Her campaign got a later start than her rivals seeking for Republican nomination for Tennessee governor.

House Speaker Beth Harwell has also conducted a basic campaign built around her experience in government.

2. Demystifying the Path of B Corp Certification - Tuesday, June 5, 2018

From the Conscious Capitalism 2018 Conference, the largest gathering of conscious capitalists dedicated to elevating humanity through business. Practicum: B Corp 101, led by Kim Coupounas, director, B Lab.

3. Editorial: TNReady Problem Reopens Debate on Testing Culture - Saturday, May 5, 2018

If there’s a better way to measure academic achievement and growth than testing, we wish someone would name it. Until then, we need a reliable way to objectively determine where students are and what they need to go further. And we can’t change that test so drastically on a regular basis that teachers and school leaders must start over from square one.

4. SCS Puts Cost of TNReady Preparations at $46M - Friday, April 27, 2018

Shelby County Schools spent $46 million in the preparation for new TNReady testing this school year, according to a preliminary estimate by the school system.

Given the problems in administering the online version of the achievement tests this month, SCS superintendent Dorsey Hopson said this week he is “frustrated and a little disappointed.”

5. SCS Leaders Question TNReady Credibility - Thursday, April 19, 2018

Shelby County Schools board members are questioning the credibility of state student achievement testing after the third major problem with online testing in three years.

“I believe this was intentional,” school board member Stephanie Love said Tuesday, April 17, at a board work session, noting that the test results are used to evaluate teachers as well as students and schools. “We are the largest poor school district in the state of Tennessee. If something continues to happen, it is intentional.”

6. SCS Leaders Question Credibility of TNReady Testing - Wednesday, April 18, 2018

Shelby County Schools board members say they question the credibility of state student achievement testing after the third major problem with online testing in three years.

“I believe this was intentional,” school board member Stephanie Love said Tuesday, April 17, at a board work session, noting that the test results are used to evaluate teachers as well as students and schools. “We are the largest poor school district in the state of Tennessee. … If something continues to happen, it is intentional.”

7. G League Memphis Hustle Finish First Season - Wednesday, March 28, 2018

How successful was the first year of the Memphis Grizzlies’ G League team, the Memphis Hustle? Truth is, it may be a while before that judgment can be made.

By record, the Hustle went 21-29. They finished strong, though, winning four of their last five games.

8. RBG Promotes Callicutt To Audit Partner - Wednesday, February 28, 2018

Accounting firm Reynolds, Bone & Griesbeck PLC recently promoted Joseph D. Callicutt Jr. to audit partner from the position of senior audit manager. Callicutt, a certified public accountant and 10-year RBG employee, works exclusively in the financial institutions industry niche and oversees audit, tax and consulting services, including outsourced internal audit, interest rate risk management, bank profitability and efficiency, and strategic planning facilitation for RBG’s financial institution clients. 

9. Innovation Metrics: Rock, Lava, Smoke - Tuesday, December 26, 2017

When organizations begin their innovation journey, they have no idea how to account for the many forms of value that gets created. They may also have dormant fears about changing modes of work to effectively innovate.

10. Last Word: The Year of Tyreke Evans, Opioid Ruling and Installing a Jumper - Wednesday, November 15, 2017

The Tigers basketball home opener is a come from behind win Tuesday at the Forum over Little Rock 70-62. Still not enough to determine where this new team in so many ways is bound. But that won’t stop the early speculation … or the later speculation starting with the New Orleans game at the Forum in another week. The Grizz take their turn Wednesday with the Pacers kicking off a Grizz home stand followed by the Rockets Saturday for the third time in this young season, Trail Blazers Monday and Mavericks Wednesday. But let’s not get too far ahead here.

11. Fired Testing Company Seeks $25.3M for Work on TNReady’s Bumpy Rollout - Wednesday, November 15, 2017

Tennessee officials won’t talk about the state’s ongoing dispute with the testing company it fired last year, but the company’s president is.

Henry Scherich says Tennessee owes Measurement Inc. $25.3 million for services associated with TNReady, the state’s new standardized test for its public schools. That’s nearly a quarter of the company’s five-year, $108 million contract with the state, which Tennessee officials canceled after technical problems roiled the test’s 2016 rollout.

