The last 20 years have seen a dramatic rise in employee class-action lawsuits against employers. Hoping to mitigate the trend, employers increasingly use mandatory arbitration provisions in employment contracts, often requiring employees to waive their right to pursue claims as a class if a dispute arises.

The grocery store and gathering spot that has served Harbor Town for 20 years will celebrate its renovation and rebranding on Saturday.

Neighborhood grocery Montesi’s announced this week that it will close by the end of October, becoming the second independent grocery in two weeks to shut its doors along the hard-hit Summer Avenue corridor.

It began on a winter day in 1886, when a retail jeweler in Redwood Falls, Minnesota, received a package of watches that had been shipped to him by a Chicago company. The jeweler refused the package. He did not order the watches, and he had no interest in them.

Growing up in Memphis, Tamera Malone, instructional coach at Gestalt Public Schools, was excited for a fresh start at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was making great strides in her pursuit of a degree in political science, which would soon propel her into law school, or so she thought. Then she took a role as an assistant for a college class that would dramatically alter her perspective and plans for the future.

October in Memphis: a high of 92 and sweat. October in Boston: 65, partly sunny and how I imagine autumn should feel.

FedEx on Thursday announced an agreement to buy Australian logistics services company Manton Air-Sea Pty Ltd.

The city committee trying to build a better way of pursuing economic development will meet later this month with the two organizations that play the major roles in the existing system – the Greater Memphis Chamber and the Economic Development Growth Engine.

Ray’s Take: Everyone loves to set big goals. I’m going to lose 30 pounds and get in shape in a month. I’m going to travel around the world. I’m going to retire at 50. And the list could go on and on. While goal setting is important and helps shape our dreams, goals like these are virtually unattainable and when they aren’t met can leave us feeling like a failure.

Charles Baker Airport, the Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority’s facility for small planes in north Shelby County, is getting a renovation of four aircraft hangars.

Public policy and competition in the business world can co-exist with business taking the lead in creating new jobs, says one of the new set of leaders of the Greater Memphis Chamber.

American Airlines has beefed up Memphis-Miami service with a second daily nonstop that started Oct. 4.

Bridge lighting installation is scheduled to cause intermittent lane closures on Interstate 40 on the Hernando DeSoto Bridge 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday, Oct. 22, to Thursday, Oct. 25, weather permitting, the Tennessee Department of Transportation says.

The city’s largest emergency shelter for the homeless holds a groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday for the first phase of a $34 million project replacing its outdated facilities Downtown with a 52,875-square-foot complex.

An industrial developer on Wednesday broke ground, ending an 11-year drought during which no speculative, top-grade distribution centers were built in Memphis.

A new master plan for the Port of Memphis calls for infrastructure upgrades to keep Presidents Island stable and a concerted push to maximize the potential of 2,300 undeveloped acres in nearby Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park.

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Many in the local investment community are mourning the loss of Jim Vining, who was called a pioneer in the storied financial services history of Memphis.

Graceland has sued the city of Memphis again, this time in federal court, over an indefinite delay of a zoning change allowing Elvis Presley Enterprises to expand the Whitehaven tourist magnet.

Budding entrepreneurs and local business owners looking for a little insight came out Wednesday for the annual SCORE Memphis Small Business Boot Camp: Roadmap to Success held in Germantown. 

After five years of social networking events in Memphis, Undercurrent is ending with its 50th meetup in December.

Sandwiched between two multi-million-dollar hotel projects, a longtime Beale Street property owner is investing in a historic building that sits in-between.

About 90 Memphians seized their chance Tuesday evening to say how they think two culturally important – and soon-to-be-vacant – buildings should be reused.

A health care products manufacturing site on Presidents Island expects to lose 99 jobs by April 2019 as a contract production agreement runs out.

Homeownership, the American dream. Where the heart is. We really do love homes. Talking about them, thinking about them, constantly surveying the residential real estate landscape even though we have no plans of moving.