Both domestic and international air freight showed strong gains at Memphis International Airport in May, reflecting a surge in shipping activity related to COVID-19.

Upper Deck Sports, LLC, out of Huntsville, Alabama, is buying GameDay Baseball in Cordova and USA Stadium in Millington and making a $5 million investment, when including renovations to the facilities. 

Restaurants have accounted for 21% of COVID-19 emergency grants for small businesses in economically distressed Memphis neighborhoods. Whitehaven eatery Trap Fusion joined the group on Friday, June 19.

Two years after opening the first grocery in Binghampton, the Save-A-Lot at Tillman and Sam Cooper is closing at the end of the month.

A new, local program will offer free legal representation and housing counseling to renters facing pandemic-related evictions. Participating landlords will be paid negotiated settlements. And the court that handles evictions is participating.

Tennessee gained nearly 94,000 nonfarm jobs in May, but total jobs were down nearly 266,000 from a year earlier, reflecting COVID-19's devastation of hospitality, manufacturing and services sectors.

Loan-loss provisions significantly impacted earnings as banks responded to potential credit problems due to the pandemic.

Memphis International Airport's supply of 200,000 fabric face masks comes courtesy of the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The washable, 3-ply, all-cotton mask is made by HanesBrands.

Dexamethasone is a commonly used steriod, widely available and inexpensive. It shows promise of being a big breakthrough for the sickest patients, including people on ventilators.

The design includes two pedestrian overlooks on the west side of Riverside Drive at Monroe and at Union and a six-foot-wide, wheelchair-accessible walkway on the eastern, upper edge of the landing between Court and Monroe.

Hilton Worldwide officials didn't say how many jobs would be lost at the company's Memphis operations headquarters, which employs about 1,100. The company is trimming 22% of corporate jobs.

Protect Our Aquifer, which is dedicated to protecting the Memphis Sand Aquifer that provides the region with drinking water, has hired its first executive director, Jim Kovarik.

South City businesses and nonprofits now need only to make a 10% match – instead of 25% – to receive up to a $50,000 grant to improve the exterior of their buildings.

The $2.5 million renovation will prepare space for Memphis Made Brewing along the planned Ravine linear park.

Social distancing has meant the shipping of more food to the front doors of more people. Which means Memphis-based nexAir is selling more dry ice. 

Seeding Success, a Memphis-based nonprofit that works to improve outcomes for children in Memphis and Shelby County from cradle to career, recently welcomed Reggie Davis as its new Beyond the Classroom Director.

The state House voted 80-9 Tuesday to give schools, businesses and hospitals broader protections against the potential for "frivolous lawsuits" tied to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Memphis International Airport and the UrbanArt Commission named winners Tuesday, June 16, in the competition for public art in the modernized B Concourse.

Oden called some of the largest corporations in Memphis clients during its long run as a marketing and advertising agency.

Judges, law clerks and private firms across the city have retooled their externship programs for this virtual age.

UTHSC and Le Bonheur are setting up a free shot clinic in Frayser to help catch children up on vaccines before school.

As we move along on reopening the “Weconomy,” employers and employees need to understand that both have crucial roles to play in making reopening safe.

General Sessions Civil Court resumed in-person hearings Monday with nearly 300 eviction cases on the docket for the day. But don’t construe that to mean the court is like some “assembly line or factory,” the chief judge says.

After closing, approximately 56% of the combined company will be held by legacy First Horizon shareholders and approximately 44% will be held by legacy Iberiabank shareholders.

Developers of the 106-room boutique hotel have just rolled out some of the branding and concepts for the hotel that already towers over Overton Square.