12. Biopsy Breakthrough - Friday, November 3, 2017

Patients at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital no longer have to experience painful needle liver biopsies thanks to a new procedure developed by the hospital’s researchers with the help of a former University of Memphis student.

13. SCS Sees Summer Academy Success, Mixed Results on Blended Learning - Monday, October 2, 2017

With 90 days to put it all together, Shelby County Schools leaders came up with a set of summer learning academies to battle the summer slide – student retention and academic growth taking a few steps back between school years.

14. Fred’s, Nielsen Expand Data Analytics Relationship - Saturday, July 1, 2017

Memphis-based Fred’s Pharmacy and Nielsen announced Monday, June 26, they have expanded their long-term relationship with the renewal of data insights and analytics services.

Nielsen will become the exclusive account-level data provider for Fred’s Pharmacy, covering metrics for all 601 fred’s stores in 15 states across the southeastern U.S., as well as future stores within the health and wellness marketplace.

15. Fred’s, Nielsen Expand Data Analytics Relationship - Wednesday, June 28, 2017

Memphis-based Fred’s Pharmacy and Nielsen announced Monday, June 26, they have expanded their long-term relationship with the renewal of data insights and analytics services.

Nielsen will become the exclusive account-level data provider for Fred’s Pharmacy, covering metrics for all 601 fred’s stores in 15 states across the southeastern U.S., as well as future stores within the health and wellness marketplace.

16. WREG Ranks No. 1 In Weekday Newscasts - Saturday, June 3, 2017

WREG-TV News Channel 3 was ranked No. 1 in every weekday newscast during the May sweeps measurement period for the first time since July 2014, according to Nielsen Media Research.

WREG topped other stations in every weekday time slot, including early morning through 7 a.m., 9 a.m., noon, 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. In addition to winning weekdays, WREG topped the ratings in all but one weekend newscast.

17. WREG Ranks No. 1 In Weekday Newscasts - Tuesday, May 30, 2017

WREG-TV News Channel 3 was ranked No. 1 in every weekday newscast during the May sweeps measurement period for the first time since July 2014, according to Nielsen Media Research.

WREG topped other stations in every weekday time slot, including early morning through 7 a.m., 9 a.m., noon, 4 p.m., 4:30 p.m., 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. In addition to winning weekdays, WREG topped the ratings in all but one weekend newscast.

18. Having It Their Way - Saturday, February 18, 2017

She was working for a major petroleum company and had just been transferred to Cody, Wyoming. She was relatively new to the industry and certainly to the boots-on-the-ground oil field where on Day One she got out of her SUV wearing a long skirt and flats.

19. Facebook Pushes Ahead With Video Ambitions - Thursday, November 3, 2016

NEW YORK (AP) – Whether it's a video clip of your friend's dog or a live stream of the presidential debates, you are likely watching more videos on Facebook than ever. And that means you're also more likely to see video ads.

20. Why Sales Training Doesn’t Work - Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Imagine you’re a football player and your coach shows you a new play by drawing it out on the white board. He asks you to execute the play in the next big game without ever practicing it. What is your likelihood for success? It’s likely very low, even if you’re an elite athlete, because elite athletes earn that moniker through hour upon hour of practice.

21. Facebook Apologizes to Advertisers for Counting Error - Monday, September 26, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Facebook is apologizing to advertisers for what it calls an error that overstated the average length of time users watched videos on the site.

The measurement didn't affect how much Facebook charges to run video spots, but analysts say ad agencies may have used the Facebook estimates as a key metric when they plan campaigns and decide how much advertising to place on Facebook or competing sites.

22. Foundation to Evaluate After-School Programs - Thursday, September 15, 2016

The Community Foundation of Greater Memphis is putting up $300,000 to measure the results of five local nonprofits offering after-school and summer education programs for children.

The first-year funding of a multiyear “Beyond The Classroom” effort announced Tuesday, Sept. 13, is an indication that education reform efforts locally continue to move into what happens outside the classroom.

