Memphis TN Business News
Memphis is anchored by logistics, air freight & distribution.
What anchors the Memphis economy
- FedEx Corporation.
- Memphis-Shelby County Schools.
- Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare.
- City of Memphis.
Trade & infrastructure
- Port of Memphis / McKellar Lake.
- Presidents Island Industrial Center.
- FTZ #77 — Memphis — federal duty-deferral zone for manufacturers and distributors here.
- Memphis International Airport.
Talent pipeline
Workforce flows out of University of Memphis, Rhodes College, Christian Brothers University, LeMoyne-Owen College, Southwest Tennessee Community College, and University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) — feeding the engineering, healthcare, finance, and skilled-trade jobs that Memphis employers fill every year.
How HEREMemphis covers it
We track every layer of the Memphis economy: corporate relocations, retail openings, restaurant launches, workforce trends, commercial real estate, supplier announcements, hospital and university capital projects, and the local, state, and federal government decisions that shape how businesses here grow. If it affects business in Shelby County, it's HERE.
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U.S. Stock Markets Decline, Pressuring Investments in Memphis
U.S. stock markets closed lower last week, with all major domestic indices declining as investors in Memphis and across the nation reacted to a confluence of factors. The downturn reflected concerns over corporate performance, international stability, and global trade dynamics. The Nasdaq Composite Index experienced the most significant drop, falling 2.13 percent by the close […]
For West Tennessee companies that have outgrown a bookkeeper-plus-owner HR arrangement but are not yet ready for a full internal…
For West Tennessee construction, energy, and manufacturing employers, a written safety program is no longer optional infrastructure — it is…
For Memphis and Shelby County employers whose workforce now crosses state lines, payroll tax compliance is no longer a back-office…
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