http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/index.html en-us © 2004 NPC Inc. All rights reserved. info@businesstn.com webmaster@iproduction.com Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:25:31 GMT Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:25:31 GMT IPS - www.iproduction.com High up in the William Snodgrass tower in downtown Nashville sits the network operations center of the Tennessee Information Infrastructure (www.tnii.net). It’s nothing fancy. There are a couple of big monitors on the wall, but overall, the place has the aura of an antiquated Star Trek set, or... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/cover/7863-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS In January 2005, California became the first state to ban the .50-calibre Browning, or BMG, machine gun rifle. At that time, Ronnie Barrett, president and founder of Murfreesboro-based Barrett Firearms Manufacturing and creator of the 30-pound rifle capable of shooting a five-and-a-half inch bullet half a mile, worried that his business would be hurt by the ban... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7869-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Though the pride of private, Presby-terian-affiliated Knoxville College is as ever-present as that of its distinguished alumni, it may take just short of a miracle to stave off... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7868-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Upholstered furniture maker Berkline/ Benchcraft geared up to announce its IPO, but ten months after its registration filing, there’s still no sign of... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7867-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS On a balmy, fall Mississippi morning in 2004, a few dozen ranking members of DeSoto County’s tightly knit business community gathered in the rain for another ceremonial groundbreaking.In his address, Southaven’s mild-mannered mayor, Greg Davis, crowed.“This will... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7866-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS After 18 months of hard work, Crockett County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Frankie McCord finally got what she wanted—a 1,600-acre pre-certified tract of land that allows... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7865-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS When BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee announced plans last year to build a new $226 million headquarters, it put to rest any lingering fears that the independent, not-for-profit Blues plan, which started in Chattanooga in 1945 and currently... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7864-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Boom. Burst. Explode.Dangerous words… unless you’re talking about the economy.“We’ve had annual job growth in the last two years, with 660 new jobs in manufacturing,” says Walter Wood, executive director of the Shelby-ville-Bedford County Chamber of Commerce. “The county has seen.... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7862-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS In Aesop’s fable about the race between the hare and the tortoise, the hare has everything it needs to win the race and darts out of sight at once. But when he decides to rest on his accolades and lies down for a nap, the tortoise’s steady pace... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7861-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS It’s showtime for Healthways. Time to put up or shut up. The Nashville company known for its 20-year corporate identity crisis... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7860-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Forming a limited liability company in Tennessee is a little easier this year, thanks to a legislative overhaul that has simplified the state’s complex LLC laws. The new act, which went into effect in January, will allow... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/features/7858-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS Most parents would be concerned if their child had a lot of baggage in their lives. But that’s hardly the case for Jack Waddey, founding partner of Nashville-based intellectual property law firm Waddey & Patterson. His daughter, Kendall... http://www.businesstn.com/pub/3_2/online_exclusives/7885-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS