Editorial Results (free)
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20 Key Numbers Heading Into Titans Camp -
Friday, July 27, 2018
Only months removed from their first playoff victory since 2003, the Tennessee Titans returned to training camp this week seeking to build on last year’s momentum.
There are plenty of storylines this season, – a new head coach, a quarterback looking to rebound and, as always, important new rookies and free-agent signings.
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Council Gives Administration Nod, Honors 1968 Workers -
Thursday, May 24, 2018
The painted image of the late Henry Loeb was mostly ignored Tuesday, May 22, at City Hall as the Memphis City Council honored surviving city sanitation workers from 1968 with its 25th annual Humanitarian of the Year Awards.
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Boyle Investment Co. Celebrating 85th Year -
Monday, March 26, 2018
Boyle Investment Co. celebrated its 85th anniversary with a luncheon on Friday, March 23, for its 113 employees on the top floor of its new Class A office building at 949 S. Shady Grove Road.
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Taking Stock: Titans’ Top Needs for 2018 -
Friday, February 9, 2018
With the Super Bowl in the books and another NFL season come and gone, it will soon be time to prepare for the 2018 season.
For the Tennessee Titans, that means trying to fill in the remaining pieces of the puzzle to take another step toward reaching the big game.
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Last Word: GPAC's Grove, Fairgrounds Tea Leaves and Grizz Money Matters -
Friday, September 22, 2017
The Germantown Performing Arts Center has plans for an open-air performance center to be called “The Grove at GPAC” – the latest consideration in what is becoming a vibrant discussion about the capacity for concerts within Shelby County. And it is also a discussion about concert venues that can do other things like festival and movies.
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Last Word: Who Needs To Be Watched, Hopdoddy and Fresh Fed Numbers -
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Three Memphis City Council members on Behind The Headlines had quite a bit to say about protesters and lists and police surveillance. Council chairman Berlin Boyd and council members Kemp Conrad and Worth Morgan all say the surveillance question, which is the central issue now that the City Hall list has been pared significantly, is complex because of public postings and protests in public places.
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Robinson’s Success Warrants Any Title He Wants -
Friday, January 13, 2017
In the immediate aftermath of the Tennessee Titans’ turnaround season, Jon Robinson’s title was expanded to executive vice president and general manager.
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Titaned Up: Success Found In Big Moves, Smallest Details -
Friday, December 30, 2016
Most critics of last year’s Tennessee Titans saw unsettled ownership, a revolving door of coaches and a lack of talent at key positions.
Jon Robinson saw weeds.
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Is State’s Role to Provide a Service or Turn a Profit? -
Thursday, September 3, 2015
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam appears to be on the brink of privatizing state government. But he won’t be able to do it without a battle, especially from university unions and Democratic lawmakers.
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Raymond James Tower Fetches $20 Million -
Friday, January 23, 2015
How much is a 21-story skyscraper overlooking the Mississippi River worth? About $1 million a floor.
New York-based investor Jacob Sofer will pay Parkway Properties around $20 million for the Raymond James Tower at 50 N. Front St. Downtown, according to several people with knowledge of the transaction. The Shelby County Assessor of Property’s 2014 appraisal for the 340,000-square-foot building is $24 million.
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Suburban Voters Decide School Board Races -
Friday, November 8, 2013
Voters in Shelby County’s six suburban towns and cities elected their respective municipal schools boards Thursday, Nov. 7 with low voter turnouts that reflected that most of the school board positions on the ballots were one-candidate uncontested races.
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Office Team Helps Colliers Expand Local Footprint -
Friday, October 4, 2013
As a part of the Colliers International office in Memphis’ growth strategy, the brokerage office has been expanding its presence in the office sector over the past year by adding a new office team consisting of Frazier Baker and Will Barden.
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Early Voting Expands in District 91 Primary -
Friday, September 27, 2013
Early voting in the Democratic primary special election for State House District 91 expands Friday, Sept. 27, from the Shelby County Election Commission’s Downtown offices, 157 Poplar Ave., to three satellite locations.
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Filing Deadline Nears for School Board Races -
Thursday, September 26, 2013
It looks as if the prospective candidates in many of the suburban school board races on the Nov. 7 ballot had already decided the winners a day away from the noon, Thursday, Sept. 26, filing deadline for the six sets of races.
