Movers & Shakers
HopeWorks has named Lytania Black as director after receiving funding from the state of Tennessee to oversee adult education programming in Shelby County.
HopeWorks has named Lytania Black as director after receiving funding from the state of Tennessee to oversee adult education programming in Shelby County.
ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc. reported an 8% increase in revenue to $560 million with net income of $59 million, or 43 cents per share, for its second quarter.
Designers of the future Leftwich Tennis Center traveled to see and borrow elements from some of the nation's best tennis facilities.
Perkins & Marie Callender's LLC has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware seeking protection from creditors who are owed more than $100 million.
African-Americans donate fewer organs than most racial groups. But their need for organs far surpasses the supply.
The city of Memphis and University of Memphis will partner in renovating Leftwich Tennis Center for the Tigers' tennis teams as well as the public.
An app developed by a Memphis couple makes it easier to find a good place for brunch.
Preserver Partners has grown to nearly $150 million in assets under management and nearly 500 investors.
Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital gave Cooper Kilburn, 2, his voice with the first reconstructed child larynx and airway passage ever recorded.
In the former L’Ecole Culinaire, the University of Memphis is opening one of the largest college culinary arts programs in the nation.
A local State Farm agent has opened a second office in the Mid-South, a first for the insurance company in the Memphis area.
FedEx is increasing its financial commitment to modernization and expansion of the FedEx Express Memphis world hub, which will total $1.55 billion over six years.
The Memphis office market remains steady and the industrial market remains strong heading into the third quarter of 2019.
Sebastiaan de Kok says living and working in Memphis has been a pleasant surprise. "People are so nice and welcoming. Not just nice, people can be nice anywhere and say their pleasantries. People genuinely want to help you out in Memphis."
Southern Avenue apartments are among the items the Memphis and Shelby County Board of Adjustment will hear at its Aug. 28 meeting.
The Federal Open Market Committee voted Wednesday afternoon to lower the federal funds rate by 0.25% to a range of 2% to 2.25%.
Developer Tom Intrator's 18Main will partner with New York-based Dream Hotel Group on a Dream Memphis hotel at 122 South Main, site of Royal Furniture's Downtown store and headquarters.
Il Hwan Kim, an assistant professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, has been awarded more than $1.5 million for research that could eventually help patients with disorders such as schizophrenia and autism.
Methodist Le Bonheur is raising its minimum wage as part of series of changes to help fight poverty in Memphis.
UTHSC researcher Siamak Yousefi has landed a $500,000 grant for a project that uses artificial intelligence to catch glaucoma early.
Varsity Spirit has acquired a pair of companies to help expand its band division.
A realignment of McIngvale Road in Hernando will soon be under construction, clearing the way for a new interchange with Interstate 269.
The Student Leader program, which began in 2005, is in 90 Bank of America markets, but 2019 marks the inaugural year for the Memphis market.
Two options will be presented at a public meeting for developing a long-vacant, nine-acre mound created for a section of Interstate 40 that was never completed.
In 2017, the largest simultaneous ransomware attack ever affected tens of thousands of organizations in 74 countries, including FedEx’ Memphis operations. Collierville's town computer system was the target of a ransomware attack in July.