GateHouse completes purchase of Gannett; layoffs predicted
Media expert at the Neiman Foundation says one in eight people could be laid off in the combined company.
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Metro Bubble Boy research team honored by Smithsonian magazine
Team honored with Smithsonian's American Ingenuity Award for Life Sciences.
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The To-Do List The Weekly Memphian: Southern Avenue, Memsgiving, Talibah Safiya
Southern Avenue performs Saturday at Halloran Centre. The band’s second album, this year’s “Keep On,” was nominated this week for a Grammy in the Best Contemporary Blues Album category.
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Metro MIFA receiving $5 million from Day 1 Families Fund founded by Jeff Bezos
Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association has been awarded a $5 million grant from the Day 1 Families Fund.
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Metro Mexican Consulate donating books for young students
The Mexican Consulate is giving away educational books Thursday, Nov. 21, for Memphis students in grades 1-6 at the Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library.
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Business Feds announce $6 million grant for airport de-icing
Memphis International Airport has added $6 million in federal funding for centralized aircraft de-icing facilities.
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Metro Memphis-based Hunter Fan launches lighting collection
Hunter Fan has launched its first lighting collection.
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Metro UTHSC gets $250,000 grant from Pfizer
Will help train nurse practitioners and physicians assistants in practice of rheumatology.
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Metro Memphis Theological Seminary gets first fully endowed chair
Memphis Theological Seminary has its first fully endowed chair in its history — the Hamilton and Varnell Chair in Wesleyan Studies.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Dani Bowers has been appointed to Human Resources Manager at Paragon Bank. Bowers reports to Robert Shaw, chief executive officer at Paragon Bank.
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Arts & Culture The Weekly Memphian: Record Store Day, Blac Youngsta, ‘The Irishman’
Think local on Black Friday when Memphis Music, Shangri-La and Goner Records join in the annual Record Store Day. Follow up with Small Business Saturday events at Inspire Community Cafe, Cooper-Young and Southern Vintage Co. in Bartlett.
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December 2019
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Business Daily Memphian’s new community subscription manager to expand free access efforts
Kesha Whitaker’s job will be to increase the reach and readership of the Daily Memphian by reaching out to and coordinating with schools, community centers, affordable housing developments and other groups and organizations.
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Metro Robinson to receive council’s Humanitarian Award
Dr. Kenneth Robinson will receive the 2019 Memphis City Council Humanitarian Award on Dec. 3.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
April Scales was recently added to Commercial Bank and Trust’s Memphis operations as a new Vice President and Commercial Lender.
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Metro Leadership Memphis looking for Change Maker nominees
Know people who make others’ lives better? Nominate them for Leadership Memphis Change Maker Awards.
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Metro New president of Terminix Residential chosen
Kim Scott will replace Matt Stevenson as president of Terminix Residential.
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Business Frontdoor announces acquisition of technology developer Streem
Memphis-based home service plan provider Frontdoor has acquired a Portland, Oregon company that developed technology enabling technicians to remotely diagnose home repair problems via smart phone cameras.
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Financial Services Carl White to succeed Stackhouse at St. Louis Fed
Julie Stackhouse will retire with 34 years of service, 17 of which have been at the St. Louis Fed.
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Arts & Culture The Weekly Memphian: ‘Band of Outsiders,’ Duke Deuce, Ariana Grande and Sensitive Santa
The Weekly Memphian is a guide to some of the things happening in Memphis, recommended by Daily Memphian staff. This guide covers Dec. 5-11.
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Business Daily Memphian adds executive editor
Ronnie Ramos has more than 30 years in media leadership experience.
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Business Fogelman plays Santa at Eastgate
Memphian and former owner of the Kansas City Royals pays off layaway balances for 200 shoppers at Burlington.
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Metro MAA raises quarterly dividend
MAA announced Tuesday, Dec. 10, that its board of directors has approved a quarterly dividend payment of $1 per share of common stock, an increase of 4.2%.
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Movers and Shakers Movers & Shakers
Inferno has appointed Eric Taylor as account executive and Taylor McPherson as public relations coordinator.
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Financial Services Fed leaves target funds rate unchanged
In a unanimous decision Wednesday, Dec. 11, the Federal Open Market Committee maintained the target range for the federal funds rate at 1.5% to 1.75%.
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Business Memphis cracks top 10 for housing market in 2020
Combination of home sales and price increase puts Bluff City in top 10 of U.S. housing markets for 2020 in what otherwise is expected to be slower year.
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