With HIV cases spiking in the area, Mayor Lee Harris and his team took the opportunity to advertise the Shelby County Health Department’s free, confidential walk-in testing.

“This year we want people to join us in walking to create a world without suicide,” said Robert Gebbia, CEO of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.

“Our results reflect the strength of our diversified business model and our continued focus on growing and deepening client relationships,” FHN President Bryan Jordan said.

The affiliate will be tax-exempt and have no legal or financial liability in the city’s transaction. 

The company plans to create more than 200 new jobs in engineering, administrative and production, enabling it to support its client base in the Southeast.

In all, the company is cutting 650 jobs, 400 of them in Memphis, its headquarters.

St. Louis-based Best Wash Laundromats expands presence in Memphis, Frager Law Firm signs a lease in East Memphis Crye Leike building, and a new tenant in The Shops at Rock Creek in Cordova. 

Baptist Health Sciences University and RISE Memphis announce additions. 

On Monday, Oct. 14, IMC employees packed grills, charcoal, diapers, formula, tents, sleeping bags, baby medications and generators into a 20-foot shipping container. 

The $13.4 billion merger between TD Bank Group and First Horizon National Corp. was scrapped last year following months of delays as the financial institutions tried to overcome regulatory oversight of their deal. 

From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct. 15, free flu shots will be available at three Memphis sites, including one drive-thru location. 

In April, International Paper said it had reached an agreement to acquire DS Smith and expected to close the deal by the fourth quarter. 

Donte Johnson, 23, of Memphis, no longer lives with chronic pain caused by sickle cell disease, thanks to the gene therapy he received as clinical trial participant at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. 

“We are proud and honored to receive this funding, which we hope will be instrumental in retaining newly graduated nurses in areas with nursing and health care gaps,” the dean of UTHSC’s College of Nursing said.

Every ticket sold to Memphis’ Oct. 19 home football game against North Texas will result in a $5 donation to purchase mammograms for Memphis residents.

Anuja Ghorpade, who comes to Memphis from the Albany College of Pharmacy, is a cell and molecular biologist by training. She has helped secure more than $13 million in research funding.

The Ducks Unlimited conservation officer had a part in DU putting a record 1 million acres in conservation programs this year. She recently received the Association of Fish & Wildlife Agencies lifetime achievement award.

Boba Boba Life is open, and Taco Cabana is considering expanding to Memphis. Pearl’s Coffee & Tea House is opening on Peabody next to Kura House.

Lawrence Yun, chief economist and senior vice president of research at the National Association of Realtors, gave an update about commercial real estate on national and local levels. 

The new Grow Tennessee network will feature a variety of shows highlighting different aspects of Tennessee agriculture, including urban farming, local food production, research and agricultural technology.

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist has helped pass bills in two states to make insurance cover speech therapy. Tennessee is one of his next targets.

Union Depot in Bartlett is set to change the suburb’s landscape while adding residences for the growing city.

EDGE received the “Outstanding Local Development Finance Agency of the Year” award from the National Council of Development Finance Agencies.

A medical office building fully leased by Baptist Medical Group has been sold. Plus, Ameriflo has a new global headquarters. 

The Leadership Memphis and Volunteer Memphis Board of Directors has named Bobby White as their new president and CEO.