American Paper Optics is working to sell 5 million pairs of protective glasses for Chile and Argentina's total solar eclipse on July 2.

City planning board voted Thursday to change the spelling of “Forrest Avenue” in Midtown to “Forest Avenue.”

High schoolers aren't the only ones attending senior prom this spring. Senior citizen centers across the city are hosting proms of their own as a way to get seniors moving and reminiscing. 

Amazon is making a bigger move into air cargo and building its capability to pick up from sellers and deliver directly to customers. But FedEx says it isn't worried.

Two Memphis companies are ready to hire 76 new workers and invest nearly $15 million combined to expand local operations. 

The former Soviet nation of Armenia is the first country to join St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's global effort to improve pediatric cancer treatment in low- and middle-income countries. 

ANF Architects' design for the new Crosstown High School inside Crosstown Concourse has received an Award of Design Excellence in AIA’s 2019 Education Facility Design Awards.

With his latest donation, Memphis Grizzlies guard Mike Conley has now donated more than $1 million to a local effort to provide comprehensive health care to those with sickle cell anemia. 

FedEx Logistics' top executives will move to Peabody Place Office Tower in May, giving the Memphis-based company its first significant office presence Downtown.

Memphis business organization drops "interim" tag from president and CEO Beverly Robertson's title. 

A portion of Jackson Avenue seen as a gateway to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is scheduled to get upgrades that will make it more visually appealing and pedestrian friendly. 

Jon McCreery was credited with making the city/county Land Use Control Board more focused and efficient during his seven years as chairman. 

Memphis-based Fred’s Inc. announced Thursday 159 underperforming stores will close by the end of May. The decision follows a comprehensive evaluation of the company’s store portfolio.

Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated is expanding its West Memphis production facility and moving around 60 Memphis jobs there.

Depending on where the viewer is standing, Downtown Memphis' latest art installation will read "MEMPHIS" to some and "SIHPMEM" to others. 

FedEx has been named a 2019 Best of the Best Corporation for inclusion by the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and the National Business Inclusion Consortium.

Southern Airways Express is aiming an expansion of Memphis-Nashville nonstops at business travelers who don't want to stay overnight. It goes from one daily roundtrip to four May 2.

Philip Spinosa, senior vice president of the Chairman's Circle, becomes the fifth person to leave a leadership position at the Greater Memphis Chamber since last summer. 

Memphis Zoo has named a new president and CEO, native Memphian, Jim Dean.

David Hill has joined Turner Construction Co. as a senior estimator in the Memphis office.

Memphis Goodwill will open a re-sale and donation center at 1810 Union, where Rite Aid closed last fall, by Aug. 1.

Townhouse Management Co. says 100 North Main would cost less in public incentives to retrofit as a convention center hotel, compared to the planned Loews on Civic Center Plaza.

Lawyers for Stine Seed Co. and other defendants reported no settlement after mediation sessions with black farmers who have alleged a race-based conspiracy in the sale of low-yielding soybean seeds.

Several projects, including new office space and a new six-story apartment project in Midtown, received mulityear tax abatements for their investments Tuesday. 

The Commercial Council of the Memphis Area Association of Realtors honored the top performers in commercial real estate for 2018 last week at its 18th annual event at the Shelby Farms Park’s FedEx Event Center.