The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) articles from August 2007

The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) archives from August 2007

Children's Museum creating theatrical, marine attractions.
August 1, 2007

Nonprofit Shelby Farms Conservancy taking control.
August 1, 2007

Worm waste fertilizer firm pays nonprofits for recycled plastic bottles.
August 7, 2007... Byline: David Flaum Aug. 7--While you're buying your tomatoes, chicken, eggs and dishwashing soap at your favorite Kroger's, you might want to check out the worm poop. Don't worry, it won't get on your shoes. The worm leavings have...

Recorded jail conversations cast doubt on funeral trust fund embezzler's claims.
August 9, 2007... Byline: Daniel Connolly Aug. 9--Prosecutors used recorded jail conversations Wednesday to try to prove that accused funeral trust fund embezzler Clayton Smart is lying when he says he doesn't have money to hire an attorney. Also, a judge...

Regions Morgan Keegan closed-end funds fall with subprime slump.
August 16, 2007... Byline: David Flaum Aug. 16--Shares of four Regions Morgan Keegan closed-end mutual funds have tumbled in price in recent days victimized by the same type of investments that hurt their open end cousins -- subprime mortgages. The...

Former C&I Bank to tumble.
August 18, 2007... Byline: Amos Maki Aug. 18--The Madison Avenue building Downtown that the Memphis Regional Chamber had designated as its future headquarters is going to be razed, turned into a surface parking lot and sold to an investment group. The...

Forum reaching for heights.
August 19, 2007... Byline: David Williams Aug. 19--It's called the "terrace level," which is a fancy way of saying "rafters." FedExForum is, after all, a pretty fancy place as basketball gyms go, with its luxury suites and fine dining. But the...

The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tenn., business briefs column.(Column)
August 19, 2007... Byline: Amos Maki Aug. 19--NONPROFIT BUYS FORMER DRUG STORE: While the Fairgrounds redevelopment process is dragging on, there is good news on the periphery. Christ Community Health Service, a Christian nonprofit organization focused...

Drought bearing down on late-season crops.
August 19, 2007... Byline: Bartholomew Sullivan Aug. 19--WASHINGTON -- The Tennessee cotton crop that agriculture officials had hoped would weather the drought is showing signs of stress and potassium deficiency, and corn farmers are being advised to adjust...

More traffic shutdowns on Union.
August 21, 2007... Byline: Daniel Connolly Aug. 21--Construction related to the future UT-Baptist Research Park is expected to slow traffic on Union for the next few days as workers go underground to reroute utility connections and make way for buildings...

Leaders get behind economic development plans.
August 21, 2007... Byline: Amos Maki Aug. 21--A who's who list of local business and political officials came together Monday night to raise money for a new economic development campaign supporters hope will generate thousands of new jobs. Leaders of...

Microsoft grant refreshes Youth Villages' software.
August 21, 2007... Byline: David Flaum Aug. 21--From a handful of volunteers more than a decade ago, Microsoft's affinity for Youth Villages blossomed into a multimillion-dollar kinship. The latest evidence of that will be announced today: A $3.2 million...

FAA investigates Memphis controller errors.
August 22, 2007... Byline: Jane Roberts Aug. 22--The government is investigating a series of errors made by air traffic controllers in Memphis that caused planes on six occasions in one week to come too close together, including jets flown by Southwest and...

Itta Bena is an elegant oasis above Beale tumult.
August 22, 2007... Byline: Jane Roberts Aug. 22--If you can find Itta Bena -- the club, not the town -- you're more observant than most. There are no signs. There is no ad campaign or name on the door. The third floor of B.B. King's club on Beale is the...

Outlying chambers may align.
August 23, 2007... Byline: Amos Maki Aug. 23--Six suburban chambers of commerce are well on their way to forming their own umbrella organization -- which could match the membership of the Memphis Regional Chamber -- to better handle local government and...

Memphis lodging industry lags a bit, innkeepers learn.
August 23, 2007... Byline: David Flaum Aug. 23--With this year and next shaping up as the best ever for the lodging industry -- although Memphis isn't doing that great -- lodging industry operators had their eye on some future yellow flags Wednesday. ...

Disciple Design on mission as a steward to nonprofits.
August 23, 2007... Byline: Jane Roberts Aug. 23--Craig Thompson's Disciple Design on South Main will do close to $1 million in sales this year helping churches and nonprofits tell their stories. And while you've seen some of the design work in Memphis,...