23. Start Planning for 2017 In These Four Areas - Wednesday, September 14, 2016

It’s not too soon to start thinking about how you’re going to make 2017 a success for your company. Here are four areas that are essential to the sales and marketing performance of your business.

24. Classic Makes Strong Economic Impact and Brings Families, Friends Together - Thursday, September 8, 2016

Two years ago the Southern Heritage Classic celebrated its 25th anniversary. It was a good time to take stock of the event and so a market assessment study was prepared through the Bureau of Sports and Leisure at the University of Memphis.

25. Redbirds’ Home Attendance Still a Rebuilding Project - Friday, September 2, 2016

On the last Saturday night of the summer at AutoZone Park, the Memphis Redbirds sold the place out and then some. The announced attendance of 11,041 represented the highest mark since the ballpark was renovated and reconfigured after the 2014 season.

26. Municipal Districts Tout ACT for Testing - Tuesday, August 2, 2016

The superintendents of at least two of Shelby County’s suburban school systems say the state should use the ACT college entrance exam to gauge the achievement levels of high school students.

“We have universities who are giving full-ride scholarships based on their ACT scores,” said Germantown Municipal School District superintendent Jason Manuel on the WKNO/Channel 10 program Behind The Headlines. “Let’s use that test. It has a math component. It has a science, a reading and social studies component. Let’s use that as a measure.”

27. State Moves TCAP, Shortens Testing Parts - Saturday, July 16, 2016

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen said Thursday, July 14, public schools across the state will have achievement tests for students in one assessment window at the end of the school year. And the tests for four subjects will be divided into shorter subparts.

28. Last Word: Conley Makes It Official, No "Figure Heads" and Early Voting Opens - Friday, July 15, 2016

Mike Conley signed on the dotted line about an hour before the press conference confirming that he and the Grizz front office have closed on the deal that makes him the highest paid player in NBA history… for now.

29. State Moves TCAP, Shortens Testing Parts - Friday, July 15, 2016

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen said Thursday, July 14, public schools across the state will have achievement tests for students in one assessment window at the end of the school year. And the tests for four subjects will be divided into shorter subparts.

30. McQueen Announces Single TCAP Testing Window At End of School Year - Thursday, July 14, 2016

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen said Thursday, July 14, public schools across the state will have achievement tests for students in one assessment window at the end of the school year. And the tests for four subjects will be divided into shorter subparts.

31. Education Leaders Reboot TNReady Tests, Re-Examine Process - Friday, July 8, 2016

The disastrous rollout of the new TNReady student achievement tests has gone from finding a new test vendor to a re-examination of the role such testing plays in public education.

Tennessee Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced Wednesday, July 6, the state has a letter of intent with the Minneapolis-based testing service Questar Assessment to develop and deliver both pen-and-paper and online student achievements tests starting in the school year that begins in August.

32. Questar Gets State Schools Testing Contract With On-Line Phase-In - Wednesday, July 6, 2016

The Tennessee Department of Education intends to hire Questar Assessment of Minneapolis, to be the state’s new student achievement test vendor.

State education commission Candice McQueen announced the letter of intent Wednesday, July 6, which should be finalized by the state in a week’s time as a two-year contract at $30 million a year, with renewal options beyond that.

33. Wunderlich Analysts Win Industry Distinction - Saturday, June 18, 2016

Two Wunderlich analysts have been named among the top performing research analysts in their respective coverage sectors.

In the 2016 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards, Liam Burke was ranked No. 1 Stock Picker in the machinery category, and Rommel Dionisio was ranked the No. 2 Stock Picker in the leisure products category.

34. Believe It or Not - Saturday, June 18, 2016

Long before Jim Strickland was mayor of Memphis, he was a thirtysomething lawyer and sports fan. Not always in that order. He loved the University of Memphis – his alma mater – and rooted like crazy for the basketball team. And on those less frequent occasions when there was a reason to believe, for the football team, too.

35. Wunderlich Analysts Win Industry Distinction - Thursday, June 16, 2016

Two Wunderlich analysts have been named among the top performing research analysts in their respective coverage sectors.

