U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius is working with Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Memphis, on funding solutions for The Regional Medical Center at Memphis.
Shareholders of Memphis-based First Horizon National Corp. will gather at Nashville’s Gaylord Opryland Hotel next month for the company’s annual meeting.
The freebies ranged from packages of pork rinds to massages Thursday at the 12th Annual Bartlett Business Expo.
Hours after his work as a negotiator for bipartisan financial reform was effectively deep-sixed, Tennessee's junior senator had a simple message:
Six months after he was appointed to the Shelby County Commission in 2002, Joe Ford got an unusual benefit.
No other industry has been clamoring for spring more than homebuilders.
A few weeks into his new job as chief executive officer of The Regional Medical Center at Memphis, Dr. Reginald Coopwood has identified an important priority – getting The MED past its culture of constant crisis.
George Cloutier, the author of a best-selling business advice book, told Memphis entrepreneurs to think selfishly as they try to make it through a tough economy.
MEMPHIS AREA
Tennessee’s seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate for January was 10.7 percent, unchanged from the revised December rate of 10.7 percent. The national unemployment rate for January 2010 was 9.7 percent.
STATEWIDE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Former Nashville councilman David Briley says he's planning to run for the Democratic executive committee seat currently held by state party chairman Chip Forrester.
KNOXVILLE (AP) – The attorney for a University of Tennessee student accused of hacking the personal e-mail of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is challenging search warrants in the case.
STATE LEGISLATURE
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Republican state Sen. Mae Beavers said Thursday she's abandoning her bid for Wilson County mayor and will instead seek re-election to the Senate.
NATIONAL BUSINESS
WASHINGTON (AP) – A spark that helped ignite Elvis Presley’s fame more than 50 years ago was lit by the newspaper editors and critics who hated him.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment benefits slipped last week, but remains above the level many economists say would signal new hiring.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans are recovering their shrunken wealth – gradually.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Wall Street banks are seeking exemptions to proposed new financial derivatives rules that could shield more than half the trades that should be subject to disclosure, a federal regulator said Thursday.
NEW YORK (AP) - The Retail Industry Leaders Association spent $850,000 in the fourth quarter to lobby on a variety of issues from health care reform to consumer product safety, according to a recent disclosure report.
REAL ESTATE
WASHINGTON (AP) – The foreclosure crisis isn’t over, but the pace of growth may finally be slowing down.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Mortgage rates held below the 5 percent threshold for the second straight week, a report said Thursday, weeks before a government program that has been keeping rates low is scheduled to expire.