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Five Years in the Life -
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Delta Airlines and Northwest Airlines has just merged with more than 150 flights a day at Memphis International Airport shifting to the Delta brand. And Delta’s CEO, Richard Anderson, said Memphis would be an integral hub with more traffic.
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Boyle Helps Reach Harahan Funding Goal -
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The city of Memphis has raised the matching funds to build the “Main to Main Connector” thanks to local donations, the latest of which is $50,000 from Memphis-based Boyle Investment Co.
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Boyle Donates $50,000 To Main-To-Main Project -
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
The city of Memphis has raised the matching funds to build the “Main to Main Connector,” the $29.7 million project designed to link Main Street Memphis to Broadway Avenue in West Memphis via a boardwalk for bicyclists and pedestrians on the north side of the Harahan Bridge straddling the Mississippi River.
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Boyle Celebrates 80 Years, Sponsors Art Exhibit -
Monday, March 18, 2013
Boyle Investment Co. turns 80 this year, and has partnered with the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art to celebrate.
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Boyle Investment Co. Promotes Seven Executives -
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Boyle Investment Co. has promoted seven senior level executives.
Paul Boyle has been promoted to president, replacing Henry Morgan, who served as Boyle’s president from 1985 to 2012, and will now serve as co-chairman with Bayard Boyle Jr. This marks a major change for Boyle, as Paul Boyle represents the third generation of the family taking over as president, where he will oversee all company operations.
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Boyle Investment Co. Promotes Seven Executives -
Monday, January 14, 2013
Boyle Investment Co. has promoted seven senior level executives.
Paul Boyle has been promoted to president, replacing Henry Morgan, who served as Boyle’s president from 1985 to 2012, and will now serve as co-chairman with Bayard Boyle Jr. This marks a major change for Boyle, as Paul Boyle represents the third generation of the family taking over as president, where he will oversee all company operations.
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Obama Carries Shelby, Cohen Over Flinn and Two Tax Hikes Defeated -
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
President Barack Obama carried Shelby County in unofficial Nov. 6 election returns as his Republican challenger Mitt Romney took the state’s 11 electoral votes.
Voter turnout in the most popular election cycle among Shelby County voters was 61.9 percent, about the same percentage as four years ago. But the 371,256 voters is fewer than 2008 when more than 400,000 Shelby County voters cast ballots. The percentage is about the same because there are fewer registered voters in Shelby County than there were four years ago after a purge by election officials.
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Solomon Shares ‘Pictures of Hope’ With Children -
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Nationally recognized photojournalist and author Linda Solomon traveled to Memphis Tuesday, Sept. 18, to share her lifelong passion for photography and to encourage children from underprivileged backgrounds to follow their own hopes and dreams.
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Suburban School Board Races Almost Set -
Friday, August 17, 2012
Races on the Nov. 6 ballot for six sets of suburban school boards took shape Thursday, Aug. 16, at the noon filing deadline for candidate qualifying petitions.
The candidates that made the deadline have another week to withdraw from the races if they wish.
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Signature’s Marshall Leads Renovation Effort -
Friday, July 20, 2012
When Charles Marshall co-founded Signature Advertising & Marketing Solutions with Mark Henry in 1994, the two were the firm’s only employees.
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Office Market Outlook Tied to Small Biz Expansion -
Monday, April 2, 2012
Companies seeking larger blocks of office space are staying on the sidelines for the most part so far this year because of diminishing inventory in the area’s hottest submarkets of East Memphis, the Tenn. 385 corridor and Downtown.
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Irving Leads Research Co. Animal Cell Therapies -
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Adam M. Irving is chief executive officer of San Diego-based Animal Cell Therapies Inc., a company that develops stem cell treatments to treat a variety of ailments for animals. Irving is based in Memphis.
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Fayette Among 14 Tenn. Counties Declared Agriculture Disasters -
Monday, January 9, 2012
NASHVILLE (AP) – The federal government has declared 14 Tennessee counties as agricultural disaster areas after drought and excessive heat last summer.
Gov. Bill Haslam announced Friday that Blount, Cumberland, Fayette, Fentress, Haywood, Loudon, McMinn, Macon, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott and Wilson counties were given the designation by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. Haslam requested the help last month.
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That's a Wrap -
Monday, January 2, 2012
If the grand sweep of 2011 could be captured on celluloid and presented to an audience on the big screen, all the components of a great film would be readily apparent.
There was drama, in the form of a deluge and historic flooding that led the Mississippi River to crest at nearly 48 feet early in the year. One of the year’s big surprises saw President Barack Obama give the commencement address for the Booker T. Washington High School class of 2011 at the Memphis Cook Convention Center.
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Sanon Joins Agape As Director of Operations -
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
Julie Sanon has joined Agape Child & Family Services as director of operations.
Hometown: Leesburg, Fla.
Education: Psychology major from Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts
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Dem Luckett Touts Economic Record in Miss Gov's Race -
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
CLARKSDALE, Miss. (AP) — Bill Luckett still vividly remembers his first work in helping renovate buildings. He was a ninth grader, and he sanded walls for house painters in his hometown of Clarksdale.
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Halperin Helps Shape Boyle’s Presence -
Monday, May 30, 2011
Mark Halperin and the office tenants he represents have one thing in common – longevity.
Upon graduating from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree in accounting and real estate, he moved back to Memphis and landed his first job at Boyle Investment Co. Little did he know that it would turn into a lifelong career.
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Boyle Investment Co. Forms Real Estate Investment Fund -
Monday, January 10, 2011
Boyle Investment Co. has announced the formation of Midsouth Capital Fund I LLC, which is targeting $80 million in real estate investment opportunities throughout the Mid-south region, with a special focus on Memphis and Nashville. Additional markets include Kentucky, north and central Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas.
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ArtsMemphis, DU Team Up for Conservation Effort -
Friday, October 15, 2010
At first glance, it seems an unlikely partnership. But in the Mid-South, an initiative that brings together waterfowl enthusiasts and art supporters makes perfect sense.
“Here we have the best hunting grounds in the entire world and also an amazing, unique, vibrant arts community,” said Susan Schadt, president and CEO of ArtsMemphis. “In a lot of ways, we think that conservation and art are two of the best things this area has to offer.”
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Evolve Bank & Trust Names Holland to Board -
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Evolve Bank & Trust has named Lewis E. Holland to its board of directors.
Holland served six years as president of the regional investment banking firm UMIC Inc., and after its sale in 1988 became a partner at the Memphis office of Ernst & Young LLP.
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Fogerty Joins Jackson Lewis In Of Counsel Role -
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Whitney King Fogerty has joined Jackson Lewis LLP as of counsel.
Fogerty was previously a shareholder at Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart PC, where she specialized in labor and employment litigation. She has practiced law for 10 years and has been named among Chambers USA’s Leading Lawyers for Business the past two years.
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Documents: Paulson Forced Nine Bank CEOs to Take TARP -
Friday, May 15, 2009
The chief executives of the country’s nine largest banks had no choice but to accept capital infusions from the U.S. Treasury Department in October, government documents released Wednesday have confirmed.
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Tenn. House Pitched Into Uncertainty by Speaker Vote -
Thursday, January 15, 2009
NASHVILLE (AP) – The surprise election of Republican Rep. Kent Williams as speaker of the Tennessee House has heightened the atmosphere of uncertainty in an already closely divided chamber.
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Where’d the Bailout Money Go? Shhhh, It’s a Secret -
Tuesday, December 23, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – Think you could borrow money from a bank without saying what you were going to do with it? Well, apparently when banks borrow from you, they don’t feel the same need to say how the money will be spent.
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Conservation Events To Reintroduce Kids to Nature -
Friday, October 17, 2008
This weekend, several activities will be held with one common goal: to get kids up and out into nature.
Conservation Through Art, an initiative begun three years ago by ArtsMemphis and Ducks Unlimited, is hosting the series of events, which will be held this Sunday through Oct. 25.
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Bush, Paulson Say Economy’s Rebound Will Take Time -
Thursday, October 16, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – The economy shot warning flares Wednesday that it was still in profound trouble despite the government’s latest financial rescue plan.
Wall Street noticed and shares sank on worries the U.S. was in a recession or soon would be in one. The market for lending between banks – a key gauge of the plan’s effectiveness – remained tight, although there were some signs of improvement.
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Government Moves Again To Unclog Credit Lines -
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – The government put itself four-square into the country’s banking business Tuesday, resorting to what President Bush conceded was the unwelcome choice of a partial nationalization to loosen paralyzed channels of credit.
