Memphis Economic News

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• Memphis Falls Slightly in Small-Business Vitality
  (Nashville Business Journal, April 11, 2011)
  
• Tunica Sportsman Casino Going Up with $100M Price Tag
  (Memphis Business Journal, April 8, 2011)
  
• New SRVS Headquarters Will Add 100 Jobs
  (Commercial Appeal, March 30, 2011)
  
• Memphis 10th Best Market to Buy a Home
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 28, 2011 | analysis of Deutsche Bank study)
• Six Memphis Companies Receive Solar Grants
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 28, 2011)
  
• General Contractor on Mitsubishi Plant Seeks Local Companies for Project
  (Commercial Appeal, March 24, 2011)
  
• Delta Cutting Memphis Flights by 25%
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 22, 2011)
• Memphis Area Loses 6,300 Jobs, Ranks 368th of 372 U.S. Cities
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 18, 2011)
• Memphis Economic Activity Lags National Averages
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 18, 2011)
• Former Memphis Defense Depot on Market, Could Yield Taxpayers $40 Million
  (Commercial Appeal, March 11, 2011)
• Electrolux Moving Jobs Out of Tennessee
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 10, 2011)
• American Esoteric Laboratories Proud of Growth, Plans to Keep Local
  (Commercial Appeal, March 10, 2011)
  
• Forbes: Memphis Is Nation's Third Emptiest City
  (Memphis Business Journal, March 2, 2011)
  
• 89 Shelby Countians Losing Jobs
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 28, 2011)
• Memphis Incentives Beat Out Texas for Mitsubishi's Site Selection
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 28, 2011)
  
• New Seismic Code for Memphis Likely Will Increase Construction Costs
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 25, 2011)
• University of Memphis Study: Jobs, Money in Health Reform
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 24, 2011)
• Industrial Market Expects Boost
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 18, 2011)
• Medtronic Scales Back Earnings Estimates, Plans to Lay Off 2,000
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 22, 2011)
• Memphis Shortfall Could Cost 1,400 Jobs
  (Nashville Business Journal, Feb. 18, 2011)
• Ambassador Visiting Memphis Says Iraq Ready for 'Suits on the Ground'
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 16, 2011)
• German Fan Manufacturer Considering Memphis Location
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 16, 2011)
• Mitsubishi's Plant in Memphis Will Employ 275, Make Electric Transformers (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 14, 2011)
• Project Would Remake Sears Crosstown into Memphis Arts Village
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 13, 2011)
• Innovation Can Include Developing Workers
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 13, 2011)
• HUD Sends $6.7 Million for Flood Repair
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 12, 2011)
• U.S. Foodservice Picks Memphis for Plant Expansion
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 11, 2011)
• Black Business Association of Memphis Names Top Entrepreneurs
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 11, 2011)
• Conference USA Tournament Returning to Memphis
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 11, 2011)
• Hotel Occupancy Rate Higher but City Struggling to Capture Conventions
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 11, 2011)
• Chamber Preps Red Carpet for Mitsubishi
  (Daily News, Feb. 10, 2011)
• Goodyear to Close Union City, Tennessee, Plant, Eliminating 1,900 Jobs
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 10, 2011)
• Memphis Will Be Winning Again
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 9, 2011)
• Tennessee No. 16 for Black-Owned Businesses
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 9, 2011)
• Memphis Miserable but Great Place to Work
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 9, 2011)
• More Companies Coming to Memphis, Chamber Official Tells Realtors
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 9, 2011)
  
• Experts Assess Local Real Estate Markets
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 9, 2011)
  
• Downtown Agency Approves Union Ave. Mixed-Use Development Tax Break
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 8, 2011)
• Nordex Lands New Order for Jonesboro Plant
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 8, 2011)
• New Track Owners to Invest $2 Million
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 7, 2011)
• 91 Employees Lose Jobs with Sears Closing
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 7, 2011)
• Memphis Park to Reopen as IHRA Facility
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 4, 2011)
• Census: DeSoto County Booming, Southaven 3rd-Largest Mississippi City
  (Commercial Appeal, Feb. 4, 2011)
• Panattoni's $1.15 Billion Equity Joint Venture Includes Five Local Properties (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 4, 2011)
• Populations in Shelby County, Memphis Moving in Opposite Direction
  (Memphis Business Journal, Feb. 1, 2011)
• Construction Jobs Slip in Memphis Metro
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 31, 2011)
• Memphis Second Best Nationally for Bargain Retirement Home
  (Forbes, Jan. 27)
• Memphis International No Longer World's Busiest Cargo Airport
  (Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Jan. 27)
• Foreclosure Activity Rose in 2010 in Most U.S. cities, but Not Memphis
• (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 27, 2011)
• Magna Bank Reps Give Promising Real Estate Forecast
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 26, 2011)
• ServiceMaster to Hire 3,000 Nationwide
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 26, 2011)
  
• Truck Tonnage Index Hits Highest Level Since Mid-2008
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 25, 2011)
• Solar Energy Class Brightens Job Prospects in Emerging Field
  (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 25, 2011)
• DDN/Obergfel Expands in Memphis
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 24, 2011)
  
• Bioscience Sector Provided Quarter of Recent New Jobs in Memphis & Tennessee (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 23, 2011)
• Collaborative Effort Encourages Memphis Entrepreneurial Activity
  (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 23, 2011)
• Port Commission Busy with Prospects
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 21, 2011)
• Memphis Economy Well-Positioned for Solid Recovery
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 21, 2011)
• Most Memphis Banks Enjoying Deposit Growth: Precursor to Improved Lending (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 21, 2011)
• Deposit Growth Helping to Get Credit Flowing Again in Memphis
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 21, 2011)
• Memphis, Shelby Co. Mayors Talk with Montreal Paper Products Firm Kruger (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 20, 2011)
• Mid-South's Bioscience Future Bright
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 20, 2011)
• Japanese Firm Mitsubishi in Talks with Memphis for $200 Million Plant
  (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 20, 2011)
• U.S. Foodservice Receives PILOT
  (Commercial Appeal, Jan. 20, 2011)
• Memphis Mayor Proposes $134M Project
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 19, 2011)
• Memphis Exploring New Bridge
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 18, 2011)
• Memphis Approves $20 Million Tax Beak for Plant
  (Jackson Sun, Jan. 16, 2011)
• Economy 'Modestly' Improves
  (Memphis Business Journal, Jan. 12, 2011)
• Fed: Memphis Economic Conditions Stagnant
  (Memphis Business Journal, Dec. 23, 2010)