The Memphis-based company reported lower earnings for its third quarter, as consumers’ buying habits drove a decrease in demand for packaging. 

Every time a community adopts the federal Community Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency program, it spurs development, according to a VP of a company that specializes in the financing. 

And if “Young Rock” shooting is moved to another city, NBC can use the local tax incentive for a different television production. 

A new app, called backrs, started a year ago to connect under-resourced students to scholarships, internships, business connections and information — as well as a seed investment and monthly contributions. 

This week’s Inked shares updates on a new Crunch Fitness location, new Hobby Lobby site and a $2.2 million remodel for Best Buy in the Market at Wolfcreek. 

“Given the climate change situation, I find it difficult to believe the City of Bartlett would approve a development plan that would include such devastation,” said one Shelby County resident. 

WLOK Radio, DT design studio and Baptist Memorial Health Care announce additions and promotions. 

For the first time ever, FedEx has generated its own economic impact study, which looks at the company’s revenue, labor and GDP. 

Collierville could soon add a hotel at Schilling Farms. The Board of Mayor and Aldermen approved a plan Monday night.

The largest comprehensive behavioral health provider in Shelby County plans to break ground in March on the 55,000-square-foot crisis center.

The 114th COGIC convocation returns Downtown next month. 

The seminar will highlight ongoing projects from the three panelists, including updates from developer Adam Slovis on 100 N. Main and the Snuff District. 

Original machines for games such as Joust, Mortal Kombat, Mario Bros., Pac-Man and others fill the arcade as hits from the ‘80s blast through the speakers. 

If you’re buying it from an online-only dealer, be sure you understand the return and refund policy and that the dealer’s reputation indicates it will stand behind the policy.

Drought is affecting the region even as climate change-induced increases in rainfall amount and intensity have been documented.

The last of the Memphis Starbucks 7 has been reinstated at the location on Poplar Avenue and Prescott Street, but the group still seeks reinstatement for all other union-seeking Starbucks employees across the United States.

Eligibility requirements for PILOTs may change.

The third season of “Young Rock” will feature 13 episodes all filmed in or around Memphis and Shelby County.

“We were in Benghazi when the civil war started,” the surgeon said by video teleconference from the hospital in Basra, Iraq. “We were in Iraq when ISIS was invading. We were in Tripoli when the government of Eastern Libya decided they were going to fight the government of Western Libya.”

At last night’s Freedom Awards, FedEx Corp. founder Fred Smith talked about the economy and highlighted longtime staff members; two Pulitzer Prize-winning authors spoke about the time it takes to write about history. 

Flu season typically peaks from December to February but Memphis-area emergency rooms are already treating an unusually large number of influenza patients. 

Representatives of Ford Motor Co. held a panel in Jackson, Tennessee, to answer questions about BlueOval City, Ford’s planned $5.6 billion EV manufacturing facility in West Tennessee. 

“Most of what we are doing now is tenant-improvement work, as opposed to building new buildings. But when we did these things out at Shelby Oaks, we would be the general contractor,” said Ron Belz, president and CEO of Belz Investco GP.

After years of legal battles, the groundbreaking for a mosque in Horn Lake is scheduled for Sunday. Earlier this week, applicants received approval for a cemetery adjacent to the site.

Residents who live near the Sterilization Services of Tennessee facility in South Memphis have a lifetime cancer risk of 100 in a million from EtO exposure, according to the EPA.