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Credit Crisis Pain Felt in Memphis -
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
During the question-and-answer part of FedEx Corp.’s earnings conference call Thursday, the first question came from Morgan Keegan & Co. analyst Art Hatfield, and he quickly got to the point.
“Is there anything outside of FedEx that you’re optimistic about?” Hatfield asked Frederick Smith, chairman, president and CEO of the Memphis-based transportation services company.
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Paulson Urges Quick Action on $700B Bailout -
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration insisted Sunday that Congress must move quickly to approve what one lawmaker called the “mother of all bailouts” – a $700 billion proposal to buy a mountain of bad mortgage debt in an effort to unfreeze the nation’s credit markets.
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SEC Bans Short-Selling of Financial Stocks -
Monday, September 22, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government, trying to boost investor confidence in the face of a market crisis, took the dramatic step Friday of temporarily banning a practice of betting against financial stocks.
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Fed, Central Banks Move to Boost Global Confidence -
Friday, September 19, 2008
NEW YORK (AP) - The worst global financial crisis since the Great Depression forced the Federal Reserve and central banks in other countries to pump billions of dollars into the world's banking system in an urgent bid to stop further damage.
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Fed Observers: Shifting Markets Could Spell Rate Cuts -
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – With turbulence hitting financial markets as a global credit crisis claims heavyweight victims, suddenly the possibility of a reduction in interest rates by the Federal Reserve was back on the agenda by press time Tuesday.
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Fed Moves to Deal With Financial Crisis -
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Federal Reserve announced late Sunday several steps to cope with the worst U.S. credit crisis in decades, including broadening the types of assets that investment banks can put up to get emergency loans from the Fed.
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ProLogis to Begin Rehab On Hickory Hill Warehouse -
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
5700 Challenge Drive
Memphis, TN 38115
Permit Amount: $1.1 Million
Project Cost: N/A
Permit Date: Applied June 2008
Completion: End of 2008
Owner: ProLogis
Tenant: ProLogis
Contractor: The Conlan Co.
Details: Denver-based ProLogis has filed a permit application to rebuild the foundation of its warehouse at 5700 Challenge Drive. The building, in the Memphis Distribution Center near Raines and Hickory Hill roads, was damaged in the Feb. 5 storms that ripped through the industrial section of Southeast Memphis.
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AFL-CIO Links Financial Industry Executives' High Pay With Credit Crisis Fallout -
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - The AFL-CIO on Monday said "outrageous" pay packages for banking industry executives were partly to blame for the credit crisis, encouraging risky investment strategies that ended up hurting shareholders and consumers.
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Top Economic Powers Endorse Plan to Try to Avert Financial Crises -
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Finance officials from the world's top economic powers endorsed a plan Friday aimed at preventing another financial crisis like the credit and mortgage debacles that erupted in the United States and quickly sent tremors around the globe.
51.
Pyramid Future Remains Unknown Despite Bass Pro Exec Visit -
Monday, March 24, 2008
The head of Bass Pro Shops picked an interesting day to visit Memphis.
Bass Pro President and CEO Jim Hagale held a series of private meetings Downtown Thursday with city and county government leaders. The meetings came within an hour of a private luncheon a few blocks away in which Memphis Mayor Willie Herenton announced he is resigning effective at the end of July.
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Amid Economic Turmoil, Fed Chief Consulted With Major Players in Financial World -
Monday, February 18, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke consulted with predecessor Alan Greenspan, major financial players and even a speech consultant as he grappled with growing economic turmoil.
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Administration Announces Program To Help Embattled Homeowners -
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeowners threatened with foreclosure would in some instances get a 30-day reprieve under an initiative the Bush administration announced Tuesday.
Dubbed "Project Lifeline," the program will be available to people who have taken out all types of mortgages, not just the high-cost subprime loans that have been the focus of previous relief efforts.
54.
Signature's John Cooper Graduates From Leadership Memphis -
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
John Cooper, the creative director of multimedia at Signature Advertising and Marketing Solutions, has graduated with the 2006-2007 class of Leadership Memphis. The program challenges community leaders to make Memphis a better place and advance diversity.
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Pinnacle Awards Given ToTop Commercial Realtors -
Monday, April 16, 2007
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors Commercial Council honored the top performers in commercial real estate for 2006 at the sixth annual Pinnacle Awards gala Thursday at the University of Memphis.
