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Business ABB Ltd., an international conglomerate with a Memphis-based electrical components division, has sold one of its divisions to a Japanese company. -
Business Breaking down Indigo Ag’s jobs and salaries
Indigo Ag will be a Downtown Memphis employer where no one makes less than $64,480, where the average salary will be $92,383 and where 90 people will make $180,960. -
Real Estate Indigo Ag’s average Memphis salary to be $92,383
The 625 new corporate jobs Indigo Ag will bring to Downtown Memphis will pay an average salary of $92,383. -
Health Care ZeroTo510 builds on Memphis’ ecosystem in medical devices
With more than 45 medical device companies based in the area, Memphis Bioworks Foundation and its ZeroTo510 business accelerator are building on successes to cultivate medical startups and help them thrive in Memphis. -
Business Elvis is dead, but 75 live acts could play Graceland in 2019
Graceland is teaming with entertainment giant Live Nation to book as many as 75 live music and entertainment shows at its 2,000-seat Graceland Soundstage and 464-seat Graceland Guest House Theater next year. -
Business Tech901 course helps Rhodes College employee grow in career
With a $250 class – and hard work – Kimberly Wamble was able to grow her salary by 20 percent. -
Business Seize the Day: It’s never too late to reclaim hope
It’s an inner-city neighborhood. It’s an area of burnt-out buildings and crack houses. The signs of homelessness, poverty and violence are etched into the neighborhood and into the faces of those who line up each day at the door to the church’s soup kitchen. It is, for most of them, the only food they have had since the day before, at the same place, at the same time. -
Business Let’s Grow: The system is rigged against innovation
Work in innovation for more than a decade you see familiar patterns. One of the most damning, yet predictable ones is relying on the core business units to commercialize innovations outside of their core. -
Business Plan to replace office building with car wash delayed as opposition mounts
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. -
Real Estate Wiseacre lands tax break to build ‘Instagramable’ Downtown taproom
A swath of vacant land is purposely part of Wiseacre Brewing Co.’s plans for its new brewery and taproom Downtown. -
Arlington Wright Medical to start expansion in Arlington, hire 30 more
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. -
Real Estate EDGE: Trucking firm moves, YMCA preps for renovations, manufacturer sells
Power Transport, a transportation and logistics company with a fleet of more than 125 trucks, is seeking a tax abatement to fix up a warehouse near the airport for its corporate offices. -
Health Care St. Jude latest hospital to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour
St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has joined the national movement to pay employees a living wage. -
Collierville Suburban retailers bank on ‘Shop Local, Buy Local’ for holidays
As the holiday shopping season enters its frenzied final week, some locally owned shops in Germantown and Collierville – like The Brooks Collection and The Truffle Pig – are enjoying brisk sales on a variety of goods created by local artists and businesses. -
Business Graceland loses round, vows to appeal bid for arena funding
Graceland’s battle with the city and Memphis Grizzlies over a FedExForum noncompete clause is expected to continue in a higher court after a lawsuit was dismissed in Shelby County Chancery Court. -
Financial Services New initiative works to cultivate young Memphis entrepreneurs
While summer jobs are great for kids and young adults, there is a need to help them find year-round opportunities to make money. -
Bartlett Silver Bells delivers joy to homebound seniors
At age 85, Alma Blankenship lives in the Bartlett house she’s called home for more than 50 years. -
Business Fred’s sales continue to drop in Q3
Sales for Memphis-based Fred’s Inc. continue to drop, according to the discount retail chain’s third quarter earnings report. -
Business Indigo Ag acquires ag-tech firm with satellite imaging, artificial intelligence
Ag-tech firm Indigo Ag has bought a company that uses satellites and artificial intelligence to operate a “living map’’ of the world’s food supply, Indigo Ag announced Thursday. -
Business Riviana’s South Memphis rice plant expands production yet again
A South Memphis rice processing and packaging plant has filed for yet another building permit to continue a string of expansions that started eight years ago. -
City of Memphis Naming rights deal sought for Memphis Cook Convention Center
A naming rights deal will be sought for the new and improved Memphis Cook Convention Center. The convention center board on Thursday approved a consulting agreement that could lead to a commercial brand splashed across the updated center’s sleek-looking new exterior. -
Business Tipping Point: Monica Wharton strives to bring positive change to Memphis community
Monica Wharton’s personal mission and passion have always been about serving her community, and that’s what inspired her to explore a career in health care. -
Business Rays of Wisdom: Estate planning mistakes to avoid
Ray’s Take: The biggest mistake you can make when it comes to your estate is not having a plan at all. Some people think estate planning is only for the retired or affluent, but everyone can benefit from an estate plan. -
Business ServiceMaster acquires New York pest control company
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. -
Real Estate Krystal rebuilding two more Memphis restaurants
Krystal is tearing down two more of its hamburger restaurants in Memphis and replacing them with the chain’s latest design.
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