Memphis pitcher Giovanny Gallegos was batting in the bottom of the 10th inning Sunday at AutoZone Park with two outs and the bases loaded, the Redbirds and Oklahoma City tied 3-3. And they were tied because the Dodgers’ Henry Ramos had blasted a two-run homer off Gallegos just a few minutes earlier for a brief 3-1 lead.

2. Talks with Canadian Officials Expected After U.S.-Mexico Deal - Wednesday, August 29, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada's minister of foreign affairs is scheduled to hold talks in Washington on Tuesday in hopes of reaching a trade agreement with the United States, an urgent response after President Donald Trump announced a deal with Mexico on Monday that left out Canada.

3. Even with Questions and Injuries, Alabama Has Rich People’s Problems - Wednesday, August 22, 2018

See if any of this sounds like cause for concern: The team has an ongoing quarterback controversy. It lost four defensive leaders to the NFL Draft, injuries have cut into the depth at outside linebacker, the secondary had a lousy scrimmage a couple of days ago, and the leading returning receiver only made 14 catches last season.

4. Even with Questions and Injuries, Alabama Has Rich People’s Problems - Wednesday, August 22, 2018

See if any of this sounds like cause for concern: The team has an ongoing quarterback controversy. It lost four defensive leaders to the NFL Draft, injuries have cut into the depth at outside linebacker, the secondary had a lousy scrimmage a couple of days ago, and the leading returning receiver only made 14 catches last season.

5. Financial Fruit: Apple Becomes 1st Trillion-Dollar Company - Friday, August 3, 2018

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple has become the world's first publicly traded company to be valued at $1 trillion.

The milestone marks the triumph of stylish technology that has redefined what we expect from our gadgets ever since two mavericks named Steve started the company 42 years ago.

6. Triumph Offers Stock Repurchase Program for Shareholders - Monday, June 4, 2018

Due to Triumph Bank’s strong earnings, the board of directors of Triumph Bancshares Inc. has authorized a stock repurchase program for its shareholders.

7. Trump Signs Bill Easing Post-2008 Crisis Restraints on Banks - Friday, May 25, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump on Thursday signed into law a measure that loosens key restraints for banks imposed after the 2008 financial crisis and Great Recession. Savoring the legislative triumph, he called it "the next step in America's unprecedented economic comeback."

8. Trump Cancels Summit, Citing 'Open Hostility' By North Korea - Friday, May 25, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) – In a dramatic diplomatic turn, President Donald Trump on Thursday called off next month's summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, calling the cancellation a "tremendous setback" for peace and stressing that the US military was ready to respond to any "foolish or reckless acts" by the North.

9. Last Word: The Graceland Campaign, NFL Draft Run Down and Heritage Trail's Story - Monday, April 30, 2018

Riverside Drive is partially closed through Tuesday and then completely closed starting Wednesday marking the official start of Memphis In May and much of what is spring and summer in Memphis. Following close behind is registration for the Dragon Boat Races in mid-May. But it’s not all fun and games and detouring as you draw close to the river.

10. Triumph Bank Chairman: We Expect Record Earnings in 2018 - Monday, April 30, 2018

Triumph Bank’s leadership has laid out some ambitious goals the fast-growing bank will be pursuing through the rest of 2018 as well as some longer-term targets it will try and hit over the next five years.

11. Events - Monday, April 9, 2018

Opera Memphis’ sixth annual Midtown Opera Festival takes place Friday, April 6, through April 14 at Playhouse on the Square, 66 S. Cooper St. The festival is anchored by two operas, “The Triumph of Honor” and “The Opera 901 Showcase,” plus other musical performances, family events, panel discussions and more. Visit operamemphis.org/mof18 for a schedule.

12. Events - Saturday, April 7, 2018

Art by Design, a designer showcase benefiting ArtsMemphis, is underway through Sunday, April 8, in the Pipkin Building at the Mid-South Fairgrounds. More than a dozen interior design team have created custom “vignettes” within a chic gallery showroom, with special presentations each day. Single-day tickets are $20.  Visit artsmemphis.org for details and hours.