In the 2016 Thomson Reuters Analyst Awards, Liam Burke was ranked No. 1 Stock Picker in the machinery category, and Rommel Dionisio was ranked the No. 2 Stock Picker in the leisure products category.

36. Pearson Education to Score Tenn. Achievement Tests - Saturday, May 21, 2016

After terminating its contract with Measurement Inc. in April, the Tennessee Department of Education has hired Pearson Education of New York City to score student assessments for the 2015-16 academic year, state Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced Monday, May 16.

37. Outsourcing Savings Estimates Strain ‘Credulity’ - Thursday, May 19, 2016

Terry Cowles flashes a photo of ceiling lamp fixtures on the screen and tells state legislators a vendor’s state Capitol team used its electrical training to remove, repair and reinstall fixtures, saving taxpayers $15,500.

38. Pearson Education to Score Tenn. Achievement Tests - Tuesday, May 17, 2016

After terminating its contract with Measurement Inc. in April, the Tennessee Department of Education has hired Pearson Education of New York City to score student assessments for the 2015-16 academic year, state Education Commissioner Candice McQueen announced Monday, May 16.

39. Akbari Proving to be Worthy Successor to Iconic DeBerry - Friday, May 6, 2016

Those who wondered how Raumesh Akbari would do in following legendary Memphis legislator Lois DeBerry now have a much clearer picture.

40. Last Word: Budget-Mania, TNReady's Backstory and Slow Down Millenial Investors - Tuesday, May 3, 2016

The Overton Park Greensward controversy moves back to City Hall Tuesday as the council talks over an ordinance that sets further in stone the council’s decision in March to give the Memphis Zoo control of two-thirds of the greensward.

41. Tennessee Disregarded Red Flags With TNReady Testing Firm - Tuesday, May 3, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Tennessee officials knew of concerns about a testing company's ability to fulfill a $107.7 million contract to administer the new online TNReady standardized test even before this year's failed rollout, internal documents show.

42. Last Word: The Draft, The Greensward-Council Footnote and The Zoo Beatles - Friday, April 29, 2016

I’ve never watched an NFL draft before Thursday evening’s in which Paxton Lynch, quarterback for the University of Memphis, was drafted by the Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos as the 26th pick of the first round.

43. Does Your Company Website Need a Makeover? - Friday, April 29, 2016

You never get a second chance to make a first impression – and that concept also rings true for websites.

Whether you’re are a nonprofit, consumer-focused, institutional, or business-to-business organization, an engaging website is an important tool in reaching your audience in a succinct and meaningful way. Revamping your site can not only help you stand out, it can also protect your data – out-of-date software is one of the main ways websites get hacked.

44. TNReady Contract Cancellation Deepens Complexity - Friday, April 29, 2016

When Measurement Inc. told state officials earlier this week that the company couldn’t get several million paper versions of its online student achievement tests shipped, the state went to Memphis-based FedEx to work around shipping limits.

45. Last Word: TNReady Termination, NFL Draft Day and What Drove The Bible Bill - Thursday, April 28, 2016

When students in public schools take tests these days, it is about more than how they are doing and whether they know what is being taught them.

The scores play a significant role in how teachers are evaluated and rated. And both play a role in their careers and how much they will be paid. They play a role in whether the state decides to take over a school or the school system they remain in decides to essentially start over with an Innovation School model.

46. State Terminates TNReady Vendor Contract - Thursday, April 28, 2016

The state of Tennessee has terminated its $108 million contract, effective immediately, with the Durham, North Carolina, company that missed three deadlines this month to send written student achievement tests to school districts that couldn't download online versions of the test.

47. CEO: No Guarantee on Delivery of TNReady Tests - Wednesday, April 27, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The president of a North Carolina-based testing company said Monday that he can't guarantee all students in Tennessee will receive the test on time.

Measurement Inc. president and CEO Henry "Hank" Scherich said his company is working furiously to get the new TNReady materials to students.

48. US Government Sets Record for Failures to Find Files When Asked - Monday, March 21, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration set a record for the number of times its federal employees told disappointed citizens, journalists and others that despite searching they couldn't find a single page requested under the Freedom of Information Act, according to a new Associated Press analysis of government data.

