Ted Evanoff

• Hyde: Fast Forward provides roadmap for Memphis as the 'Big Five' fade away Updated 05/24/2012 at 12:07 a.m.

  Corporate executives and elected officials created the agency to raise prosperity by improving business, crime, education, government efficiency and health.

• Ads blasting tax breaks 'irk' Memphis Mayor A C Wharton Published 05/22/2012 at midnight

  Memphis Mayor A C Wharton railed Monday at local advertisements that chide the city for favoring corporate tax breaks over citizens.

• Memphis-area business lending stuck in neutral Published 05/20/2012 at midnight

  Some homegrown banks are making more business loans. But most borrowers and bankers remain wary. The overall pace of business lending appears flat across greater Memphis.

• Memphis broker sentenced to 30 months in prison for fraud Updated 05/17/2012 at 8:55 p.m.

  Memphis securities broker Bradford K. Dent was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Thursday for fraud, federal prosecutors said.

• ABB completes $3.9B purchase of Memphis-based Thomas & Betts Updated 05/17/2012 at 12:07 a.m.

  Dominic Pileggi will step down as Thomas & Betts chief executive officer and continue as chairman.

• Choked out of area job market, older Memphians vanish from workforce Published 05/13/2012 at midnight

  Unable to find work in Memphis fast-food kitchens, Graylon Brown picked up an old guitar and plunked down on a shady step, singing the blues for passersby.

• Federal research funds seem to flow past Memphis Updated 05/13/2012 at 12:10 a.m.

  Memphis has missed a wave of federal research cash, slowing efforts to spur the city's tech economy.

• Morgan Keegan fights tough against former fund investors Published 05/08/2012 at midnight

  Firm is 4-of-6 in recent arbitrations with angry ex-mutual fund clients.

• Shareholders of Memphis manufacturer Thomas & Betts Corp. approve sale to Swiss firm Updated 05/02/2012 at 9:14 p.m.

  Twelve years after it was grasping for cash, Thomas & Betts Corp. moved closer Wednesday to a $3.9 billion merger.

• Federal appeals court overturns ruling, revives SEC suit against Morgan Keegan Updated 05/02/2012 at 9:11 p.m.

  A federal appeals court revived an SEC fraud lawsuit against Morgan Keegan & Co. on Wednesday, saying a lower court last year wrongly dismissed the case.

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