Recently added articles from The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN):
The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn., business profile column.(Column)
Sep 28, 2007 ... Sep. 28--BOB RICHARDS: Owner, Bob Richards' Jewelers, Inc. COMPANY: Bob Richards' Jewelers, Inc., a family-owned and -operated full-service jewelry store. AGE: 58 HOMETOWN: Selmer, Tenn. EDUCATION: Graduated in 1968 from the Gem City School of ...
University of Tennessee has high hopes for new cancer building.
Sep 28, 2007 ... Byline: Daniel Connolly Sep. 28--Researchers hope that a new cancer building at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center will help create new discoveries -- and businesses to market them. "The people in this building are going to come up with ideas," said ...
Shelby County, Tenn., commission weighs development options.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: David Williams Sep. 27--Shelby County Commissioners showed some interest Wednesday in a Pyramid theme park proposal -- but the strongest sense was of growing impatience with the city-led pursuit of Bass Pro Shops. "I'm not very optimistic about what's going on ...
Smoking restrictions come to life in Memphis, Tenn.-area restaurans.
Sep 27, 2007 ... Byline: Daniel Connolly Sep. 27--Melody Pickering's life is about to become a bit less smoky. She said the club where she works as a bartender, B.B. King's on Beale Street, will ban smoking to comply with a state law that takes effect Monday. And the ...
Equity Inns sale doesn't please preferred stockholders.
Sep 24, 2007 ... Byline: David Flaum Sep. 24--When Equity Inns got a $2.2 billion buyout offer in June, Howard Silver, its top executive, led the cheers over the payoff to common stock shareholders. But John Tutterow wasn't celebrating, and Bob Blecken wasn't completely euphoric ...
Memphis, Tenn., airport authority awards contract for master plan.
Sep 21, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Roberts Sep. 21--The Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority on Thursday awarded a $1.3 million contract to a California firm that will sift through population and cargo growth statistics to predict what facilities Memphis International Airport will need through ...
Community clinic keeps standards high for poor.
Sep 21, 2007 ... Byline: Amos Maki Sep. 21--Three years ago when 60-year-old Juanita Fields was plagued by persistent low energy, she sought help in the emergency room. The multiple ER doctors who treated her couldn't diagnose her problem, but on a visit to the Christ Community Health ...
Realtors must decide how to renovate longtime site of restaurant on Madison.
Sep 19, 2007 ... Byline: David Flaum Sep. 19--Crye-Leike Realtors is the new owner of the old Anderton's restaurant on Madison at Barksdale, but you won't likely see another big eatery in the building. The firm, heaviest in residential real estate, paid $700,000 for the landmark Midtown ...
$12 million in the hole, Tunica, Miss., resort has yet to get off ground.
Sep 18, 2007 ... Byline: David Flaum Sep. 18--Developers of the ambitious Myriad Botanical Resort in Tunica hoped to have people gambling at their casinos, staying in their hotels and playing on their golf course by now. But the project -- the 2004 brainchild of Scott Hawrelechko, a ...
FedEx offers new services.
Sep 14, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Roberts Sep. 14--FedEx Corp. is raising the bar on immediacy, this time promising manufacturers and other freight shippers same-day delivery on loads weighing 150 pounds or more. Pickup times, FedEx says, are averaging less than 60 minutes. ...
Pharmacists wanted.
Sep 14, 2007 ... Byline: Daniel Connolly Sep. 14--Accredo Health Group Inc. is hiring dozens of people as it prepares to offer its specialty drugs and support services to an increasing number of patients with complex conditions like cancer and multiple sclerosis. The firm plans to ...
Informa Economics expands transportation consulting.
Sep 14, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Roberts Sep. 14--Informa Economics Inc. has expanded its transportation and logistics consulting service, hoping to attract clients shipping products over increasingly longer distances. Informa ShipNet Services will offer clients supply-chain analysis ...
Memphis, Tenn.-area music agency promises improvements.
Sep 13, 2007 ... Byline: David Williams Sep. 13--The Memphis & Shelby County Music Commission, plagued in recent months by an inability to even have a functioning Web site, said improvements are coming. "Right now, we're kind of still a little out of order," Ralph Sutton, chairman of ...
Defendant in funeral-fraud trial to have lawyers, finally.
Sep 13, 2007 ... Byline: Daniel Connolly Sep. 13--Clayton Smart, the man accused of orchestrating the theft of millions of dollars as owner of the Forest Hill funeral businesses, will finally have lawyers after months in jail. Chancellor Arnold Goldin granted a request Wednesday to ...
Public-relations professionals push for higher ethical standards among peers.
Sep 13, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Roberts Sep. 13--In an age where public relations practitioners have been exposed for acting as government-paid experts, the profession itself is pushing for higher ethical standards. Michael Cherenson, executive vice president of the New Jersey firm ...
Defined-contribution retirement plans increasingly likely, experts say.
Sep 13, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Roberts Sep. 13--Beginning Jan. 1, new hires at Thomas and Betts will get monthly contributions to their 401(k)s as their entire retirement package. If they choose to invest themselves, the company will reward them with a second contribution that could ...
Consignment store's mission is to raise money for pet projects.
Sep 12, 2007 ... Byline: David Flaum Sep. 12--Les Passees' 21st annual Stock Exchange is not the kind you usually see written up on the business pages. Rather than shares in companies, the women's volunteer organization sells antiques, furniture, paintings, furs, rugs, jewelry and ...
DeSoto still among new-home leaders.
Sep 12, 2007 ... Byline: Wayne Risher Sep. 12--The torrid pace of growth during the past year was enough to keep DeSoto and Fayette counties among the country's top 100 for new housing construction, though a nationwide drop in home-buying threatens to slow the growth. A Census Bureau ...
Memphis, Tenn., job fair attracts many hopeful seekers.
Sep 12, 2007 ... Byline: David Flaum Sep. 12--A year ago, Michael Hall moved to Memphis from Michigan to be a production supervisor at the Carrier Corp. plant in Collierville. Four weeks ago he was laid off -- which brought him to The Commercial Appeal Yahoo Hot Jobs job fair at ...
Seed dealer closes after 15 years.(Company overview)
Sep 12, 2007 ... Byline: Jane Roberts Sep. 12--Delta King Seed Co., the seed dealership that promoted itself as the Soybean of the South, has gone out of business. The office in McCrory, Ark., has closed and employees, including the regional sales force, were given two weeks' ...