13. Events - Friday, April 6, 2018

Art by Design, a designer showcase benefiting ArtsMemphis, is underway through Sunday, April 8, in the Pipkin Building at the Mid-South Fairgrounds. More than a dozen interior design team have created custom “vignettes” within a chic gallery showroom, with special presentations each day. Single-day tickets are $20. Visit artsmemphis.org for details and hours.

14. Last Word: Tubby's Meeting, Moral Monday and Strickland and Overton Square Plans - Tuesday, March 13, 2018

Tigers coach Tubby Smith meets with the university administration Tuesday now that its official that the basketball team will not be going to the NCAA or NIT tournaments for a fourth consecutive season. So we could know something about the coaching situation at the U of M Tuesday and probably with some rumors in the interim because this is Tigers basketball.

15. Triumph Adds Bankers, Expands Into Nashville - Tuesday, March 13, 2018

As its annual meeting approaches, Triumph Bank finds itself in a protracted growth spurt, with activity encompassing everything from a pickup in mortgage activity to the addition of new bankers and an expansion into Nashville.

16. Transport Safety Rules Rolled Back Under Trump - Tuesday, February 27, 2018

WASHINGTON (AP) – On a clear, dry June evening in 2015, cars and trucks rolled slowly in a herky-jerky backup ahead of an Interstate 75 construction zone in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Barreling toward them: an 18-ton tractor-trailer going about 80 mph.

17. Martin Meets Latest Challenge With ‘Umph’ - Thursday, February 8, 2018

It has been said that the difference between try and triumph is that little “umph.” If there was ever anyone that shows just what a difference that makes, it is Jay Martin, president of Juice Plus. He puts that “umph” in everything he does.

18. Last Word: Eureka Education, Confederate Monuments in Court and Dillon Brooks - Friday, January 26, 2018

Supermarkets are hard. That is the tag line in every discussion about getting a supermarket or grocery store for a given part of town that doesn’t have one. And once a new supermarket goes up somewhere else, there is inevitably word that a competitor or two is going to build nearby. The discussion always includes the mandatory recitation of the 3 to 4 percent profit margin stores operate on, which even knowledgeable critics of the decisions about where to locate and not to locate stores acknowledge is accurate.

19. Frayser CDC Growing, Expanding Headquarters - Thursday, January 18, 2018

The Frayser Community Development Corp. is a lot busier these days, so much so that it’s expanding its headquarters at 3684 N. Watkins St., where the organization is bursting at the seams.

20. Mortgage Market Slows in December, Up 8 Pct. in ’17 - Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Buoyed in part by solid numbers for 2017, bankers in Memphis like David Umsted are already looking ahead to what they foresee will be another busy year for the mortgage business locally thanks to a mix of underlying strengths for the market.

21. Last Word: Rate Hike No Go, No Abortion Vote Recount and Infill - Wednesday, January 10, 2018

A foggy night, rising temperatures and the prospect of snow by Friday evening. This sounds like a familiar setting for something unexpected in Memphis while the old year is still a recent memory and the new year is still new. Tigers on a tear Tuesday evening at FedExForum, beating Tulane 96 – 89.

22. 2017 a Year of Expansion for Memphis Banks - Wednesday, December 20, 2017

The biggest banks in Memphis made aggressive pushes this year to raise their profiles and expand footprints, as competition in the sector heats up and the industry continues winning back the strength it enjoyed before the bust of 2008.

23. Spikner Plans Shipping-Container Apartment Complex - Monday, December 4, 2017

126 N Bellevue Blvd.,
Memphis, TN 38104 

Application Date: Dec. 20, 2017

24. Prologis Continues Selling Spree in Memphis - Saturday, December 2, 2017

San Francisco-based logistics real estate firm Prologis Inc. is continuing its selling streak in Memphis with the sale of four properties to Denver, Colorado-based Triumph Real Estate Corp. for a combined $11.3 million.

