Ducks Unlimited announced Wednesday the appointment of the organization's new CEO, Adam Putnam. Putnam will replace outgoing CEO Dale Hall, who will retire June 30.

To promote literacy and parent-child engagement in reading, Pinwheel Playroom is located in a place where parents have to spend time, and children get bored. For families with limited resources, laundromats are one of those places.

New and planned townhouse buildings that dwarf surrounding homes have angered Midtown residents, but the developer, architect and city planners say it meshes with the neighborhood and a future of sustainability. 

Laura Bailey has been promoted to principal attorney and senior vice president of legal operations for The Crone Law Firm PLC.

The Daily Memphian is ahead of projections in reaching its subscriber goal, president and executive editor Eric Barnes told a Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce luncheon Tuesday.

Power & Tel plans to move its headquarters from Binghampton to the edge of Collierville. 

The Greater Memphis Chamber announced Tuesday Chad Matheson will join the organization as its first vice president of business intelligence.

With an influx of boutique hotels coming into Downtown Memphis, the new owners of the DoubleTree by Hilton are spending $47 million to turn the "tired" hotel into a one-of-a-kind lifestyle asset.

Treat everyone you interview with the same level of respect you would want to receive. Make the application process easy, and you'll draw more candidates.

The 5-year-old Urban Earth garden center at 80 Flicker was sold this week by the Touliatos family.

FedEx has named Don Colleran as president and chief executive officer of FedEx Express. He'll succeed Raj Subramaniam, who became president and chief operating officer of FedEx Corp. March 1.

Proponents of an inter-operable pool of intermodal container chassis for the Memphis area aren't giving up on the idea despite a recent rejection by two big players in the market.

If you could add three dream-team members to your current team, who would you pick? Here are 18 possibilities to consider. 

A public-relations practitioner can't write a plan that will achieve the company’s objectives if he or she doesn’t know what you talk about around that big table in the conference room.

A building permit was applied for last week for Rising Roll, a fast-casual restaurant which will open on the ground floor of Poplar Towers in East Memphis.

The clock is ticking on FedEx Corp.'s voluntary buyout program aimed at selected employees at FedEx Express, corporate and FedEx Services. April 1 is the application deadline.

ScanSource Inc., a provider of technology solutions including barcode and point-of-sale systems, is adding 50 employees in an expansion of its Southaven, Mississippi distribution center over the next year.

About 120 employees are being laid off in a move by ABB to close its Southaven, Mississippi, manufacturing facility. The jobs are being consolidated into two other U.S. facilities and one in Mexico. 

How we structure the world of management and metrics needs to be reimagined, innovated and renewed for the emerging era.

A last will and testament is a pretty powerful little document, as it is one of the few tools that allows you to maintain control over your estate even after you’ve died.

With longtime president and CEO Meri Armour set to retire this year, Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital has found its next president from a pediatric health care system based in North Texas.

Many of us don't know that we are being bombarded by marketing and advertising campaigns because of the new channels used to deliver the messages, such as blogs, messaging apps and search engines.

For Lana and Ben Hickey, Arlington residents and owners of Crave Coffee Bar & Bistro and Crave Sweets, opening their own restaurant was always part of their plan after they met while attending Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts in Atlanta. 

In rejecting "affordable" apartments for Uptown, the City Council seeks to balance Uptown's mix of low-income and more affluent residents. 

The Works and ComCap Partners are about to start an $11 million revival of long-vacant apartments in the heart of Frayser. Renaissance at Steele Apartments will provide both affordable housing and family-support programs.