JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – A Mississippi appliance maker has agreed to pay a $4.7 million federal fine for not reporting that certain ovens in freestanding gas ranges could turn on by themselves, with customers then sometimes unable to turn them off.

2. Miss. Lawmakers Eye Plan to Give Viking Range $12 Million - Friday, February 28, 2014

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The state of Mississippi is proposing to give $12 million to Middleby Corp., the owner of Greenwood's Viking Range, to help pay for an expansion.

3. Creative Crowd - Tuesday, September 10, 2013

A few weeks ago, the digerati at Memphis-based marketing communications agency archer-malmo were deep into work on a website for one of the firm’s clients.

A person wandering into that scene on the fourth floor of the Cotton Exchange building, at 65 Union Ave., would have seen nine people clustered together in a collaborative work area.

4. Archer-Malmo Grows With Four Hires - Saturday, September 7, 2013

Memphis-based marketing communications agency archer-malmo continues to grow its ranks.

The agency has made four new hires, including Lukus Blackford as a search engine optimization and analytics specialist, Cary New as a public relations senior account executive, Casey Lissau as associate creative director and Christina Comas as retail marketing account coordinator.

5. Archer-Malmo Grows With Four Hires - Thursday, September 5, 2013

Memphis-based marketing communications agency archer-malmo continues to grow its ranks.

The agency has made four new hires, including Lukus Blackford as a search engine optimization and analytics specialist, Cary New as a public relations senior account executive, Casey Lissau as associate creative director and Christina Comas as retail marketing account coordinator.

6. Archer-Malmo Grows With New Hires - Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Memphis-based marketing communications agency archer-malmo continues to grow its ranks.

The agency has made four new hires, including Lukus Blackford as a search engine optimization and analytics specialist, Cary New as a public relations senior account executive, Casey Lissau as associate creative director and Christina Comas as retail marketing account coordinator.

7. Blazing a Trail - Saturday, February 23, 2013

Susan Stephenson is one of the most accomplished and highly visible women in the Memphis business community. She is the co-founder of Independent Bank, the city’s second-largest bank as ranked by assets and one that largely steered clear of the mortgage mess that dogged competitors during the financial bust.

8. Middleby has Bought Viking Range for $380M - Thursday, January 3, 2013

GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) – Food service equipment maker Middleby Corp. has bought Mississippi-based oven and kitchen appliance maker Viking Range Corp. for $380 million.

9. Entrepreneurs, Create Your Own Maps - Wednesday, November 14, 2012

Entrepreneurialism is the last frontier – an uncharted region with unprecedented, unforeseen, unknown dangers, challenges and rewards.

All adventures begin with a new map, just like the territory you charted in your business plans. You drafted this plan in the ardor of a visionary impulse, tempered with a will to thrive as you grow.

10. Officials Discuss Latest Small Business Road Map - Monday, July 16, 2012

OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — White House business officials have told a gathering in Oxford that the latest package of small business incentives calls for accelerating federal payments to government contractors, streamlining paperwork and making it easier for small firms to get access to loans and tax credits.

11. A Place of Their Own - Thursday, June 14, 2012

So far this year, FedExFamilyHouse has served as a home away from home for more than 800 families whose children have received treatment at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital in Memphis.

Last year, the facility at 918 Poplar Ave. – located a short walking distance from the hospital – brought comfort to more than 4,000 individuals, including pediatric patients and their parents, grandparents and siblings.

12. Former Interim Chef Kramer Back in Charge - Monday, March 21, 2011

“Interim” – a pause or interval in a succession of events

When the restaurant Wally Joe closed in January 2007, owner Fred Carl Jr., founder, president and CEO of Viking Range Corp., decided to keep a restaurant going while looking for a buyer for the space in the shopping center at South Mendenhall Road and Sanderlin Avenue. Appropriately, the temporary restaurant would be called Interim.

13. Home's Next Decade: And the Livin' is Easy... - Monday, December 28, 2009

Among designers, retailers and homeowners, there's little consensus on where home decor and design are headed except that the watchword will be "ease."

