Ray’s Take: When choosing a life insurance plan that’s right for you, the most important question you need to ask yourself is whether you need the insurance to be temporary or permanent.

They didn’t win this week, but two of Memphis’ new architectural gems were among 535 “short-listed” projects in the 2018 World Architecture Festival Awards in Amsterdam.

After 12 years of leading Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, president and CEO Meri Armour plans to retire in 2019.

The city of Memphis is helping University of Memphis tennis teams find new home courts to use after The Racquet Club closes next spring.

However Overton Park’s two iconic buildings are reused in the future, they should welcome the public with open arms, continue to celebrate art and support artists, and provide continuing education.

A long-planned modernization and expansion of the 44-year-old Memphis Cook Convention Center is in the clear after approval of a $163.5 million construction contract Wednesday, Nov. 28.

Caesars Entertainment Corp. is ending gaming operations at Tunica Roadhouse Casino.

Walgreen Co. has paid rival pharmaceutical chain Fred’s Inc. $68 million as part of a larger agreement between the companies, according to a release Wednesday, Nov. 28.

Memphis is one of Frommer’s travel guide’s “Best Places to Go in 2019” on the strength of the city’s 200th anniversary celebration next year, Memphis Tourism announced Wednesday.

At a time when brick-and-mortar retailers are competing with e-commerce, Downtown Memphis is trying to figure out if it can support retail at all.

A familiar East Memphis office building, with its script “Century Building" sign in front and mechanized, louvered windows on the sides, is proposed to be demolished and replaced with a car wash.

A new, larger Wiseacre brewery Downtown would enable the Memphis company to double its full-time employment and expand distribution of its craft beer initially into all of Alabama as well as Georgia and the Florida Panhandle. “We’re in seven states full-time,’’ co-founder Kellan Bartosch said Friday of Wiseacre Brewing Co.'s current footprint. “And we’ve had conversations with markets all over.’’

The Madison@McLean apartments under construction in Midtown will include ground-floor retail space, the developers confirmed Monday.

Memphis-based International Paper Co. has donated $1 million to the River City Partnership, a collaboration between the University of Memphis, Shelby County Schools and the Achievement School District.

I’ve been talking to a number of job seekers lately about illegal interview questions. They keep coming up, and I keep asking myself why that is. When you’re a job seeker, you may not realize how common illegal questions are because you’re interviewing for only one or two jobs at a time. But, surprisingly, they’re popping up in job interviews quite a bit.

Lynne Walker, executive vice president, director of affinity strategy at First Tennessee Bank, won gold in the Female Executive of the Year Award (employees 2500+) Consumer Services category and silver in the Female Executive of the Year Award Business Services category at the 15th annual Stevie Awards for Women in Business.

The third time may be the charm for the Memphis Cook Convention Center’s $175 million transformation, which is proposed for award to a Mississippi contractor after three rounds of bidding.

Bill Phillips, a 37-year trucking industry veteran from Knoxville, aimed a megaphone at a student driver after repeated botched attempts to back up a big rig.

Amanda and David Bass’ chances of having a healthy pregnancy were not good. Their fertility specialist told them there was a 75 percent chance that Amanda and/or the baby would not make it.

Imagine an everyday scenario where friends meet for lunch without a plan. One friend suggests Chinese and everyone agrees. But where? Smartphones are drawn. A few swipes and a quick search later and the friends are headed to a nearby restaurant with positive reviews. This business owner is reaping the benefits of micro-moment marketing.

Whether it’s Giving Tuesday or year-end giving, your gift is truly a gift.

The Metal Museum proposes to spend $21 million to renovate Overton Park’s Rust Hall and make it a “world class museum and educational center." The museum board approved what it calls the “expansion plan" in September as part of its campaign to win the keys to Rust Hall. The 78,000-square-foot headquarters of Memphis College of Art becomes available after the school closes in May 2020.

Dakota Garrity presides over central control at FedEx Ground in Olive Branch, Mississippi, like a NASA flight director overseeing a moon mission.

New management of The Shops at Carriage Crossing wants to enhance the pedestrian-friendly shopping center’s customer experience – a shifting of direction for the business district.

Oak Hall and Lansky Bros. are collaborating on a unique project that gives back to the patients of St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. A set of three pairs of collectible socks is available just in time for the holidays, and sales benefit St. Jude.