25. Prologis Continues Selling Spree in Memphis - Thursday, November 30, 2017

San Francisco-based logistics real estate firm Prologis Inc. is continuing its selling streak in Memphis with the sale of four properties to Denver, Colorado-based Triumph Real Estate Corp. for a combined $11.3 million.

26. Last Word: Corker's Touchstone, Quonset Rehab and The Methodist Chart - Wednesday, October 11, 2017

More invective from the White House directed at U.S. Senator Bob Corker since we last met here. And it is now becoming a sort of political prairie fire among Republicans in the Beltway per The New York Times.

27. FDIC Report Shows Top Memphis Banks - Thursday, October 5, 2017

With a few exceptions, the Top 10 banks in the Memphis metro area as ranked by deposits by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. in its latest annual report hasn’t changed much this time around.

28. Panel: Memphis a Food Town in Which Restaurants Build Community - Monday, September 18, 2017

High Cotton Brewing Co. co-founder Brice Timmons has a quote he jokingly uses to describe the life of a beer brewer in Memphis.

29. REIT Set to Make Fifth Downtown Memphis Investment - Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Alpha Residential Trust, a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based real estate investment trust, has entered into an agreement to purchase the 266 Lofts development at the corner of Front Street and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.

30. The Week Ahead: Sept. 11-18 - Monday, September 11, 2017

Hey, Memphis! This week we’re gearing up for the Cooper Young Festival and a packed house at the Tigers vs. UCLA game. Plus, Uptown Funk heads Downtown and The Joker hits East Memphis. Here’s what else you need to know about in The Week Ahead…

31. Recipe for Success - Saturday, September 9, 2017

If you’re in the process of starting a restaurant, or really any kind of food- or drink-related enterprise, and you find yourself in conversation with High Cotton Brewing Co. co-founder Brice Timmons about it, you might be tempted to ask him for some advice on how it’s done.

32. Sharing Their Lessons As Business Owners - Thursday, August 31, 2017

One of the reasons that Deni and Patrick Reilly’s popular Downtown restaurant The Majestic Grille has endured for 11 years is because of the way they’ve learned to adapt to the limitations of the food business.

33. Collierville Design Firm Relocates to Memphis - Saturday, July 29, 2017

The Kitbash Brand Design team has moved from Collierville to the Broad Avenue Arts District.

Founded by Jeff Rodgers in 2013, Kitbash is a creative agency that had been located at the Collierville Town Square. After months of searching, Rodgers and his team of creatives found a 2,400-square-foot space at the corner of Bingham Street and Broad Avenue.

34. Collierville Design Firm Relocates to Memphis - Wednesday, July 26, 2017

The Kitbash Brand Design team has moved from Collierville to the Broad Avenue Arts District.

Founded by Jeff Rodgers in 2013, Kitbash is a creative agency that had been located at the Collierville Town Square. After months of searching, Rodgers and his team of creatives found a 2,400-square-foot space at the corner of Bingham Street and Broad Avenue.

35. Ole Miss Buys Baptist Hospital in $22 Million Deal - Thursday, June 22, 2017

2301 S. Lamar Blvd.
Oxford, MS 38655

Sale Amount: $22 million

Sale Date: June 15, 2017

36. Midtown Medical Facility Sells for $9.5 Million - Wednesday, June 21, 2017

Southern California-based Majestic Realty Co. has purchased a Midtown medical facility from Vanguard of Memphis LLC for $9.5 million, according to paperwork filed with the Shelby County Register of Deeds.

37. Shelby County Mortgage Market Sees 14 Percent Gain in May - Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Sam Goff, vice president of Independent Bank’s mortgage division, got two new contracts in place for homebuyers over the weekend, which gave him an upbeat start to the week.

38. Former Vol Gault Sprints Into State Sports Hall of Fame - Friday, June 2, 2017

It was way back in 1980 that John Ward, the University of Tennessee’s legendary former play-by-play man, delivered one of his more memorable lines.

