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Business
Ray’s Take: According to the IRS, Americans gave more than $390 billion to charity last year and people in the middle to lower income brackets gave the most. You may find this surprising, but research has actually shown that the less someone earns, the more likely they are to give their money away to help others. -
Business
The Daily Traveler: Come experience the world’s possibilities
I poured a second cup of coffee, walked to the kitchen table and opened my iPad, revealing the home screen photo of St. Kitts with the waves of the Atlantic crashing in from the east and the gentle bath of the Caribbean lapping ashore from the west. A road bisects the island, heading south over gently rolling hills toward the southern coast. In the distance, a cloud hovers along the top of Nevis, the sister isle of this two-island nation. -
Business Holiday hiring ramps up
The holiday hiring season is in full swing in Memphis, where thousands of people work to distribute products around the nation and world. -
Transportation & Logistics
CN Railway donation boosts transportation workforce center
CN, the Canadian National Railway, has donated $500,000 to the University of Memphis to support the Southeast Transportation Workforce Center. -
Real Estate
L.A. boutique hotel plans to ARRIVE in Memphis next year
Palm Springs, California. Austin, Texas. Phoenix, Arizona. Wilmington, North Carolina. Albuquerque, New Mexico. Houston, Texas. Memphis, Tennessee. -
Collierville
Streetscape project to modernize Collierville’s downtown gateway
Work is underway in Collierville on a new Center Connect streetscape project that promises to transform Center Street leading to the historic Town Square, establishing a new gateway to Downtown Collierville. -
Business
New Downtown fitness studio product of grit and grind entrepreneurship
Memphis native Victoria Young, 27, wants to inspire other young entrepreneurs to act now, and figure the how out later. -
Business
LITE Memphis alums, Rhodes students unite for b2b retail startup
Imagine walking into a store to purchase a pair of shoes. You have found a style of shoe you like, but need to try it on in your size. Several other people need help, too, though, so you have to wait. -
Financial Services Renasant, Pinnacle make waves in Memphis banking market while First Tennessee, Regions rule
First Tennessee and Regions maintained an iron grip on market share, holding nearly half the Memphis area's $31.8 billion in deposits, while Pinnacle and Renasant banks moved up among smaller players. -
Education
Free tuition program going gangbusters at FedEx hub
Debra Clark thought there must be a catch when her manager announced FedEx was offering Memphis hub workers tuition-free online education at University of Memphis. -
Business
IKEA reducing operating hours at Memphis store
IKEA will cut its operating hours in Memphis, the retailer’s only U.S. store to reduce store hours. -
Real Estate
Onyx Medical to expand manufacturing facility
Onyx Medical this week applied for a building permit to start an $11 million expansion of its medical-device manufacturing facility in northeast Memphis. -
Business
Tiger territory: Big new sign envisioned for University District
The University of Memphis president is at it again, pushing for big, iconic structures to define the campus and its surrounding neighborhoods. -
Real Estate
Businessman Marty Mathews fills retail gap along Madison west of Overton Square
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Business
Guest Column: BBB, government team up to combat business scams
In June, the FTC, other law enforcement agencies and the BBB announced the results of Operation Main Street: Stopping Small Business Scams, a law enforcement and education initiative targeting scammers who victimize businesses. The other agencies include the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, two U.S. Attorneys’ Offices and eight state attorneys general. -
Germantown
Germantown mixed-use moratorium hits halfway mark
Germantown's self-imposed 18-month mixed-use multifamily moratorium just passed its halfway point, and only two of the four projects approved before the action took effect are still alive. -
Transportation & Logistics
FedEx cites TNT acquisition, flexibility in confident earnings forecast
FedEx leaders stood strong Monday in the face of tariff threats, Amazon delivery plans and lower-than-expected, but robust quarterly profit growth. -
Financial Services
Despite online banking’s popularity, bricks-and-mortar branches remain a priority
The future of bank branches has been subject to speculation since ATMs came into common use more than 40 years ago. -
Business Ceremony to mark completion of $4.5M levee drainage project
When the Mississippi River rose to historic levels in 2011, local officials observed water seeping under the levee that protects the Frank C. Pidgeon Industrial Park near Presidents Island. -
South Memphis
More employees fuel need for second industrial entrance
The Memphis and Shelby County Port Commission is working to secure state funds to create a second entrance, or exit, where the road inside the industrial park currently dead ends on the south side. -
South Memphis
FedEx earnings surge, but fall short of expectations
FedEx earnings rose nearly 38 percent in the June-August quarter from a year ago, but fell short of analysts’ expectations. -
South Memphis
Memphis sees potential in river shipment of cargo containers
Memphis doesn’t want to miss the boat if and when container ships start plying the Mississippi River on a regular basis. -
Business
FUNdraising: Diversity & Acceptance in Fundraising
Editor’s note: Part one of a four-part series. We were asked to speak to the Memphis Chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) on Sept. 13. The following is part one of our remarks. We share these as we believe they are important to all of us who care about Memphis. Remarks were written by Melvin and Pearl Shaw and delivered by Pearl Shaw. -
Business
Let’s Grow: Practicing Innovation – An Inside Job
It is a heroic adventure being an innovation practitioner. To lead an organization to where it is ready to flex its culture, business model, practices and management style requires the types of talents and skills that only metaphors can describe: the hunting instincts of a lion, the fortitude of a buffalo, the wisdom of an owl and the patience of a turtle. -
Real Estate
Saucy Chicken replaces Mama Gaia in Crosstown Concourse
Crosstown Concourse has made a Southern U-turn at one of its restaurant spaces: Replacing a vegetarian-themed restaurant for one that features chicken dishes, including the fried kind.
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