49. Bipartisan Skeptics Doubt Haslam’s Outsourcing Plan - Thursday, March 17, 2016

Poor timing and questionable numbers: That’s how legislators are viewing a business justification plan for outsourcing facilities management across Tennessee.

The Office of Customer Focused Government tells state senators, if all departments opt in, the state could save $35.8 million by the second year of a contract under study for building operations and services – without laying off state workers or cutting pay and benefits.

50. Stop Settling for Ordinary - Wednesday, March 16, 2016

We live in a world of stiff competition with so much noise competing for consumer attention that it can be painfully difficult for brands to get noticed and stand apart from their competition.

That’s why the lion’s share of brands simply settle for being ordinary. It’s just easier. As football coaching legend Lou Holtz said, “In this world you’re either growing or you’re dying, so get in motion and grow.”

51. Toward a Better Definition Of ‘Innovation Process’ - Tuesday, March 15, 2016

Innovation is one of those words that means something different to each person that hears it. When you describe the whole framework as an innovation process, the confusion compounds exponentially. The word process is more misleading than the word innovation. 

52. 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.

53. Rare Wins for Democrats on Guns, Outsourcing - Thursday, February 25, 2016

Legislative Democrats got a chance to beat their chests a little bit after a proposal to allow guns in the state Capitol and Legislative Plaza failed, and they hope to do the same with outsourcing.

54. Editorial: Mindset Must Change To Grow Minority Business - Saturday, February 20, 2016

Carolyn Hardy does not have any local customers.

That is despite all of the success she and her companies have had and her leadership in workforce training that helped keep Electrolux and City Brewing hiring local instead of importing workers.

55. McQueen Defends TNReady Tests Following Delays - Tuesday, February 9, 2016

When school systems across the state began logging onto the state of Tennessee’s site for the first wave of TNReady math and language arts achievement tests Monday, Feb. 8, the network that connected all of those local servers was “saturated” doing other things, according to state education officials.

56. Computer Glitches Halt First Day of Student Tests - Tuesday, February 9, 2016

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee's brand new online school assessment test, known as TNReady, has crashed due to computer-networking glitches, forcing officials across the state to halt testing on the first day of its rollout.

57. Fed Voices Concern About Global Economic Pressures - Thursday, January 28, 2016

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve sounded a note of concern Wednesday about how global pressures could affect the U.S. economy, while keeping a key interest rate unchanged.

Six weeks after it raised rates from record lows, the Fed took stock of a more perilous international picture that could alter its plans for further raising rates. The statement it issued after its latest policy meeting signaled that the Fed could slow future rate hikes if financial market losses and global weakness don't abate.

58. Ursula Madden: From Broadcast News to Memphis Communications Chief - Thursday, January 21, 2016

She didn’t realize it at the time, but Ursula Madden was training for her career as a local television anchor.

This was when she was a girl, growing up in Portland, Oregon. Little Ursula might have been sent outdoors to play all the time, but her mother had other ideas.

59. For Grizzlies, Defense and Mental Toughness Trump Style of Play - Friday, January 1, 2016

In their last game of the 2015 calendar year, the Memphis Grizzlies had survived an epic fourth-quarter scoring drought, climbed above Marc Gasol’s broad shoulders in overtime, and emerged with a 99-90 victory over the Miami Heat at a happy FedExForum.

60. Last Word: Recovery in North Mississippi, Opera in 2016 and Uptown North of Chelsea - Monday, December 28, 2015

It’s been a holiday season of challenged hopes and muted emotions in our corner of the world.
The beginning of the series of storms and tornadoes they spawned killed eight people in North Mississippi where recovery is still a fact of life in this last week of 2015.
This will be a week of funerals and damage assessments for federal disaster aid throughout our region.
And you will hear more stories of escapes and new beginnings after losing everything of any material value.
But even in our spared city, our thoughts will return instinctively to the young lives taken so suddenly and so close to the family gatherings in which our youngest give so much more in the way of hope than they will realize at this tender age.

61. Volkswagen: CO2 Emissions Problem Far Smaller Than Suspected - Thursday, December 10, 2015

BERLIN (AP) — Volkswagen said Wednesday that a problem with carbon dioxide emissions is far smaller than initially suspected, with further checks finding "slight discrepancies" in only a few models and no evidence of illegal changes to fuel consumption and emissions figures.

62. New Consumer Research & Brand Measurement - Thursday, November 26, 2015

New Frontier of Consumer Research, Olga Diamandis, Senior Manager, Open Innovation, Mattel. Three key things are happening that are changing research: Crowdsourcing, big data and artificial intelligence. We will mine these dimensions, but first let’s take a brief look at the history of marketing research.

63. After Trying to Just Fit In, Jeff Green Looks to Make Bigger Impact on Grizz - Friday, October 2, 2015

Center Marc Gasol looks at Jeff Green and sees what does not exist anywhere else on the Grizzlies’ veteran, often plodding, roster.

64. The Priorities Of The Data-Driven Marketer - Wednesday, August 26, 2015

When I began my career in marketing more than 20 years ago, measurement was straightforward. We simply monitored revenue growth and our marketing expense, making assumptions about how the two might be correlated.

65. Tennessee Officials: New Test Will Better Measure Progress - Friday, August 21, 2015

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — State education officials said Thursday that new assessments in math and English for students in grades three through 11 will provide a better measurement of their progress and make sure they're on track to succeed after graduation.

66. Memphis Sole - Saturday, July 25, 2015

The football field measurements are perhaps inevitable in describing just how big Nike’s Northridge distribution center in Frayser is after its $301 million expansion.

The 2.8 million-square-foot facility – the equivalent of 49 football fields – is Nike Inc.’s largest distribution center in the world.

67. Collierville Pharmacy Boasts Long List of Accreditations - Tuesday, July 7, 2015

Collierville-based Benevere Pharmacy is a privately owned specialty pharmacy that now boasts an uncommonly extensive set of independent accreditations most chain drug stores can’t match.

The pharmacy, which serves patients, prescribers, health care organizations, payers and pharmaceutical manufacturers, has recently been approved for specialty pharmacy accreditation by URAC. That’s a leading nonprofit that accredits health care organizations in addition to focusing on education and measurement programs.

68. Sales Gauging Techniques that Move the Needle - Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Unless you have more sales from ideal customers than you know what to do with, your organization can benefit from sales measurement strategies. They allow you to not only forecast future sales but also to dissect your team’s success through each step of the sales cycle in order to fine-tune your approach and improve results.

69. Predicting Sales & Marketing Plan Returns - Wednesday, June 17, 2015

Far too many companies look to past growth as the single best predictor of future growth in setting annual revenue targets with little analysis of the factors driving that past progress, anticipated market shifts over the coming year, and the predictability of the sales and marketing strategies built into their annual plan. It is a goal-setting process with a high likelihood for failure caused by either unrealistically high goals or those which aren’t nearly aggressive enough.

70. Airline Group Suggests Smaller Carry-On Bags to Free Up Bins - Wednesday, June 10, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) – Millions of fliers might soon want to buy new carry-on suitcases.

Global airlines announced Tuesday a new guideline that recommends shrinking carry-on bags, in an effort to free up space in packed overhead bins.

71. McDonald's Sales Slump Continues in May - Tuesday, June 9, 2015

OAK BROOK, Ill. (AP) – McDonald's says that a key sales measurement dipped in May, with weakness in the U.S. and some overseas markets.

The world's biggest hamburger chain said Monday that sales at locations open at least 13 months edged down 0.3 percent last month. That was better than the 1.1 percent decline that analysts polled by Thomson Reuters expected.

72. Dollar General First-Quarter Profit Tops Street, Key Sales Metric Rises - Wednesday, June 3, 2015

GOODLETTSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Dollar General's fiscal first-quarter profit topped Wall Street's expectations, and a key sales measurement rose thanks to better traffic and shoppers spending more per transaction.

73. Target Beating Wal-Mart in Race for Turnaround - Thursday, May 21, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) – Target is beating Wal-Mart in the race to beef up sales.