39. 'War' on Blight - Friday, May 19, 2017

Attorney Steve Barlow has been working on blight issues for 20 years, which is to say he’s been working for two decades almost exclusively on the maze of rules, regulations and procedures that make blight possible and sustainable.

40. New Documentary Tells Story of Tobey Skate Park - Wednesday, May 17, 2017

A new documentary on the 6-year-old Memphis Skate Park at Tobey Park takes a look at skate culture in Memphis and the struggle to get the park to reality after securing a grant that ran out and then securing city capital funding for it.

41. Joyful House Republicans Vote to Repeal Reviled 'Obamacare' - Friday, May 5, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) – Delivering at last, triumphant House Republicans voted Thursday to repeal and replace the "Obamacare" health plan they have reviled for so long, overcoming united Democratic opposition and their own deep divisions to hand a major win to President Donald Trump.

42. Last Word: Rain, Rain... Cooper-Young Holding Pattern and Haslam on IMPROVE - Monday, May 1, 2017

Trees down, power out, Redbirds' Saturday game called early with no fireworks, flooding in some parts of the Mid-South region. So this means Beale Street Music Festival weekend will be clear as a bell, right? Ponchos and boots ready just in case, as well as light sabres.

43. Q&A: Triumph Bank CEO Recaps 2016 - Monday, May 1, 2017

At Triumph Bank’s annual meeting of shareholders in recent days, bank executives offered a recap of what turned out to be another strong year.
Loans were up 4.5 percent. The bank’s mortgage division saw a nearly 28 percent increase in income. Triumph also opened a new lending center in East Memphis, consolidating staff and finding new efficiencies and a faster way to do business.
Triumph Bank CEO Will Chase sat down with The Daily News to talk about what’s behind the bank’s recent results and its plans for the future.

44. Ballet On Wheels Series Explores Contributions of Black Dancers - Friday, February 17, 2017

The dancers at Memphis’s Ballet On Wheels Dance School are celebrating Black History Month in an innovative way this year. In conjunction with the Memphis Public Library, Ballet On Wheels has launched an interactive, monthlong series called “Groundbreakers: African-American Ballerina Stories of Triumph and Struggles,” that invites Memphians to consider the history and future of ballet in a new light.

45. Last Word: MATA and the TBI, Fieldstone Gets Bigger and Wedge Bills - Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Since Gannett bought The Commercial Appeal there has been a lot of speculation about what would remain of the Memphis operation in a newspaper chain known for consolidating not just in-house parts of the publishing process but the reporting side too. The biggest question in the air was the fate of the large printing presses at the CA. And Monday evening, there was an answer.

46. New Triumph Bank Office Shows Way Forward - Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Sometimes, a building can be as much a place as it is a statement, a testament to values and the culture of the people who occupy it.

Such is the case Triumph Bank makes about its new roughly 10,000-square-foot Commercial and Mortgage Lending Center at 5904 Ridgeway Center Parkway. It has an open layout, with teams, desks, executives and employees arrayed in basically a large circle, wrapping around the center of the space.

47. Mortgage Market Shows Strength In January - Friday, February 10, 2017

2017 may be another busy stretch for mortgage bankers in Shelby County, if the atypically busy start to the year is any indication.

Purchase mortgage volume came out of the gate strong in January, rising 28 percent to a little more than $112 million compared with $87.4 million in the year-ago period, according to the latest figures from real estate information company Chandler Reports, chandlerreports.com.

48. SEC Grades: ‘A’ for Alabama; UT, Ole Miss Should Be Grounded - Friday, December 2, 2016

Even as the Ole Miss football program was reeling from an NCAA investigation that gained momentum on the night of the NFL Draft when a former player said he received money from a staff member, optimism about the season ahead was still high.

49. Titans Turnaround? Only If They Can Beat Colts - Friday, October 21, 2016

A single two-point victory at home over the worst team the NFL has to offer this season might not sound like much of an accomplishment.

But for the Tennessee Titans it was definitely a step back toward respectability. 

