Month: June 2017

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Fox13: Le Bonheur named among Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

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Fox13: Le Bonheur named among Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital is one of the best in the nation according to U.S. News & World Report. Le Bonheur received recognition in eight specialties. This is the seventh consecutive year it has been included in the ranking. Some of the specialties it was recognized for include, cardiology and heart surgery, gastroenterology and GI surgery, neonatology, neurology and neurosurgery, nephrology, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology. “U.S. News is the gold standard for children’s hospitals for safety, strong clinical outcomes, technology and family-centered care,” said Le Bonheur … Continue reading Fox13: Le Bonheur named among Best Children’s Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report

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MBJ: FDA, Pfizer, Merck join WHO in Memphis for global drug conference

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MBJ: FDA, Pfizer, Merck join WHO in Memphis for global drug conference Pharmaceutical industry representatives and regulators from 13 countries were in Memphis this week to discuss safety strategies for global pharmaceutical manufacturing, shipping and delivery. University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) hosted 75 attendees from June 26-29. Agencies represented included the World Health Organization, the U.S. Public Health Service, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Merck and Co. Inc.; Pfizer; and Johnson & Johnson, and attendees came from countries including Indonesia, the Philippines, Peru, Mexico, Japan, Russia, Thailand and Switzerland. … UTHSC will open its new $16 … Continue reading MBJ: FDA, Pfizer, Merck join WHO in Memphis for global drug conference

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MDN: ‘Great Streets’ Experiment Opens Between River and FedExForum

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MDN: ‘Great Streets’ Experiment Opens Between River and FedExForum The sun umbrellas are on the way for the tables and chairs on the northern side of Peabody Place between Front and Main streets, and so is a temporary mural wall and some kiosks for a marketplace. A Times Square-meets-Broad Avenue experiment at the southern end of Downtown’s Main Street Mall got underway this week with reggae music, popsicles and, of course, bicycles. Most of that activity was on the last block of the 40-year-old Main Street Mall, but some of it also turned the corner onto Peabody Place. Angled parking … Continue reading MDN: ‘Great Streets’ Experiment Opens Between River and FedExForum

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HGN: Startup GraphStory raises $1M, continues to grow in Memphis

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HGN: Startup GraphStory raises $1M, continues to grow in Memphis Memphian Greg Jordan is the founder of local graph database company GraphStory. