The Economic Development Growth Engine for Memphis and Shelby County approved incentives during its monthly meeting at Junior Achievement of Memphis.

Sen. Brent Taylor advanced a bill that would track transgender health care and protect conversion therapy for those questioning their gender identity.

The Center City Development Corp. approved $220,000 worth of incentives for Downtown improvements.

Memphis native Teddy Jasper Sr. and his son plan to re-open the space this summer.

First Horizon officials said on an earnings call they’re optimistic about future quarters, despite global conflict and rising inflation.

Memphis River Parks Partnership, Stonebrook Realtors and Allen & Hoshall name new positions. 

New FedEx St. Jude Championship executive director Robert Miller discusses the tournament’s PGA Tour status for 2027 and beyond.

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Caissa K12 grows at Clark Tower, the city starts building a golf clubhouse and a gutter services company opens its first Mid-South location.

GXO Logistics is streamlining its local footprint, leasing an Olive Branch warehouse after Elon Musk’s xAI purchased two of its previous local facilities.

Morgan Steel is seeking a tax break for expansion, and Richardson Oilseed and Mimeo.com are seeking PILOT amendments at an EDGE meeting Wednesday, April 15.

Growlers, a locally owned and operated concert venue, occupies the building at 1911 Poplar Ave.

The Memphis Area Association of Realtors is recognizing William B. Dunavant III and Michael Lightman Sr. amid a night of other winners at its 25th annual Pinnacle Awards.

There were 1,206 home sales in March, down 1.7% compared to 1,227 in the same month last year, according to a Memphis Area Association of Realtors report.

John Dietrich is stepping down as FedEx’s CFO, beginning June 1.

University leadership at four regional higher education institutions will sign an agreement forming an AI research partnership on April 20.

Smackers has leaned into a celebrity-endorsement strategy that includes Rick Ross, NeNe Leakes and Megan Thee Stallion — but that only works if the food delivers.

Even though Stryker chose not to renew an office-space lease, experts say the medical-device industry remains strong in Memphis.

Samantha Maltin has been the chief marketing and branding officer at ALSAC for about 18 months, and she recently discussed her career, her involvement in the community and the work she’s doing at one of Memphis’ most well-known institutions.

The auto giant recently announced its Ford Good Neighbor Plan had invested $11.7 million in communities near its 3,600-acre manufacturing campus in Stanton, Tennessee.

In a message Greater Memphis Chamber of Commerce officials sent to its Chairman’s Circle, the situation with President and CEO Ted Townsend was described as a “confidential personnel matter.”

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FedEx and more than 5,000 of its pilots reached a tentative agreement after years of debating pay levels and other benefits.

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More gyros are coming to Collierville, and a second Memphis Raising Cane’s is planning its grand opening party. 

Last month, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality Permit Board approved an xAI subsidiary’s application to erect 41 natural gas turbines.

The Daily Memphian reported the water recycling facility, a key promise the company made to local leaders and residents, was “on an indefinite pause.” Without it, xAI uses fresh drinking water to cool its Colossus data center.