http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/index.html en-us © 2004 NPC Inc. All rights reserved. info@businesstn.com webmaster@iproduction.com Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:53:10 GMT Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:53:10 GMT IPS - www.iproduction.com http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/2premium_online_exclusives/7980-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS In August 2005, International Paper’s shareholders were suspended in what might best be described as an investor’s Purgatory following a six-year growth drought. To fix the problem, the largest forest products manufacturer on Earth and among the 100 largest public companies in America, undertook a radical restructuring, shucking off $11 billion of its $27 billion worth of assets, including a couple of corporate heirlooms. “They had to do it,” says Steven Chercover, an analyst with D.A.… http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/cover/7962-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Located in Smithville near Center Hill Lake, a little over an hour drive from Nashville and two hours or less from both Knoxville and Chattanooga, Evins Mill is ideal for executives for whom getting away means ... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7974-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS It’s no secret Rutherford County is growing. Each year, the county just southeast of Nashville makes its mark on a slew of rankings related to job, real estate or population growth. Most recently, Rutherford was named the 20th fastest-growing county in the... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7973-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS When an internal report at the nation’s premiere nuclear weapons plant says that “activity is already underway between buildings 9201-1 and 9204-1,” it could mean so many things. But one should not be afraid to ask—it’s not 1943 anymore. For an institution that for decades was steeped in top-level secrecy, the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge is quite ... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7972-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Nashville’s “Bun Lady” is at it again. Cordia Harrington, CEO of The Bun Co.—a multi-million dollar enterprise that includes the world’s fastest automated bakery, a trucking line and a cold storage facility—recently inked a deal to ... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7971-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Who are Tennessee’s greatest business people, living and dead? It’s a question we put before our readership a few months back. Their input served as a starting point in selecting the first-ever inductees into BTN Hall of Fame of business leadership. ... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7970-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Planning for the disposition of one’s estate can be a complicated process, requiring expert advice and careful planning. But when one’s estate also includes ownership in a business—be it sole proprietorship, partnership or the family business—the stakes are even higher. After all, this is ... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7969-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS All good things must come to an end, and when it comes to a business, the end usually comes in one of two forms. “You either sell it, or you close it,” says Bren Letson, a Nashville-based broker with VR Business Brokers. Sometimes closing a business is ... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7968-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS In May, local business owner Greg Fodness won a two-year legal battle with the Newport/Cocke County Economic Development Commission over the availability of that agency’s records. Fodness’ simple request for historical documents regarding a ... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7967-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” was the message UT-Knoxville MBA graduate Bill Best encountered upon arriving at Georgia’s Warner Robins Air Logistics Center in late 2004 to head aircraft production of the U.S. Air Force’s massive C-5 transport planes. But Best had other plans. With his ... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7966-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS To gauge RemagenSafeRooms’ market potential, first disregard its profitability. 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Few viral outbreaks rival the devastating 1918 pandemic of “Spanish influenza” that killed an estimated ... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_10/features/7963-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS