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As Gov. Bill Lee addresses the latest developments, Tennessee Department of Health announces 251 more confirmed coronavirus cases and three more deaths resulting from the disease.
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As Gov. Bill Lee addresses the latest developments, Tennessee Department of Health announces 251 more confirmed coronavirus cases and three more deaths resulting from the disease.
MAA reported revenues and expenses ticked up slightly, while the COVID-19 pandemic started to affect the multifamily rental business as the first quarter closed.
The Memphis Zoo awaits word from the city on when it can reopen with limits on crowds and social distancing requirements enforced.
Parts of Memphis’ $3.5 billion a year tourism industry could make a comeback as soon as next week. The city will vet reopening plans on a case-by-case basis.
Memphis area fitness centers were gearing up to reopen Monday with smaller class sizes, more space between people and equipment, senior citizen hours and a continued focus on virtual classes.
FedEx said an announced national job action against several companies in the e-commerce and shipping businesses had "no impact" on operations Friday.
The first 11 grants, totaling $62,500, were approved Friday, May 1, under the Economic Development Growth Engine's new program to aid small, inner-city businesses struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
International Paper reported adjusted earnings of 57 cents a share for the quarter, with strong immediate demand for corrugated packaging and pulp offset by lower demand for printing paper.
The UrbanArt Commission and a public art committee of the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority are scheduled to receive site-specific proposals for public art in the B Concourse in mid-June.
The ranks of Tennesseans unemployed in the Memphis area grew by another 8,215 people last week, reaching 65,147 since the COVID-19 economic shutdown began in mid-March.
The chamber will be enlisting help from city and county officials and businesses, small and large, to set up a business response council “to deal not just with recovery, but resilience and reset,” Robertson told a Shelby County Commission committee Wednesday, April 29.
Room service was never so varied as the Westin Beale Street's dinner offering during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guests can get meals delivered to their rooms free from eight restaurants.
Muslim religious head coverings known as hijabs were at the center of a religious discrimination claim filed against Memphis warehouse operators. A settlement in the case was signed this week.
FedEx announced a new alliance with BigCommerce, a rival of Shopify, to help small and medium-sized businesses sell goods online.
Stryker Corp. extended a tender offer for shares of Wright Medical Group until June 30, after Wright shareholders cleared the way for the transaction during a meeting Friday, April 24.
A former FedEx senior vice president has designs on tapping a growing market for cannabidiol (CBD) oil. A new Rossville production facility's output will be initially used in Easyriders-branded products.
Memphis International Airport's mammoth, 3.3 million square foot de-icing facility will dwarf one completed last year at Chicago O'Hare.
FedEx's landing fees will help Memphis International Airport balance its budget amid discussion of putting all passenger airlines in a single concourse until traffic rebounds from COVID-19.
Q1 earnings more than doubled from a year earlier, but Mueller Industries warned Tuesday, April 21, coronavirus is expected to take a big bite out of April-June results.
The clock is ticking on medical device maker Stryker's $30.75 a share offer to buy Memphis-grown Wright Medical and boost Stryker's position in the global orthopedic surgical products market.
FedEx Office, the Dallas-based printing and office services retail outlet of FedEx Corp., is furloughing some employees because of business slowdown during COVID-19 pandemic.
Experts expect the surge in e-commerce during the coronavirus pandemic to be a permanent fixture going forward.
The Viking Mississippi, a 386-passenger, custom-built vessel, is scheduled to begin cruising the Mississippi River in August 2022.
Tennessee reported jobless claims from the Memphis area rose 12,216 in the week ending April 11, making a four-week total of 44,571 since COVID-19 settled in.
Tennessee's labor department is readying a fix for its unemployment claims system to address self-employed and other workers covered by federal stimulus package's unemployment benefit.