FedEx responded quickly when federal agencies asked for expedited movement of coronavirus test specimens from remote testing sites to labs. The network launched Saturday, March 21.

In its first coronavirus-related fraud case, the Department of Justice shut down the website “coronavirusmedicalkit.com” that offered consumers a World Health Organization vaccine kit. There are currently no legitimate vaccines.

Taking the long view, Gill Properties is forging ahead with construction of a $3.9 million commercial center in East Memphis despite the recent economic disruption caused by COVID-19.

The state Department of Labor and Workforce Development is training other state workers to handle the surge in unemployment claims, but lawmakers are asking for more help.

Statewide, nearly half of those who have contracted the disease (386, or 47%) are between the ages of 21-40.

Members of a Downtown Memphis Commission board used a teleconference to keep their social distance and to approve a $30,000 grant to bring the healthy food business to Peabody Place. 

The Design Review Board will consider the proposed landscaping and lighting plans for the $62.5 million conversion of the former Gibson Guitar Factory into the new headquarters for FedEx Logistics.

Two river bluff buildings will be converted into 112 apartment units and 5,300 square feet of commercial space on Front Street.

Experts and others share their ideas for dealing with the emotional, financial and health-related stresses of the stay-at-home emergency order.

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services recently announced that Neil Hubbard is now affiliated with Crye-Leike’s corporate headquarters in Memphis as an executive broker for the Greater Memphis Region.

Confirmation numbers doubling here as model suggests, every five to seven days.

Variance exists in the tests themselves and there is no historical data on the percent of false reads clinicians should expect.

Tourism executive estimates 35,000 industry-related workers in Memphis area have been temporarily laid off.

FedEx chief Frederick W. Smith said Sunday the company doesn't need federal aid at this time, but "it's a good thing to have there ... if things get really bad."

FedEx Express worked over the weekend to set up a priority shipping network to expedite processing of coronavirus test specimens from more than 50 testing sites in 12 states.

In Memphis, hospitals are searching for new vendors, buying outside their purchasing organization lists.

Memphis Tourism officials are encouraging visitors to take walking or bicycling tours of attractions like Big River Crossing and parks.

Consumers may think mortgage interest rates have fallen in line with Federal Reserve rate cuts, but there are other factors contributing to mortgage rates. 

Realtors say they intend to tell potential homebuyers to remain in their cars if too many of them show up to open houses at the same time.

Gov. Bill Lee signed an executive order Sunday, March 22, calling for businesses across the state to use "alternative business models" beginning Monday. Like local orders already in place, it bans dine-in services at restaurants statewide.

Leaders of the city’s four major medical institutions have worked out unprecedented terms of cooperation among their institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Construction is expected to start on Oaks Edge in three to four months now that the Health, Educational and Housing Facility Board has approved a tax incentive for the senior-living development in East Memphis.

There is no combined count of how many novel coronavirus tests have been performed by the local health department and private hospitals. But the head of the health department says the number of tests isn't as important as the upward climb in those who test positive.

SCS cancels mass lunch distribution program for students because a food service worker is one of the newly confirmed cases. 

If mourners can't be part of a funeral while adhering to social distancing, one local professor recommends that people create their own, active way to celebrate and grieve a life.