50. Last Word: Trezevant Football and The Past, Change by Trial and Instagram - Friday, September 30, 2016

Almost a year ago Trezevant High School was the state football champion in their division – the Frayser school’s first ever football championship. And for those with long memories of the city’s colorful history of high school athletics, there was some vindication in that.

51. Triumph Bank Honored By Industry Association - Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Triumph Bank has been nationally recognized by the American Bankers Association Foundation for its Personal Financial Management Program with The Boys Scouts of America with a 2016 Community Commitment Award.

52. Eclectic Eye Co-Founder: A Small Business Has to Start Somewhere - Monday, September 19, 2016

Robbie Johnson Weinberg has a great appreciation for FedEx, AutoZone, International Paper and other large corporations based in Memphis. But when she’s traveling, the co-founder of Eclectic Eye always likes to check out the small businesses in other cities – everything from a neighborhood pub to the “funky comic book store.”

53. Adjustable-Rate Loans See Resurgence - Thursday, July 21, 2016

A loan product that loomed large during the financial crisis of 2007-08 is making something of a return to the local mortgage lending landscape, new data show.

The number of conventional adjustable-rate loans made to Shelby County borrowers so far this year has approached levels not seen since the housing bust, according to figures from real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com. Through the first half of 2016, 114 of those so-called ARMs have been recorded at the time of sale, up 2,750 percent from the first half of 2015.

54. ‘Underground’ Stars Surface in Memphis - Thursday, May 12, 2016

The last time fans of the television show “Underground” saw actor Alano Miller, his character, Cato, was believed to be dead. The unexpected twist for a complex and central character in the WGN America drama based on the Underground Railroad in pre-Civil War America was still generating plenty of social media disbelief nearly a week later.

55. Memphis Banking Market Finding Renewed Equilibrium - Thursday, April 28, 2016

It took about 10 minutes for First Tennessee Bank’s parent company to wrap up its annual meeting of shareholders this week.

56. BancorpSouth Adds Universal Banker Model at New Memphis Branch - Wednesday, April 27, 2016

When new bank branches are built and opened in Memphis, they increasingly resemble not the traditional branches of yesterday, but something new.

Case in point is BancorpSouth’s new branch at 40 N. Pauline, serving Downtown and Midtown, which opened a few weeks ago. The model it’s built around is the buzzy “universal banker” trend that’s now popular around the city and beyond.

57. The Audible: Still Peyton Manning’s Best Weapon - Friday, March 11, 2016

It was, of course, the closing of Peyton Manning’s recent retirement speech that provided the sound bite and made the headlines.

Quoting 2 Timothy 4:7, Manning said: “I have fought the good fight and I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.” He then added: “Well, I have fought the good fight. I’ve finished my football race and after 18 years, it’s time. God bless all of you and God bless football.”

58. Work Begins On Brewery Development - Thursday, February 25, 2016

502 Tennessee St.
Memphis, TN 38103

Permit Amount: $4.5 million

Application Date: Feb. 18, 2016

Tenant: Brewery Master Tenant LLC

Architect: LRK Architects

Contractor: Montgomery Martin Contractors

59. Refinancing Deal Approved For James Lee House - Saturday, February 20, 2016

At its Feb. 17 meeting, the Center City Development Corp. approved refinancing of the James Lee House, lowering the operators’ monthly payments by $8,000.

60. Refinancing Approved for James Lee House - Thursday, February 18, 2016

At its Feb. 17 meeting, the Center City Development Corp. approved refinancing of the James Lee House, lowering the operators’ monthly payments by $8,000.