Target Corp. on Wednesday reported a nearly 52 percent surge in its first-quarter profit on strong sales of more profitable items like fashion and baby products, evidence that its efforts to turn around its business are paying off.

74. ULI Gathering Puts Numbers to Poverty Challenge - Wednesday, May 6, 2015

The way Steve Guinn sees it, there are two ways for Memphis to reduce its poverty rate by 10 percentage points.

75. Five of the Nation’s Finest - Saturday, April 4, 2015

Each year the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recognizes the contribution of small business to the national economy with the Blue Ribbon Small Business Awards. Five from Knoxville’s business community – The Tomato Head, Management Solutions LLC, Design Innovation Architects Inc., Visionary Solutions LLC and AMS Corp. – have been chosen for inclusion in the annual program.

76. Common Core is Working – So Kill It - Friday, February 13, 2015

Common Core determines what Tennessee’s K-12 students should know and when they should learn it, yet like many other issues it has become a political pariah, especially for the state’s Republican leaders.

77. Keeping Time - Tuesday, January 6, 2015

Memphis Mean Time, a full-service vintage and modern watch repair shop based in Cooper-Young, is hoping to complete a move in the next couple of months. The owners say they’re looking for a ground-floor space somewhere they can own, rather than rent.

78. These Retailers Could Use Some Holiday Cheer - Friday, December 5, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) – The holiday shopping season is always a make-or-break period for struggling retailers.

But this year, the fight to grab shoppers has intensified, making it difficult for stores to use the season that accounts for about 20 percent of the retail industry's annual sales to bounce back.

79. Wal-Mart Sales Perk Up Ahead of Holiday - Saturday, November 15, 2014

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. eked out a rare gain in an important sales measurement during the third quarter as it reported profits that beat Wall Street expectations Thursday.

80. Wal-Mart Sales Perk Up Ahead of Holiday - Friday, November 14, 2014

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. eked out a rare gain in an important sales measurement during the third quarter as it reported profits that beat Wall Street expectations Thursday.

81. For-Profit Programs Face 'Gainful Employment' Rule - Friday, October 31, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) – For-profit colleges with graduates unable to pay back their student loans could soon face scrutiny by the federal government.

Schools with career-oriented programs that fail to comply with the new rule announced Thursday by the Obama administration stand to lose access to federal student-aid programs.

82. Government Ups Air Bag Warning - Thursday, October 23, 2014

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government is now urging owners of nearly 8 million cars and trucks to have the air bags repaired because of potential danger to drivers and passengers. But the effort is being complicated by confusing information and a malfunctioning website.

83. US Agency Warns Car Owners to Get Air Bags Fixed - Tuesday, October 21, 2014

DETROIT (AP) — A potential safety crisis over defective air bags widened Monday as the U.S. government issued an urgent plea to more than 4.7 million people to get their cars fixed.

The inflator mechanisms in the air bags can rupture, causing metal fragments to fly out when the bags are deployed in crashes.

84. Nielsen Admits to Errors in TV Measurement - Monday, October 13, 2014

The Nielsen company says they have discovered errors in their measurement of television viewing that incorrectly showed people were watching one network when in fact they were tuned in to another.

The company said it is investigating a software error that has been producing faulty data since March, but only became apparent in the past few weeks.

85. Target Cuts Outlook as Breach Fallout Lingers - Thursday, August 21, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) – Target Corp. slashed its annual profit outlook for the second time in three months as the retailer reels from a massive customer-data breach, a botched Canadian expansion and sluggish U.S. sales.

86. Major Retailers Agree to List Unit Prices Online - Wednesday, June 18, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) – Shoppers can skip the math. It's about to get easier to compare prices on products from breakfast cereals to toothpaste at some of the nation's major online retailers.

New York's attorney general said Tuesday that Costco, CVS, FreshDirect, Wal-Mart and Walgreen have agreed to list unit prices on their websites and mobile apps for shoppers nationwide in the coming months. Amazon.com Inc., the world's largest online retailer, did not agree to participate, according to Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman.

87. In Rhythm - Wednesday, May 21, 2014

It started with ice cream 25 years ago, probably vanilla with chocolate sauce, because that’s his favorite. Or maybe it was pure coincidence, except that over the years Tim Lyles noticed a pattern.

