In today’s world, we all rely heavily on technology to get our jobs done. However, when do we become too dependent on software and devices to the point we can’t make decisions and think for ourselves?

Yes, it’s time to focus on year-end giving at work and to celebrate with friends and family after hours. But let us suggest you find some time for pre-2019 strategy to get you ahead of the curve.

If there’s one takeaway from 2018, it’s that the internet is changing. Search engines have more content than ever before to sort through, and they’re increasingly expected to provide the best results. Transparency has been taken to a new level as privacy protection laws and website accessibility lawsuits increase. A website’s online reputation is now factored into search rankings as Google continues to prioritize expertise and industry knowledge.

It’s party time. Chances are, you may have a holiday party coming up for work or with friends that you just can’t avoid. Whatever the occasion, these parties can be draining. This is especially true for those of us who are introverts or who have other commitments. It can feel like there’s just no room for another to-do on the list.

ServiceMaster Global Holdings Inc. will acquire a New York City commercial pest control company with several high-profile clients, the company announced Tuesday, Dec. 11.

The business proposing to replace the Century Building with a car wash sought and received a 30-day hold as City Hall received 23 opposition emails from neighbors, even from Sun Studio and a New Orleans resident.

The first phase of Union Row, the $950 million mixed-use project along Union Avenue, is one step closer to securing the tax revenue it needs to fund public infrastructure improvements.

Krystal is tearing down two more of its hamburger restaurants in Memphis and replacing them with the chain’s latest design.

Sitting at the dining room table at his home in Bartlett, Dan Merrill, 67, holds his smartphone away from his reading glasses.

The snacks are changing, but savory aromas should still greet visitors entering the main entrance at Crosstown Concourse.

Wright Medical Group N.V. will build a $13 million expansion to its Arlington manufacturing facility and hire an additional 30 people, the company revealed on Monday.

Buckman, a locally-based chemical production company with a worldwide customer base, has hired three new executives who will all operate out of the company’s North Memphis headquarters.

A talk from the Back End of Innovation Conference by Melissa Steach, I-O psychologist, human factors and ergonomics specialist, Herman Miller Inc.

The 11-story Poplar Towers was a tired, 45-year-old office building in the middle of Memphis’ newest, most upscale and expensive offices.

At age 85, Alma Blankenship lives in the Bartlett house she’s called home for more than 50 years.

As is the case throughout Collierville, home sales within the Villages at Porter Farms planned development have been on fire for the past several years, with builders taking advantage of one of the hottest homebuilding markets in the Mid-South.

As 167 health care providers, researchers and foundation executives from 52 different countries made their way into the Marlo Thomas Center for Global Education and Collaboration auditorium, a slideshow depicted photos from their journey. One group was spotted at B.B. King’s Blues Club the night before, others took pictures upon their arrival at Memphis International Airport, and many took pictures at their final destination, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

A substantial development emerged Friday for Summer Avenue and the Highland Heights neighborhood with confirmation that a charter school plans to renovate and move into a large, vacant building on the commercial corridor.

With 15 restaurants under its belt and two more on the way, one local franchise has its eyes set eastward for future expansion possibilities.

An industrial real estate investment and operating company based in Dallas wanted another Memphis property so badly that it made an offer for a building that had not been on the market and bought it.

Hollywood Feed expands into the Sunshine State with a store opening Saturday, Dec. 8, in Tallahassee.

FedEx Express gets a new chief Jan. 1, with a rising star in FedEx leadership taking over for a long-tenured executive who embodies the company’s wealth of home-grown talent.

If you buy a tub of whipped topping, a plastic toy, fried pork rinds or gift wrap at Walmart, you may be contributing to a paycheck for a Memphis-area worker.

After the Bluff City’s political and business dignitaries filled the Grand Ballroom at The Peabody, the music died down and the mood became slightly somber, as attendees knew the Greater Memphis Chamber’s president and CEO would not be there.

In this final installment of my three-part intestacy series, I highlight two of the most overlooked asset-transferring mechanisms that can be used to bypass both the need to execute a will and the maze of intestate succession: beneficiary and joint ownership designations.