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• UT Health Sciences Center Has $1.7B Memphis Impact
  (Commercial Appeal, Aug. 1, 2011)
  
• Data Show Economic Recovery Far Off for Metro Memphis
  (Commercial Appeal, July 31, 2011)
• Memphis Gets High Marks in 'Vitality Index'
  (Commercial Appeal, July 25, 2011)
• Entrepreneurship Key to Transforming Memphis into Venture City
  (Commercial Appeal, July 24, 2011)
  
• Memphis Has Low Percentage of Early Birds in Workforce
  (Memphis Business Journal, July 22, 2011)
• IDB Approves 6 Projects, Totaling 259 New Jobs and $200M in Investment
  (Commercial Appeal, July 20, 2011)
• Mississippi River Casinos Took in Nearly $92M in June, Doubling May's Results
  (Commercial Appeal, July 20, 2011)
• Memphis Realtors Group Says Sales Data for 2011 Wrong
  (Commercial Appeal, July 20, 2011)
  
• Better Data Will Help Memphis Address Unique Employment Challenges
  (Commercial Appeal, July 17, 2011)
• Brookings Ranks Memphis 46th among U.S. Cities for 'Clean Economy' Jobs
  (Commercial Appeal, July 13, 2011)
• Construction Company Nelson Inc. Lands $9M Contract
  (Commercial Appeal, July 13, 2011)
• Memphis Part of HUD Economic Development Plan
  (News Sentinel, July 11, 2011)
  
• West Tennessee Jobs Not So Green
  (Commercial Appeal, July 3, 2011)
• Fed Says Memphis Lags Nation
  (Commercial Appeal, July 1, 2011)
• Memphis Board Unanimously Approves 15-Year Tax Break for Kruger
  (Commercial Appeal, June 28, 2011)
• Burgundy Book: Memphis-Area Economy Continues to Weaken
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 30, 2011)
• Memphis on Low Side for Startup Careers
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 16, 2011)
  
• Memphis 3rd Most Affordable Housing Market in Tennessee, 86th in U.S.
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 16, 2011)
• Angelica Textile, Americraft Carton granted tax incentives
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 15, 2011)
• 20% of Memphis Companies Plan to Hire in 3Q
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 14, 2011)
  
• 6,700 Memphis Workers Lost Retail Jobs during Recession
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 10, 2011)
  
• Memphis Lost 7,200 Manufacturing Jobs in Recession
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 9, 2011)
  
• Beige Book: Memphis District Sees Moderate Growth
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 9, 2011)
• Educated Memphis Immigrants Outnumber Low-Skilled Counterparts
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 9, 2011)
  
• Memphis Shed 8,900 Hospitality Jobs since 2008
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 8, 2011)
  
• 1 in 4 Memphis Mortgages Underwater
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 7, 2011)
• Memphis Lost 3,500 Rinancial Jobs to Recession
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 7, 2011)
  
• Redevelopment Initiative: South Memphis, Binghampton, Frayser
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 3, 2011)
• Memphis Lost 4,300 Jobs in Past Year
  (Memphis Business Journal, June 1, 2011)
• Cleo Plantto Close after Nearly 60 Years: 650 Jobs Affected
  (Commercial Appeal, May 25, 2011 | see also Memphis Business Journal article)
• Direct General to Shutter Memphis Operations at End of 2012
  (Commercial Appeal, May 25, 2011)
• Tunica County, Casino Industry Regroup, Remake Tourism Strategy
  (Commercial Appeal, May 22, 2011)
  
• Mimeo.com Gets $890,777 Tax Break
  (Commercial Appeal, May 19, 2011)
• Board Approves Downtown Project Incentives
  (Memphis Business Journal, May 18, 2011)
• Economic Growth to Surge through 2011
  (Memphis Business Journal, May 17, 2011)
• Tough Commercial Real Estate Market: Former Blockbuster Stores Empty
  (Commercial Appeal, May 17, 2011)
  
• Transformers: Memphis Gains Heavy Manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric
  (Commercial Appeal, May 15, 2011)
  
• Memphis Flood Damages Could Reach $753M
  (Memphis Business Journal, May 12, 2011)
  
• Tunica's Woes Prove Boon for Southland Park Gambling
  (Commercial Appeal, May 10, 2011)
• Flood Forcing Tunica to Hedge Its Bets
  (Nashville Business Journal, May 6, 2011)
  
• Census: Mississippi's Population a Bit Older
  (WMCTV, May 5, 2011)
• Memphis Area's Economic Clout 44th in U.S.
  (Memphis Business Journal, May 3, 2011)
• Tunica Casino Closures Could Cost $10.6M in Tax Revenue
  (Memphis Business Journal, May 3, 2011)
  
• Top 5 Business Expansions of 2010 in North America
  (Times Free Press, May 3, 2011)
  
• City Brewing's Memphis Plant a Done Deal
  (Memphis Business Journal, May 3, 2011)
• Aramark Cuts 130 in Memphis with Loss of Delta and Mesaba Contracts
  (Commercial Appeal, May 2, 2011)
  
• Biomass Area: Source of Fuel to Power Our Economic Future
  (Commercial Appeal, May 1, 2011)
  
• Norfolk Southern's $105M Intermodal Yard Under Construction
  (Memphis Business Journal, April 29, 2011)
  
• Memphis Biomedical Consortium Banks on Haslam's $10M Pledge
  (Commercial Appeal, April 27, 2011)
  
• Mitsubishi Chemical Outlines Plans for New $62M Plant in Memphis
  (Commercial Appeal, April 14, 2011)
  
• GlaxoSmithKline Selling Manufacturing Facility, 250 Jobs Affected
  (Memphis Business Journal, April 14, 2011)
  
• University of Memphis Economists See Signs of Memphis Recovery
  (Commercial Appeal, April 12, 2011)
• A French Connection for Memphis
  (Commercial Appeal, April 11, 2011)
  

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