The Memphis Daily News

New School System Faces $89M Shortfall

bdries@memphisdailynews.com (Bill Dries) — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:13:52 UT

The gap between expenses and revenues for a countywide school system that debuts in August 2013 is estimated at $89 million by the group that is plann...

Granting Wishes

sbaker@memphisdailynews.com (Sarah Baker) — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:05:54 UT

Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Mid-South plans to grant 220 wishes to children with life-threatening medical conditions this year. On Thursday, May 24,...

Downtown Commission Reviews South Main Branding, Chisca

sbaker@memphisdailynews.com (Sarah Baker) — Fri, 25 May 2012 21:33:34 UT

The Downtown Memphis Commission unanimously approved to hire Nashville-based North Star Destination Strategies to help in the organization’s Sou...

TDN Seminar to Address Range of Economic Topics

ameek@memphisdailynews.com (Andy Meek) — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:03:43 UT

In Shelby County Trustee David Lenoir’s opinion, too many people have been “ingrained” with the notion that government is always the...

Council Looks at Four Budget Proposals

bdries@memphisdailynews.com (Bill Dries) — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:18:14 UT

The Memphis City Council begins talking seriously Tuesday, May 29, about at least four budget proposals already forwarded by individual council member...

School Board To Review Cash Contract

bdries@memphisdailynews.com (Bill Dries) — Sat, 26 May 2012 04:14:37 UT

The countywide school board is about to get started on the question of who will be the superintendent of the consolidated school system to come in Aug...

Delta Airfare Arguments Take to Social Media

bdries@memphisdailynews.com (Bill Dries) — Fri, 25 May 2012 22:52:24 UT

If Facebook groups are any indication, the discussion about high airfares at Memphis International Airport is intensifying. By the start of the Memori...

Mahaffey Tent has Local Events, Businesses Covered

amaki@memphisdailynews.com (Aisling Maki) — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:04:51 UT

Mahaffey Tent & Party Rentals is one of only two Memphis companies recently named to the 2012 Inner City 100, a list of the fastest-growing inner ...

Cordova’s Appling Lakes Sells for $26 Million

ksimone@memphisdailynews.com (Kate Simone) — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:06:50 UT

1385 Appling RoadCordova, TN 38016Sale Total: $26.4 million(27 TIC sellers) Sale Date: March 2012 through May 2012Buyer: Appling Lakes LLCSeller: 27 t...

Ask Yourself What Would Goethe Do?

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:04:24 UT

If you take the time to read about the German writer, artist, biologist, physicist, and all-around highly productive guy Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, y...

Lessons From FUBU Founder

Fri, 25 May 2012 19:05:01 UT

Last week we spotlighted the upcoming public celebration, National Cancer Survivors Day, along with the Ovarian Cancer Awareness Foundation, which is ...

Events

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:34:00 UT

The Daily News’ offices will be closed Monday, May 28, in observance of Memorial Day. Offices reopen at 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, May 29, and will rema...

New Family Dollar Site Sells for $1.3 Million

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:36:05 UT

New Jersey-based Four Springs Capital LLC, working under the name FSC FD Memphis, TN LLC, has bought a Family Dollar site at 2920 Lamar Ave. from 3D D...

Moore Tech Trustees Promote Director to First College Pres.

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:35:58 UT

Don Smith, director and chief administrative officer of Moore Tech for the past 13 years, has been named by the college board of trustees to be the fi...

Mentoring Group Announces Men and Women of the Year

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:35:29 UT

The 110 Institute, a Memphis-based youth development and research firm, has announced its 2012 “Men of the Year,” and for the first time t...

MBGH Announces Conference Speakers

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:35:51 UT

Memphis Business Group on Health has announced the lineup for its annual conference, which will be held Sept. 6 at the Holiday Inn University of Memph...

Overall Mississippi Casino Revenues Slip in April

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:35:44 UT

Revenue for Mississippi coast casinos was up in April, but the take at river casinos dropped, depressing the overall revenue at the state’s gamb...

Typical CEO Made $9.6M Last Year, AP Study Finds

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:35:38 UT

Profits at big U.S. companies broke records last year, and so did pay for CEOs. The head of a typical public company made $9.6 million in 2011, accord...

Fueling Up

ameek@memphisdailynews.com (Andy Meek) — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:34:12 UT

If the political ads along these lines haven’t already started by the time this story is printed, don’t worry. They’ll arrive soon e...

Numerous Factors Affecting Gas Prices

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:57:13 UT

When it comes to the price of gas, one thing seems clear: high gas prices are here to stay in the long run.But blaming rising prices on greedy oil exe...

Brooks Taps into City’s ‘Soul’

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:59:20 UT

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art spent last summer taking an extensive look at French Impressionism, but this year it looks closer to home.“The Soul o...

Miss. High Court Rules Legal Fees are Public Funds

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:56:01 UT

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Supreme Court ruled Thursday in two cases that legal fees paid to private lawyers to represent the state a...

Lawyers Want Judge to Recuse in Ark. Lotto Dispute

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:57:06 UT

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Hours after a judge ordered a new trial in a dispute about a $1 million lottery ticket, lawyers for the Arkansas woman ...

Sugar Fight Takes Another Bitter Turn

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:58:05 UT

NEW YORK (AP) – What defines sugar? It's getting to be a stickier question. The Sugar Association is accusing the makers of high fructose corn s...

Bank of America, Barclays Sell Archstone Stake

Fri, 25 May 2012 18:59:29 UT

NEW YORK (AP) – Bank of America Corp. and Barclays Bank PLC are selling their stake in the apartment building owner Archstone to Lehman Brothers...