednesday, July 16, 2008

CHATTANOOGA (AP) - Volkswagen picked Chattanooga over rival sites in two other states for a new U.S. assembly plant expected to create about 2,000 jobs.

Volkswagen Group of America Inc. will produce a new midsize sedan designed specifically for the North American consumer and invest $1 billion in the economy, the company has announced.

63. Redline Unlimited Helps Racing Enthusiasts Realize Ultimate Horsepower Dreams - Monday, April 30, 2007

J. Robert Towery is just as comfortable driving on the track at Memphis Motorsports Park as he is driving along Interstate 240.

Once a professional race car driver, Towery retired after winning the 1998 International Motorsports Association's North American Sports Car Team Championship as a part of SpeedSource Race Engineering, a team he founded along with Sylvain Tremblay.

64. Nissan North AmericaShakes Up Management - Tuesday, March 13, 2007
     Nissan North America Inc. (NNA) recently has shuffled its sales and marketing department in what the company announced was a move to better position the carmaker for long-term, profitable growth. The move, incidentally,

65. Keeping Tabs - Thursday, March 8, 2007

A local business group that dabbles - among other things - in logistics and technology services has bought several acres in Downtown Memphis for the expansion of a cutting-edge business park.

The Memphis-based DeHart Group, which includes several related business entities, also has snapped up parcels recently in Midtown, where it's planning to centralize its operations within the commercial space whose occupants include Strings & Things.

66. Nissan's Memphis OperationsScheduled to Crank Up Soon - Wednesday, January 24, 2007
     Nissan North America plans to have its new regional distribution facility open for operations by April.
     In December, it was announced that Nissan had chosen Memphis to launch a 413,000-

67. Tennessee to Get NissanNorth American Headquarters - Monday, November 14, 2005
State officials late last week announced that Nissan North America Inc. plans to move its corporate headquarters, along with about 1,300 jobs, to Franklin, Tenn. The company will begin moving into temporary facilities in Downtown Nashville next year

68. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Monday, June 20, 2005
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Whitten Bend Investors LP has purchased two parcels totaling 261.66 acres partially located in Fayette and Shelby counties near Mt. Pleasant Road for $2.6 million. The sellers are MacDuff Family F...

69. Archived Article: Daily Digest - Friday, June 27, 2003
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SCB inks deal

with aerospace firm

SCB Computer Technology Inc. entered into a $23 million subcontractor agreement with a major global provider of information technology operations and outsourcing services. The contract consist...

70. Archived Article: Desoto Ind Update Lj - Tuesday, June 25, 1996
lj 10/5 cates American National Can one of several expansions in Olive Branch By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News City officials often brag about new companies coming to the area, but in Olive Branch, Miss., officials are also crowing about the number ...