Mike Edwards takes one in the kisser
Posted on October 29, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Now in the River City, the former Nashville-area president for First Tennessee Bank has helped get the Memphis Grizzlies season off to a kickin’ start.
The ball bounced into the stands followed by Tayshaun Prince of the Detroit Pistons. Prince jumped over Edwards.
Well, nearly. One sneaker did not make it over.
HT: Josh Flory
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Car care center eyes Franklin
Posted on October 2, 2009 at 8:18 amThe Memphis company behind the Cecil’s Automotive group of auto maintenance stores wants to buy into Franklin next year. One site we’re guessing they’ve already looked at: The former Driver’s Way building on Mallory Lane.
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Memphis: Where not to raise a family
Posted on September 15, 2009 at 6:47 am
Memphis is on the wrong end of a Children’s Health list of the country’s best cities to raise your family. Only Detroit, Miami and Orlando were scored lower by the magazine’s matrix of 30 indicators. Nashville came in 40th, behind a number regional cities that includes Little Rock and Louisville.
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Wachovia growing in Memphis
Posted on September 11, 2009 at 10:46 am
Since Wells Fargo acquired its superregional peer late last year, a good number of people have been waiting to see how the iconic bank will build on its new Mid-South presence. Wachovia ranks 16th in both Nashville and Memphis but is looking to move up in West Tennessee. In Nashville, the bank has this year only relocated it Green Hills office.
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Memphis cotton giants mull merger
Posted on August 7, 2009 at 7:15 am
Allenberg and Dunavant, two of the biggest players in Memphis’ corporate scene, are in talks about combining their operations, a move that would create a company with more than $3 billion in sales and further shake up what has been a volatile sector of late.
At least three major merchants faced financial difficulties after the benchmark cotton price in New York jumped to a 12-year high in March 2008 and then plunged to the lowest since June 2002, according to Mike Stevens, a Swiss Financial Services analyst. The credit crisis and recession also worsened the situation as banks curbed lending, analysts said.
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Developer trims local presence
Posted on July 24, 2009 at 12:15 amThe Nashville office of ProLogis, one of the biggest developers of Middle Tennessee warehouse space, is being slashed and will be overseen by folks in Memphis.
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Memphis artist manager expands to Music City
Posted on May 28, 2009 at 2:49 pmAbby Elzemeyer, who has been active in Memphis’ film and music scenes, has set up shop in Cool Springs.
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Humana moves state HQ here
Posted on May 22, 2009 at 12:41 amBrentwood is the new home for the health insurer’s Tennessee division, which has moved from Memphis to larger offices in Maryland Farms’ Creekside Crossing complex.
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Steve Jobs rumor patrol
Posted on April 16, 2009 at 11:49 amIs the Apple founder moving to Memphis?
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Tennessee keeps in-migration higher than out
Posted on April 3, 2009 at 8:35 amFrom Randy Neal:
A Relocation.com study found that more people are moving to Tennessee than moving out (58% v. 42% of interstate moves respectively). Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga had a net increase in the number of people moving to those cities.
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Job seekers make a run to the border
Posted on March 22, 2009 at 7:05 pmFrom the AP:
Hundreds of job-seekers showed up at a recruiting event for the federal government’s border patrol.
A row of 30 computers was set up Saturday at a Memphis hotel, where potential employees applied online for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Company buys Memphis Captain D’s sites
Posted on March 17, 2009 at 2:47 pmSonfish, a company formed late last year, will take over 20 restaurants in Memphis and the surrounding region from a franchisee that filed for bankruptcy in ‘07.
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S&K Menswear to close stores
Posted on March 16, 2009 at 5:48 pmBut not here:
S&K Menswear filed for bankruptcy Monday and announced it is closing 30 stores.
A store near Memphis is on the list, but four stores in middle Tennessee — including Opry Mills, Cool Springs, RiverGate and Murfreesboro — will remain open.
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Auto repair chain opens Hickory Hollow spot
Posted on February 3, 2009 at 11:41 pmThe new location is the ninth for Memphis-based AutoBody America, which was founded three years ago. More will follow:
The Hickory Hollow location allows us to better serve customers in Nashville and the surrounding markets, but also offers us the opportunity to place our corporate functions more centrally within the overall Tennessee market to help facilitate our future expansion.
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Superspeedway owner sells Memphis track
Posted on January 30, 2009 at 1:50 pmDover Motorsports, which owns the Nashville Superspeedway, has inked a deal with the company building race tracks in South Alabama to sell Memphis Motorsports Park for $10 million.
UPDATE: Three members of the Earnhardt family are key investors in the buying entity.
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