FedEx takes second $1B stock buyback in year
Pilots, who rejected a contract this summer, say it would be smarter to invest in employees than short-term gains for shareholders.
Jane Roberts
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Longtime journalist Jane Roberts is a Minnesotan by birth and a Memphian by choice. She's lived and reported in the city more than two decades. She covers business news and features for The Daily Memphian.
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Real EstateArchitect Tony Bologna left mark across Downtown, Harbor Town
He came to Memphis in 1964 without a job but four interviews with architectural firms. Each offered him a job.
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Business 42-acre site on President’s Island earns ‘Select’ certification
The site is only the second in Shelby County to be certified since the state began the program in 2012 to promote strategic properties for development.
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Visual ArtsBlack Arts Collective is working to change the canvas at the Brooks
With the collective’s knowledge and funding, the Brooks will annually present one major exhibition by Black artists and buy at least one work by a Black artist for its permanent collection.
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Education St. Mary’s launches $10M drive to build Liza’s Library, classrooms
More than 60% of money has been pledged; the finished library and science suite will open in summer 2025.
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Business GXO Logistics plans to lay off 211 workers
Efforts to help retain or find new work will be led by Greater Memphis Local Workforce Development.
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Metro Supreme Court will hear Starbucks’ appeal in Memphis 7 case
Seven baristas say they were fired for their effort to unionize. But Starbucks says they were terminated for opening the store without approval, a safety violation, and letting unauthorized people in the closed store.
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Spirit of MemphisOne of Orange Mound’s own finds space for kids in his neighborhood
Fueled by a desire help children fulfill their educational potential as well as developing a relationship with God, Howard Eddings willed the Opportunity Zone into existence.
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Performing ArtsBarry Fuller blessed us, everyone, as Scrooge, consummate theater man
He made his largest mark as Scrooge, which he performed at Theatre Memphis 11 times, more than any other actor in the city.
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Transportation & LogisticsPreparing for extreme weather and other ‘disruptive events’
The University of Memphis’ Center for Applied Earth Science has hired a professor known for using data to guide long-term planning for infrastructure.
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Transportation & LogisticsFedEx success in USPS talks will show up in Express division
In a leaked recording, a FedEx vice president tells pilots a new contract with the U.S. Postal Service will eliminate daytime flights in 29 cities.
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City of MemphisSara Lewis, fierce advocate for children and education, dies
“She was very disappointed in Memphis about how the so-called Black children were allowed to falter because it allowed different subsets of schools,” said Aaron L. Lewis Jr., Lewis’s son.
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Education State funding allows tuition-free courses at Southwest Tennessee
Free courses in nine career fields will begin this winter on all Southwest Tennessee campuses for residents of Shelby and Fayette counties.
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Arts & CultureAvery Cunningham’s historical fiction delves into Black elite of 1920s Chicago
She wrote the 450-page novel late at night in her East Memphis home around her day job in admissions at the Southern College of Optometry.
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Arts & CultureAfter this Memphis writer discovered her heritage, she turned it into a story
“1666: A Novel” is Lora Chilton’s nod to her father’s people and the devastation they suffered from the colonizers in Virginia.
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EducationU of M’s new $40M STEM wing prepares to teach earthquake engineering, AI and robotics
For nearly 50 years, the U of M had taught engineering from the Herff facilities, which were completed in the early 1970s when engineering was taught in classrooms and laboratories and largely did not include research.
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Business More than 100 custodial workers at Amazon losing jobs in February
“As part of our regular course of business, we evaluate our vendor partners based on a number of factors and make changes to meet our business needs. As a result of a recent review, we’re changing janitorial vendors,” said Amazon spokesman Sam Stephenson.
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Transportation & LogisticsCargo pilots blast cockpit design that would nix co-pilot
There’s an industry push for planes only requiring one pilot in the cockpit at cruising altitudes, but pilots say doing so creates a safety issue.
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BusinessFor faith communities, boosting security conflicts with mission, identity
Fencing the perimeter doesn’t feel right, but many churches have armed guards in the parking lots and in the corridors.
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Transportation & Logistics FAA sends MEM $16M for airport improvements
Funds will be divided between three local airports, with the lion’s share going to Memphis International Airport’s terminal modernization project.
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Education Southwest student one of eight nationally recognized for talent, grit
“Southwest is the first place that I feel like adults have looked at me and spoken to me and said, ‘OK, this person has potential. This person can do something and has good ideas'”, said Allyson Harrison.
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Spirit of MemphisRutgers University builds pipeline to Memphis
Former Memphian Antonio D. Tillis is bringing Hamilton and Westwood students to the elite New Jersey school where he now serves as chancellor as “his way of giving back.”
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MetroEpiscopal Diocese of Mississippi elects first Black, first female bishop
Rev. Dorothy Wells came to Memphis to attend Rhodes College in the late 1970s. She practiced law 18 years before entering the ministry.
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MetroInterfaith Dinner, longtime symbol of Muslim outreach, canceled
Organizers say sensitivities about Gaza make the gathering between Muslims, Jews and Christians too difficult.
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Performing Arts Pat Halloran, the man who made the Orpheum a Broadway stop, dies
“He was a doer of doers. And he just got things done, and he did it with an amazing amount of personality,” said Kevin Kane, president and CEO of Memphis Tourism.
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