Bloomberg noted that news of the bridge damage caused corn futures to tumble “by the most allowed by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.”

Last week’s declared “truce” notwithstanding, a group of citizens opposing construction of an oil pipeline through South Memphis neighborhoods want two lawsuits involving the project to move forward.

Bobby White, chief public policy officer for the Greater Memphis Chamber, said the I-40 bridge closure may help bring discussions of a third bridge across the Mississippi to the forefront of the community’s consciousness.

Supply chain disruptions have made it more expensive to buy some consumer products. Other goods, when they can even be found, are taking longer to get delivered to buyers.

Vacation Express will soon offer weekly nonstop flights between Memphis and Cancun, Mexico. The seasonal service is set to resume May 23.

Plains All American Pipeline is launching a full-on offensive against the proposed legislation with the help of organizations that support the oil and gas industry. 

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Plans to build a 49-mile pipeline to transport crude oil from southwest Memphis to another pipeline at a connecting point near Byhalia, Mississippi, have run into delays on a couple of different fronts.

Rhodes’ satellite is expected to have cleared the hurdles to launch by June 2023.

Opponents of the Byhalia Connection pipeline project have done a good job of making their voices heard, but the project’s supporters in the community have been less vocal. Some of those supporters may have been intimidated into silence, according to officials at the company that wants to build the pipeline.

A nearly $3.4 million project is underway to install “mast arm traffic signal poles” at a dozen intersections along a six-mile stretch of Jackson Avenue. The city will place mast arms at more intersections as funding allows.

Can a private oil pipeline company force private property owners to provide access to their land? The eminent domain case involving the Byhalia Connection project will attempt to answer that question.

A shooting at FedEx Ground’s Indianapolis facility that left eight people dead and several others injured is likely to cause delivery service disruptions.

Passenger traffic is steadily increasing at Memphis International Airport. However, people arriving in the city may find it tougher to arrange ground transportation at the airport.

The Memphis airport is getting a new seasonal flight to a vacation destination. 

American Queen is offering a new Memphis-to-New Orleans cruise along the Mississippi River that includes stops at four popular golf courses, including Colonial Country Club in Memphis.

It might be too late to stop the Byhalia Connection oil pipeline, but Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris is still proposing a setback requirement for any other oil pipelines that might be built in the future.

At a glance, boxes don’t seem that complicated. But when your business involves shipping lots of them around the world, it makes sense to understand the science behind what makes a good box. That’s why FedEx Corp. has its own packaging lab.

Residents of two East Memphis neighborhoods request that their streets be permanently gated or blocked from two busy streets, Poplar and Highland. But doing so would degrade the connectivity of the city’s street network, the Division of Planning and Development says.

President Joe Biden’s proposed infrastructure plan could result in more passenger trains serving Memphis, but many obstacles would have to be overcome before that might happen.

FedEx Express is offering new incentives to attract and retain employees. The effort is driven partly by a tight market for labor, but also by the company’s desire to see more entry-level employees follow a career track at the company.

Last year was the second-strongest for for industrial real estate ever recorded by Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors. But in just the first three months of 2021, the net, new space absorbed by users has already reached 68% of last year’s total.

AutoZone celebrates 30 years as a publicly traded company this week. If you had the foresight to buy the company’s stock in those early days, you’re probably rich now.