The Word is Our Bonds
A Thomson Financial study released in January found that Memphis-based Morgan Keegan and Co. was the lead underwriter of $1.6 billion of municipal bonds issued in Tennessee in 2005, tops...
Boom Times in Bullet Town
The war in Iraq is being fought street-by-street in densely packed urban settings. The soldiers sweating it out in this environment are relying more and more on a product that is shipped out of...
Trade Showing
Some people dream of leaving a boring job for the ephemeral glamour of Hollywood. For Robert Thompson, the journey from the boring workaday to a field he loves meant...
Competitive Waters
The Tennessee Aquarium isn’t just the most recognizable silhouette on the Chattanooga skyline; it’s a symbol of everything that’s gone right for the city over the past decade. Built in 1992, the freshwater aquarium was the catalyst...
A Corn-Fed Combine
Biotech in the state’s well-publicized technology corridor just got much sweeter. Mega-science company DuPont and British renewable food ingredients manufacturer Tate & Lyle have teamed up to...
Keeping One’s Bearings
As the manufacturing sector continues to dwindle, ball and roller components maker NN Inc. may be bucking trends at home by going with the flow overseas. NN was founded in Erwin in 1980 by former Hoover ball and roller division head Richard D. Ennen, who...
Staying on Track
The corporate accounting scandals WorldCom and Enron resulted in billions of dollars lost among investors. They also served to affix a black eye to the accounting profession.
Bigger Borders
Tennessee has several distinct geographic regions—the Smoky Mountains and Cumberland Plateau are two—but can you name an economic region in Tennessee? Maybe, but maybe not.
The Stripper’s Lament
It’s a bad time to be a stripper in Tennessee as the roughly 40 strip clubs across the state start feeling the pressure of new regulations imposed on their businesses.
Schooled in Improvement
Less than one year ago, Chris Burch, 35, found himself stuck in what he called a dead-end job. He asked for more opportunities and even approached his boss about attending a graduate program he had heard about at Trevecca Nazarene University. According to Burch, his boss told him that further education would...
Parking Lot Perils
Many Tennessee small business owners are probably aware of some aspects of premises liability law—the idea that the owner of an establishment can be held responsible for any dangerous conditions on his or her property that cause someone to become injured. “The general rule is that...
Firm Presences
Business TN Editor Drew Ruble sits down with the managing partners steering some of the state's biggest law firms to discuss the most relevant issues facing the legal community. It's another in Business TN's series of roundtable discussions with top leaders across the state - our version of "Meet the Press" for business.
Keeping the Engine Running
There is perhaps no more important issue for the future than the precarious state of America’s competitiveness in a global economy. The question of our future—and current—ability to be a leader in an increasingly borderless world has moved from the sometimes-arcane arena of academia and specialized industries to the...
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