Attorney's work in He custody case earns ABA honor.
August 24, 2007... Byline: David Flaum Aug. 24--David Siegel's seat at Nahon, Saharovich and Trotz was barely warm when he asked his law partners to let him do some work for free -- pro bono, as attorneys call it. Hired to head the firm's catastrophic...

Criticism raised over chamber razing building.
August 24, 2007... Byline: Amos Maki Aug. 24--The Memphis Regional Chamber Foundation will delay for 90 days its request to tear down a prominent Downtown building and replace it with a surface parking lot. During a Thursday afternoon meeting at the...

Bredesen reinforces small-biz emphasis.
August 24, 2007... Byline: David Flaum Aug. 24--Gov. Phil Bredesen touted his administration's partnership with small-business interests Thursday as he spoke to a room full of business people and government officials. Groups including the National...

Baptist aims to buy Jonesboro hospital.
August 24, 2007... Byline: Daniel Connolly Aug. 24--Baptist Memorial Health Care is in negotiations to buy a majority stake in 104-bed Northeast Arkansas Medical Center in Jonesboro. The purchase would give Baptist a stronger foothold in Arkansas, a...

CEO works toward major expansion at Memphis, Tenn., children's hospital.
August 24, 2007... Byline: Daniel Connolly Aug. 24--When Meri Armour interviews candidates for executive jobs at Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, she looks for experience that shows they know children aren't just small adults. "I want leaders who...

Development eases around natural landscape.
August 26, 2007... Byline: Amos Maki Aug. 26--When a tree falls in the preserved portion of The Grove at Lakeland development, near the Oakwood Subdivision off Seed Tick Road, in all likelihood no one will remove it. Instead, the tree will be left to decay...

Family-run business profits from customer care.
August 27, 2007... Byline: Clay Bailey Aug. 27--Russ Ridley just thought he was going to relax in retirement from FedEx. His wife, Karin, had other advice. "She told me I was not just going to sit on the front porch and count cars," Ridley said,...

Get wise, urges money man.
August 28, 2007... Byline: Daniel Connolly Aug. 28--Venture capitalist Robert Compton, whose family is donating $1 million to a research lab, says Memphis leaders should focus less on stadiums and more on fostering businesses that make medical products. ...

Venture capitalist says focus on stadiums is foolish.
August 28, 2007... Byline: Daniel Connolly Aug. 28--Venture capitalist Robert Compton, whose family is donating $1 million to a research lab, says Memphis leaders should focus less on stadiums and more on fostering businesses that make medical products. ...

Head Start flap not yet finished.
August 29, 2007... Byline: Alex Doniach Aug. 29--In the wake of a County Commission vote to transfer 460 Shelby County Head Start children to nonprofit Porter-Leath Children's Center, parties on both sides say the issue is far from resolved. Because...

State repays schools for Katrina costs.
August 29, 2007... Byline: Lindsay Melvin Aug. 29--When floodwaters seeped into his home and washed away most of his neighborhood, 11-year-old Darren Goudeau headed out of New Orleans with his family, leaving behind his school and friends. But at...

Liberty Bowl gets a scrubbing.
August 29, 2007... Aug. 29--Football fans entering Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium for Saturday's University of Memphis-Ole Miss game will be greeted by a huge banner with the words: "We're ready. Are you?" It's a reference to the Tigers, trying for a comeback...

Comics distributor leaving Memphis.(Company overview)
August 29, 2007... Byline: Amos Maki Aug. 29--Diamond Comics Distributors Inc. is leaving Memphis for a 68-acre site in Olive Branch, where it will more than double its local warehouse space. The company is vacating a 265,000-square-foot location in the...

Bayer make genetic inroads to Delta's cotton.
August 30, 2007... Byline: Jane Roberts Aug. 30--Stoneville, long the No. 2 brand of cotton in the rich market here, is quietly planning its rise. By 2009, Stoneville -- owned by BayerCropScience -- intends to have varieties of cotton genetically...

Patient burn could cost Baptist.
August 30, 2007... Byline: Mary Powers Aug. 30--A surgery patient suffered a first-degree burn in a June incident that now threatens the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis participation in the Medicare and Medicaid health insurance programs. Baptist...

Memphis, Tenn.-based real estate investment firm's founders credit divine aid.
August 31, 2007... Byline: Amos Maki Aug. 31--If you ask the leaders of Locally Global Investments, a Memphis-based national real estate investment firm, the company was meant to be. The company's three founders -- J. Kevin Adams, Ed Labry and Bill...