Carnell Vann has spent the past 10 years trying to open a barbershop in his Frayser neighborhood. Now he's close to realizing his dream.

After 21 years leading one of the 60 largest law firms in the country, Baker Donelson chairman and CEO Ben C. Adams is taking more time to focus on his practice and serve his hometown. 

The canopy of the former gas station that most recently housed Fuel Cafe is one stop closer to being closed in to increase seating capacity for a new homemade pasta and pizza restaurant. 

The Land Use Control Board will consider developer Nitinkumar Patel's request this week to build a Holiday Inn Express & Suites at 235 Union.

Dr. Glen Steele, Southern College of Optometry’s longest-serving faculty member and a co-founder of InfantSEE, has been inducted into the National Optometry Hall of Fame.

Harrison Edwards riding distinction as a Facebook Marketing Partner.

Financially troubled discount retailer Fred's Inc. has sold its 57-acre complex of industrial, office and retail space to a Canadian-based real estate company that is bullish on Memphis.

Mid-South Food Bank helps an average of 200,000, food-insecure Mid-Southerners each year, but now plans to assist more people with its new, larger headquarters in Southeast Memphis.

A biodegradable drug delivery implant startup based in Memphis has launched a private placement investment offering through MicroVentures. 

Six months after becoming part of Gray Television, WMC-TV has added more automation technology to its newscasts, displacing an undisclosed number of employees.

Memphis-based discount retailer Fred’s Inc. has amended a forbearance agreement with its lenders again.

Memphis-based Sedgwick, provider of claims and risk management services, announced an agreement to buy York Risk Services Group, a New Jersey company with nearly 5,000 employees and 60 offices.

Analysts and a shipping industry consultant dissect FedEx Corp.'s longtime mantra of "operate independently, compete collectively" in view of flagship FedEx Express unit's recent difficulties.

The space Burlington Coat Factory vacated, plus the T.J. Maxx store, will undergo a $2 million renovation.

Established Downtown Memphis businesses trade monthly rent for mortgage payments instead. 

The Greater Memphis Chamber wants local companies to intentionally disrupt out-of-town relationships by bringing outside vendor contracts back to Memphis. 

People desperate to unload their timeshares are vulnerable to timeshare relief firms that offer to sell their property for an upfront fee. The firm collects the fee but never delivers the service.

ProTech Systems Group has a new but familiar leader, along with updated branding to symbolize the change.

The vacant Fuel Cafe on Madison could be renovated into a new pizza and pasta restaurant by a local grower who sells handmade pastas at local farmers markets. 

Three potential tenants are talking with the new owner of the former Grimes Memorial UM Church property for a ground lease. The building and its well-known mural will be demolished.

Memphis River Parks Partnership wants to make Memphis Park into a community gathering place Downtown with shaded dining area and easy access to other amenities.

After 32 years at the same location, Jun Lee Trading Co. will move farther east on Summer Avenue.

A Memphis organization that helps nonprofits improve their efficiency and reach is no longer accepting job posts for less than $15 an hour.

Memphis organizations will get more than $2 million in grant money from the Corporation for National and Community Service to support the work of AmeriCorps members.

Drew Hill, Linda A. Moore, Jane Roberts and Mark Weber have joined The Daily Memphian staff.