61. The Week Ahead: Feb. 12, 2016 - Monday, February 15, 2016

How was your weekend, Memphis? Here’s our weekly rundown of local happenings you need to know about, from circus clowns to Republican senators…

Both U.S. Senators representing Tennessee will be in Memphis Saturday for the Shelby County Republican Party’s annual Lincoln Day Gala, historically the local party’s largest annual fundraising event.
Sen. Bob Corker is the keynote speaker with Sen. Lamar Alexander as a special guest.
The Lincoln Day gatherings are county-by-county events across the state that can extend far beyond the shadow of Presidents Day: A few of the Lincoln Day dinners have been known to find a place on the calendar in April.
This is the 41st Lincoln Day event in Shelby County, which puts the local event’s origins squarely in the aftermath of the Watergate scandal, a low-point for Republican fortunes nationally after the state’s modern Republican party was formed and prospered in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
The event always comes with a large helping of local candidates testing the political waters among the dinner tables between podium speeches.
This year, the Shelby County event is sure to feature partisans from the various Republican presidential campaigns because of its place on the February calendar during the early voting period before the March 1 election day.

62. Triumph Bank Names Chief Banking Officer - Saturday, January 23, 2016

Triumph Bank has tapped Britin “Brit” Boatright as executive vice president and chief banking officer.

63. Triumph Bank Names Chief Banking Officer - Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Triumph Bank has tapped Britin “Brit” Boatright as executive vice president and chief banking officer.

64. After a Year of Triumphs and Defeats, Haslam Looks Ahead - Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Eight days into 2015, Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam formally set a special session of the Tennessee legislature for February on his Insure Tennessee plan, a Medicaid expansion Haslam negotiated with the Obama administration.

65. Memphis Banking Officials Brace for Changes In New Year - Tuesday, December 29, 2015

As he chatted about the Memphis banking market with a few guests in a conference room at his bank’s headquarters on Quail Hollow Road back in 2010, Magna Bank chairman, president and CEO Kirk Bailey looked into the future and imagined how local mergers must surely be on the way.

66. Fuente’s Departure From Memphis Bittersweet for All - Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Justin Fuente should have coached in different time, a simpler time. Before this postmodern era of college football in which we all live. Before TV controlled everything.

Before there were Power Five conferences and before conferences had their own networks.

67. Fuente’s Departure From Memphis Bittersweet for All - Saturday, November 28, 2015

Justin Fuente should have coached in different time, a simpler time. Before this postmodern era of college football in which we all live. Before TV controlled everything.

Before there were Power Five conferences and before conferences had their own networks.

68. Fuente’s Leaving Bittersweet for All - Saturday, November 28, 2015

Justin Fuente should have coached in different time, a simpler time.

Before this postmodern era of college football in which we all live.

Before TV controlled everything.

Before there were Power Five conferences and before conferences had their own networks.

69. Fuente’s Leaving Bittersweet for All - Saturday, November 28, 2015

Justin Fuente should have coached in different time, a simpler time.

Before this postmodern era of college football in which we all live.

Before TV controlled everything.

Before there were Power Five conferences and before conferences had their own networks.

70. Fuente’s Leaving Bittersweet for All - Saturday, November 28, 2015

Justin Fuente should have coached in different time, a simpler time.

Before this postmodern era of college football in which we all live.

Before TV controlled everything.

Before there were Power Five conferences and before conferences had their own networks.

71. Trust in Tigers Hoops? For Now, Yes - Friday, November 20, 2015

What food and water are to the human condition, hope is to a new University of Memphis basketball season.

There is no surviving without it.

So that 84-78 loss to No. 8 Oklahoma at FedExForum was much more than a close, well-played basketball game on a November Tuesday afternoon as part of ESPN’s annual 24-hour marathon.

72. Branching Out - Saturday, November 14, 2015

The building going up at 2504 Poplar Ave., where a construction crew has been making steady progress since Iberiabank filed a $750,000 building permit for it back in April, represents something a bit unusual.

73. State Systems Inc. Buys New HQ - Thursday, October 29, 2015

One of the Economic Development Growth Engine’s latest payment-in-lieu-of-taxes recipients is expanding its market footprint and real estate holdings with the recent purchase of seven Memphis properties.

74. Even Joe Buck Knows Value Of a Cubs World Series - Friday, October 9, 2015

Baseball needs the Chicago Cubs.

And Jake Arrieta, and Joe Maddon, and what Joe Buck, of all people, called “old-school ratings.”

