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"I'll give you a shot"
“I’ll give you a shot.” With that vaguely supportive phrase, Bill Wellborn hired me in fall 2000. Later, I learned that many others found themselves as a new employee at MBJ from an offhanded,...
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Connexion Point to hire 400 in Memphis
Less than a month after close to 600 layoffs were announced for Conduit Global’s Memphis call center, Connexion Point is softening the blow of those layoffs by opening a new Memphis contact center with...
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Supertrucks pave way to fuel-efficient future
Supertrucks pave way to fuel-efficient future The term “super” generally goes along with fictional heroes, but new fuel-efficient SuperTrucks may be performing feats of strength on highways in the...
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Top 100: ServiceMaster moves on, cotton moves up
Cotton is king again on the Top 100 Private Companies list. Dating back to at least the early 1990s, a cotton merchant has topped the Top 100 list 19 out the last 25 years MBJ has published a largest...
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Ferries or drones might not fly
I live in West Memphis, Arkansas. You can save the jokes as I have heard them all. Some of them today, in fact. The newsroom is a merciless place full of cutting wit after all. My fellow West Memphians...
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Where women’s pay differs from men in memphis
President John F. Kennedy signed the Equal Pay Act into law in 1963, stating that legal protections would be given to women in the workplace to prohibit “the unconscionable practice of paying female...
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Database: How the gender pay gap looks in Memphis
Widely publicized by the White House and national media, the most recent figures on equal pay indicate that women in the U.S. are paid 78 percent of what men are paid, according to research from the...
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List Plus: Overton Square's courtyard hosts blues, soul and special events
Beale Street isn’t the only place in Memphis that you can groove to Memphis blues and soul. As part of the renovated Overton Square, the Tower Courtyard is an outdoor venue for performing arts and...
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List plus: Electric Spaces, alternative venues
Three questions with Pat Brown, project manager of the Water Tower Pavilion on Broad Ave. What steps go into transforming your outdoor space into an event venue? In 2014, we completed the permanent...
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Familiar name bringing public company HQ to Memphis
Former Memphis businessman Dean Jernigan is bringing a new public company to Memphis. Jernigan’s company, Jernigan Capital Inc. (NYSE: JCAP), is currently based in Miami, Florida, and has another...
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