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Boyle Sr. to BeHonored Posthumously -
Friday, March 30, 2007
The Memphis Area Association of Realtors (MAAR) Commercial Council will honor J. Bayard Boyle Sr. April 12 for his contributions to the Memphis community. Boyle, who was a real estate developer in the Memphis area for 6057.
Archived Article: Lead -
Monday, November 22, 2004
Townhouse Project Adds to Growing Downtown Area Townhomes Add to Growing South End
Downtown community becomes hotspot for development
LANCE ALLAN
The Daily News
Construction has begun on a residential project that will bring 12 new to...
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Archived Article: Newsmakers -
Wednesday, October 13, 2004
MAAR Elects 2005 Officers Womens Foundation Appoints Board Members
Rosie Phillips Bingham was appointed to chair the board of the Womens Foundation for a Greater Memphis for a two-year term. Newly appointed to the board were: Martha L. Perine ...
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Archived Article: Island (lead) -
Thursday, April 1, 2004
New, revised plans awaiting Mud Island property Mud Island Property Hangs in Balance
Developer reworks plans for homes on south end of island
ANDREW BELL
The Daily News
On an August morning a little less than two years ago, a surprise...
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Archived Article: Farrington (lead) -
Monday, June 30, 2003
Developers take aim on Downtown living Developers take aim on Downtown living
By LANCE ALLAN
The Daily News
Its all about location, Henry Turley Co.s Cindi James would say. Thats why eight of the 17 available units in Downtowns latest co...
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Archived Article: Focus1 -
Wednesday, September 1, 1999
Friday August 27, 5:46 pm Eastern Time Merging the airwaves FCC approves MCI WorldCom, SkyTel merger The Federal Communications Commission has approved the acquisition of paging company SkyTel Communications Inc. by MCI WorldCom. The FCC said it had...62.
Archived Article: Tech Briefs -
Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Time Warner Telecom Prices Initial Time Warner Telecom Inc. announced it has priced its initial public offering of 18 million shares of Class A common stock at $14 per share. The shares will trade on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol TWTC. The of...63.
Archived Article: Calendar -
Monday, June 29, 1998
June 29 June 29 Consumer Credit Counseling Service will offer a free seminar on budgeting and credit for two from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at 2400 Poplar Ave., Suite 510. For reservations, call 323-4909, Ext. 1007. June 30 Mid-South Environmental Forum w...64.
Archived Article: Memos -
Wednesday, June 10, 1998
Charles T Charles T. Tuggle has become the chairman and chief executive officer of Baker, Donelson, Bearman & Caldwell. He previously served as the corporate department chair for the firm and as firm managing partner from 1988 to 1993. He receiv...65.
Archived Article: Memos -
Wednesday, July 30, 1997
Dr Dr. Raymond R. Lagesse has been named assistant to the vice president for academic affairs at State Technical Institute. Lagesse previously worked at the State University of New York College at Geneseo where he was associate dean and director of ...66.
Archived Article: Memos -
Wednesday, January 22, 1997
Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. has announced the election of 16 new managing directors: Joseph K. Ayres, investment banker, Cumberland Securities Co., Inc., a subsidiary of Morgan Keegan; Thomas P. Brown, director, Fixed Income Research; Paul Stephens...67.
Archived Article: Memos -
Wednesday, January 15, 1997
Morgan Keegan & Co. Inc. has announce several employee promotions and additions: Brian Jones has joined Pickering Inc. as an environmental scientist. Jones previously worked for Hess Environmental and is a graduate of the University of Tennessee...68.
Archived Article: Schilling Lj -
Tuesday, March 19, 1996
lj 10/5 cates Construction on Colliervilles Schilling Farms set to begin By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News In addition to daffodil blooms and the sighting of the first robin, Colliervilles rites of spring this year will include the birth of Schilling...69.
Archived Article: Real Focus Lj -
Tuesday, January 9, 1996
lj 10/5 cates Go west, young builder! Area home building pros head to Houston for educational and new products extravaganza By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News During this mid-winter "down time," many area home building professionals will be ...70.
Archived Article: Memos -
Wednesday, October 25, 1995
10/25 Memos Mearl Purvis will join National Commerce Bancorporation in January as first vice president and director of community development. Purvis has been 5 p.m. and 10 p.m. news anchor for WMC-TV since 1992. She is a broadcast journalism graduat...