75. Events - Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Endowment Resource Group will host two seminars for nonprofits Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 11 a.m. and noon at Triumph Bank, 5699 Poplar Ave. The seminar will focus on avoiding the most common endowment-related mistakes nonprofits make. Cost is free; register at healthyendowment.com.

76. Events - Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Artspace Consulting Services will host public meetings on the future of Memphis College of Art’s Downtown property Tuesday, Sept. 15, at 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, Sept. 16, at 8:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at 477 S. Main St. The public is invited to share their ideas about possible uses for the building. RSVP is recommended, but not required. Visit bit.ly/1PqezEW for details.

77. Small-Business Tips: Research, Network and Have Cash - Friday, September 11, 2015

Small business ideas – dreams, if you will – take time. To create, to develop, to implement and to sustain.

Until recently, Jennifer McCullough’s entrepreneurial dream was just starting to heat up. She had not yet become the successful seafood brand now known as Chef Jenn that spans 18 products in about 1,200 mostly Kroger and Wal-Mart stores.

78. Preparation Enhances Chances for Small-Business Success - Saturday, September 5, 2015

The term “small business” is the ultimate misnomer.

In 2011, according to U.S. Census Bureau data, there were 5.68 million employer firms in the United States. And firms with fewer than 500 workers accounted for 99.7 percent of those businesses. Businesses with fewer than 20 workers made up 89.8 percent.

79. ‘Chef Jenn’ To Serve Up Small-Biz Tips - Monday, August 31, 2015

Her brand name, “Chef Jenn,” suggests she is running a restaurant. So does her background.

Jennifer McCullough not only graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree and the University of Colorado Denver with a Master of Arts, but also from the Culinary School of the Rockies. And sure enough, the Memphis native worked three months in a fancy French restaurant in Denver – and she hated it.

80. Cloverleaf Shopping Center Sells in $4.8 Million Deal - Tuesday, August 25, 2015

5071, 5079 and 5150 Summer Ave.
761 N. White Station Road
Memphis, TN 38122

81. Parkway Village Hotel Sells for $4.8 Million - Saturday, August 22, 2015

The Campaige Place extended-stay hotel has sold for $4.8 million, according to a special warranty deed signed Aug. 14.

The hotel is located at 2705 Cherry Road, just north of American Way between Getwell and Perkins roads, in Parkway Village.

82. Parkway Village Hotel Sells for $4.8 Million - Thursday, August 20, 2015

The Campaige Place extended-stay hotel has sold for $4.8 million, according to a special warranty deed signed Aug. 14.

The hotel is located at 2705 Cherry Road, just north of American Way between Getwell and Perkins roads, in Parkway Village.

83. Editorial: The Triumphant Return of Tigers Football - Saturday, August 15, 2015

Fifty years after the University of Memphis’ first season at the Liberty Bowl, and 52 years since the 1963 undefeated season, the annual return of Tigers football feels triumphant.

Maybe you don’t completely trust the tide from last year’s winning season – the first since 2007, the first conference championship since 1971 and the first bowl appearance since 2008. Your head tells you to assert your confidence in Tigers football. But in your heart, it feels like this may be at the expense of Tigers basketball.

84. Building the Bank of the Future - Saturday, June 6, 2015

When Triumph Bank holds the grand opening ceremony June 16 for its sleek, ultramodern-looking branch in Germantown, at 7550 West Farmington Blvd., it will be the culmination of a wholesale shift in the banking industry that Triumph CEO Will Chase has been thinking about for years.

85. Mortgage Market Up 9 Percent in April - Friday, May 8, 2015

Triumph Bank found itself at the end of April with a second straight record-breaking month for its mortgage division, with Triumph Mortgage having funded more units and loan volume in the month than during any other in the bank’s history.

86. Pinnacle CEO Talks Memphis Plans in Wake of Acquisition - Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Flush from its newly announced acquisition of Magna Bank and the hire of a team from First Tennessee Bank, the newest entrant into the Memphis banking market already is looking down the road, planning more hires and a careful expansion of Magna’s existing footprint.