Whatever our personal style may look like – whether we embrace the past, with traditional furnishings and warm colors, or go sleek, functional and space-agey – a simple, beautiful space "is the design equivalent of comfort food" in tumultuous times, says Design Public's head blogger, Becky Harris.

14. Though New Place Not There Yet, Wally Joe Still Working It - Monday, November 2, 2009

If the truism in the restaurant industry is it takes twice as long to open a restaurant as you plan, try this: Wally Joe left his eponymous establishment on Sanderlin Avenue, which opened in May 2002, in December 2006.

15. Bryan Co. Files $58M LoanFor Horizon Condominiums - Tuesday, August 14, 2007
     The Bryan Co. has filed a $58.6 million loan for construction of The Horizon condominiums at 717 Riverside Drive, and last week began work on the first of two 16-story towers on the Downtown skyline.
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16. Events - Tuesday, January 23, 2007

The Center City Commission Board of Directors meets today at noon in the CCC conference room, 114 N. Main St. Call 575-0540 for details.

Interim Restaurant opens today in the space formerly occupied by Wally Joe, the upscale restaurant at 5040 Sanderlin Ave. Earlier this month, Fred Carl Jr., founder and CEO of Viking Range Corp. and owner of the new restaurant, announced that Chef Wally Joe had left to pursue other interests. Carl plans to operate the restaurant on an interim basis while looking for a buyer for the space. For reservations, call 818-0821.

17. Interim Restaurant to OpenIn Place of Wally Joe - Wednesday, January 10, 2007
     Chef Wally Joe has left the restaurant bearing his name to pursue other interests, according to a statement.
     Fred Carl Jr., founder and CEO of Viking Range Corp. in Greenwood, Miss., sa

18. Viking Embarks on New Voyage With Name Change, Relocation - Monday, August 28, 2006

Cooking up plans for Friday night? Date night at the newly opened Viking Cooking School in East Memphis could get the evening sizzling.

Among other classes this week, the school will hold "Date Night: In Sicily" Friday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. to teach Italian cooking. Date nights typically are themed according to different types of food. (See the box at the end of the story for more.)

19. Cannon Center Hosts Thanksgiving Extravaganza - Monday, November 21, 2005

Nov. 21

The Germantown Chamber of Commerce hosts a home tour meeting from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the chamber, located at 2195 S. Germantown Road. Call 755-1200 for more information.

20. Archived Article: Small Biz - Wednesday, June 29, 2005
By Andy Meek

Shelton Opens Downtown Store With Style

ANDY MEEK

The Daily News

Tom Shelton has been in the clothing industry long enough to know that men are unpredictable creatures.

Thats why Shelton, who opened his own mens clothing ...

21. Archived Article: Small Biz - Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Durden Gallery along with four other galleries on Huling Street are beginning to market themselves as The Galleries of Huling

Durden Sees Evolution of Gallery, South Main District

MARY K. LEVIE

The Daily News

After 25 years as a homemake...

22. Archived Article: Market Briefs - Monday, March 5, 2001
Lexington, Tenn Lexington, Tenn.-based FirstBank opened its first Shelby County branch Wednesday in the new Wal-Mart Superstore on Winchester Road. FirstBank also plans to open a loan production office at the Southwinds Building in the Germantown ar...

23. Archived Article: Standout (gordon) - Friday, July 28, 2000
By SUZANNE THOMPSON Defending health care by the numbers By SUZANNE THOMPSON The Daily News Although Doug Gordon has been a practicing certified public accountant for 20 years, the first time he graduated from college he walked away with a degree in...

24. Archived Article: Tech Briefs - Wednesday, May 3, 2000
Thompson and Co Thompson and Co. has been chosen as the agency of record for two business-to-business firms: Atlanta-based fibermarket.com and Jackson, Miss.-based Vention Inc. The new clients represent almost $2 million in billings. fibermarket.com...

25. Archived Article: Back - Friday, November 5, 1999
FDX expands e-commerce solutions FDX expands e-commerce solutions with multi-carrier shipping system FDX Corp. has introduced FDX PowerShip mc, a multi-carrier electronic shipping system that will be offered free to medium- and large-volume shippers...