http://www.memphisdailynews.comNews of business and the public record for Memphis and the Mid-South.Copyright 2010,The Daily News Publishing Co.Mayor A C Wharton Jr., who asked Memphians to write letters to Forbes after the magazine ranked the city No. 3 on its “America’s Most Miserable Cities....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484503/11/2010Dining at J. Broussard’s restaurant in Columbus, Miss., Peachie Dornan fell in love at first bite when she ate her first hamburger made with Neola Far....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484513/11/2010 Instead of picking a jury Monday in Memphis federal court, attorneys in the case of Dr. Roger Morgan are set to hear him plead guilty. Morgan’s trial....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484853/11/2010Shelby County Mayor Joe Ford has asked executives with some of the city’s biggest corporations to donate to The MED Foundation through direct gifts an....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484863/11/2010The retirement benefit package for future Shelby County employees may not look like the one promised to current employees and already enjoyed by 2,800....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484523/11/2010A dispute brewing over a realty firm’s organizational structure kicked up a notch Wednesday when the company filed an injunction against the Memphis A....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484533/11/2010This evening, the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law will host its spring Diversity Outreach Program, designed to attract high sch....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484543/11/2010Tennessee is a pivotal state for the passage or failure of national health care reform because its Blue Dog Democrat members of Congress may hold pote....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484553/11/2010Describing the state of financing in the indie film industry, producer Mike Ryan set a bleak scene earlier this month at Malco’s Studio on the Square.....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484563/11/2010The demolition and cleanup of the old Libertyland theme park is just about finished, and a 10-0 vote by the Memphis City Council this week means that ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484573/11/2010Memphis City Council member Bill Morrison called it a “first step” in a conversation about changing a fact of life for Memphis drivers.Morrison propos....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484593/11/2010Jay W. Kiesewetter of Kiesewetter Wise Kaplan Prather PLC has been selected as a fellow of the Tennessee Bar Foundation. He is one of just 35 attorney....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484833/11/2010The Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce will host the Bartlett Business Expo today at 9 a.m. at the Bartlett Recreation Center, 7700 Flaherty Place. The....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484623/11/2010NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tennessee gubernatorial candidate Bill Gibbons on Wednesday proposed to fund pre-kindergarten expansion by cutting the amount ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484583/11/2010NASHVILLE (AP) – Dollar General Corp. has filed a federal lawsuit against rival discount chain Fred’s Inc., claiming the smaller company is using its ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484613/11/2010NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The sponsor of legislation that seeks to clarify a Tennessee law allowing people with handgun permits to be armed in bars and ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484603/11/2010JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Mississippi's unemployment rate stood at 12 percent in January, up from 10.3 percent in December and higher than the national ra....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484633/11/2010WASHINGTON (AP) - Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the U.S. Labor Department reported Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most re....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484653/11/2010WASHINGTON (AP) - Businesses trimmed inventories at the wholesale level again in January even though sales rose for a 10th consecutive month. The dip ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484663/11/2010NEW YORK (AP) - Bank of America customers will soon be unable to spend more than they have in the accounts linked to their debit cards. It's a step th....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484673/11/2010WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Treasury Department has received $15.39 million from the sale of warrants it received from Washington Federal Inc. as part ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484643/11/2010WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate voted Wednesday to extend a host of soon-to-expire elements of last year's economic stimulus measure, including help for ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=484683/11/2010A&P Hotel Funding LLC has sold the La Quinta Inns & Suites at 6068 Macon Cove for $1.8 million to Harsha Patel. The sale closed March 4.Built ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=48474#484743/11/2010Among the development plans the Memphis-Shelby County Land Use Control Board will meet today to discuss is closing an alley behind businesses that fro....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=48475#484753/11/2010Smith & Nephew and Medtronic Inc. are announcing new products this week in New Orleans at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons annual meet....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=48476#484763/11/2010The Plough Foundation has awarded Rhodes College a $750,000 grant, continuing its support of the college’s model for neighborhood development and revi....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=48477#484773/11/2010Main Street West Memphis is one of four communities selected by the National Endowment for the Arts to receive funding designated for improvements in ....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=48478#484783/11/2010Individuals who violate an order of protection in Tennessee could face a fine of up to $500 under a proposal advancing in the Senate.The measure spons....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=48479#484793/11/2010Tennesseans who live in rural areas and small towns are going to find it a lot easier to visit and work in the state’s big cities.Vice President Joe B....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=48480#484803/11/2010John Threadgill, president and chief executive officer of the Bartlett Area Chamber of Commerce, will embark this month on an economic development mis....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=48481#484813/11/2010The Mississippi Senate has approved a bill to allow some indigent county inmates work to pay off their fees and restitution.The House-passed bill curr....http://www.memphisdailynews.com/editorial/Article.aspx?id=48482#484823/11/2010