87. Triumph Bank Records Best-Ever Mortgage Month - Saturday, April 18, 2015

During a month when the mortgage market countywide was up 23 percent by volume, Triumph Bank had a particularly strong month of its own when it comes to mortgages.

88. Triumph Bank Unveils New Germantown Facility - Saturday, April 18, 2015

Triumph Bank has relocated its Germantown office to a new facility at 7550 West Farmington Blvd.

89. Triumph Bank Records Best-Ever Mortgage Month - Wednesday, April 15, 2015

During a month when the mortgage market countywide was up 23 percent by volume, Triumph Bank had a particularly strong month of its own when it comes to mortgages.

90. Triumph Bank Unveils New Germantown Facility - Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Triumph Bank has relocated its Germantown office to a new facility at 7550 West Farmington Blvd.

91. Shelby County Mortgage Market Grows 23 Percent in March - Friday, April 10, 2015

The last month of the first quarter showcased a Shelby County mortgage market with abundant vitality, including evidence that plenty of demand exists among buyers eager to sign on the dotted line.

Mortgage volume countywide grew 23 percent in March compared to the same month a year ago, according to real estate information company Chandler Reports, www.chandlerreports.com. Year over year, volume last month rose to a little more than $126 million, up from $103.1 million in March 2014, and lenders say continued low rates are one reason why.

92. Randolph Named Western Conference Player of the Week - Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Grizzlies forward Zach Randolph has been selected as the Western Conference Player of the Week for games played from Monday, Jan. 26, through Sunday, Feb. 1. His week included a 21-point, 18-rebound effort in a Jan. 31 home win over the rival Oklahoma City Thunder.

93. Local Business Executives Upbeat as 2015 Gets Underway - Tuesday, February 3, 2015

The latest Memphis Economic Indicator, a quarterly survey measuring general business sentiment, presented something of an upbeat trend in sentiment to kick off 2015.

The survey, which includes a set of six questions, asks participants to consider via a number scale, from positive to negative, how optimistic they are about the coming quarter.

94. Shelby County Mortgage Market Sees Improvement - Tuesday, January 27, 2015

The mortgage market in Shelby County ended 2014 in a slighter better position than where it stood in 2013.

Banks and mortgage lenders made 8,471 purchase mortgages in Shelby County during 2014, up 2 percent from the 8,301 mortgages during 2013, according to the latest data from real estate information company Chandler Reports,www.chandlerreports.com.

95. Editorial: Finding Complexities in the Memphis Experience - Saturday, December 20, 2014

This is not your parents’ Memphis inferiority complex.

This is us having had a taste of life beyond that big hump in our identity. We’ve seen the horizon without it.

We like the view and we want to keep it.

96. November Mortgage Volume Drops 14 Percent - Thursday, December 11, 2014

Looking at results from last month might suggest mortgage industry professionals are in the midst of a yearend slowdown, with phones not ringing quite as much as a result of interested buyers at the moment.

97. Shelby County Mortgage Volume Up 2 Percent - Wednesday, November 12, 2014

When Patriot Bank executive vice president Keith Barger surveys the local mortgage lending landscape, he sees demand improving and homebuyers increasingly flocking – successfully – to bargains in the housing market.

98. Triumph Bank Surpasses $500 Million in Assets - Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Triumph Bank didn’t choose its new tagline, “Let’s talk growth,” earlier this year only because it sounded hopeful or was an ideal to strive for.

99. Real Estate Experts Look at Impact of North Mississippi - Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Six years after the real estate bubble burst nationally, the recovery of the commercial and residential sectors in Memphis is slower than in other parts of the country. But they are recovering on their own new terms, say the incoming president of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors, the president of the West Tennessee Home Builders Association and a mortgage lender.

100. Canal Centennial - Tuesday, August 26, 2014

History buffs may be especially interested in one of the newest exhibits on display at the Dixon Gallery and Gardens, which commemorates the centennial of a triumph of engineering that represents a milestone in both U.S. and world history.