88. Buffett May Face Questions About Performance - Friday, May 2, 2014

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Warren Buffett's failure to beat the stock market in four of the past five years has raised the issue of whether Berkshire Hathaway's 83-year-old CEO has lost his touch.

89. Measurement: Holy Grail of Marketing - Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Second in a two-part series. Measurement is the Holy Grail of marketing. A savvy marketer would naturally prefer to invest his dollar in a strategy with a measurable return on investment versus one without.

90. Baptist Selects First Chief Quality Officer - Saturday, March 8, 2014

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. has hired Dr. Mark Swanson to serve as chief quality officer.

91. Baptist Selects First Chief Quality Officer - Friday, March 7, 2014

Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp. has hired Dr. Mark Swanson to serve as chief quality officer.

92. Data-Breach Costs Take Toll on Target Profit - Thursday, February 27, 2014

NEW YORK (AP) – Looks like Target Corp. will be feeling the financial pain for a while from the theft of credit card numbers and other information from millions of its customers.

93. Improving Disparities - Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Working to better understand, and thus bring down, Shelby County’s infant mortality rate would be a giant undertaking.

But that is but one of many challenges that lie ahead of a husband-and-wife team of doctors who nine months ago moved from Nashville to Memphis to set up the Research Center on Health Disparities, Equity and the Exposome.

94. Campus Recreation Director Appointed at UTHSC - Monday, February 17, 2014

Junius L. “J. Lee” Taylor has been named director of campus recreation at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

Before his appointment, Taylor was the interim director of campus recreation at UTHSC, a position he began in June. He has previously held positions as a coordinator, clinical trial interventionist, health educator and exercise specialist at UTHSC. He has a bachelor’s degree in health, physical education and recreation, and a master’s degree in health, physical education and recreation with an emphasis in science and measurement from the University of Mississippi. Additionally, he earned a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee at Martin.

95. Tennessee Teachers Push Back on Evaluation Process - Tuesday, February 11, 2014

NASHVILLE (AP) – When Tennessee was competing for a half-billion dollars in federal education money, teachers agreed to allow the state to ramp up its use of student test scores for evaluating educators.

96. Details Surface in Ambitious Digital Pilot Program - Thursday, January 23, 2014

Toward the end of his run as Memphis City Schools superintendent, Kriner Cash talked of a switch in schools to digital devices for learning away from school.

It ultimately didn’t get very far in terms of details like how it would be paid for. And school board members at the time greeted the idea of giving students such devices to take home with silence.

97. Walgreen Sales Reading Climbed in December - Tuesday, January 7, 2014

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Walgreen said Monday that a key sales measurement improved in December as customers filled more prescriptions during trips to the company's drugstores.

The company said sales at stores open at least a year grew 6.1 percent for the month, mostly because revenue from pharmacy departments improved. At stores open at least one year, pharmacy revenue rose 9 percent and sales of non-pharmacy items sold at the front of its stores increased 2.5 percent.

98. Sullivan Branding Adds Quartet of Hires - Monday, October 21, 2013

Sullivan Branding has made four hires in its digital, creative and media planning departments, adding a digital analyst, art director, graphic designer and media coordinator.

Daniela Vander Zwiep is Sullivan’s new digital analyst at Sullivan Branding. She will manage measurement of Sullivan clients’ digital campaigns and make recommendations for improvement and optimal return on investment. She has spent more than six years in the digital analysis side of advertising and has experience with web analytics, paid search, search engine marketing, budget management and multi-channel analytics.

99. Fred’s September Sales Figure Rises - Saturday, October 12, 2013

Fred’s Inc., the operator of a chain of nearly 700 discount stores in the southeastern U.S., said Thursday, Oct. 10, that an important sales measurement rose 2.8 percent in September compared with a year ago.

100. Fred's September Sales Figure Rises - Friday, October 11, 2013

Fred's Inc., the operator of a chain of nearly 700 discount stores in the southeastern U.S., said Thursday, Oct. 10, that an important sales measurement rose 2.8 percent in September compared with a year ago.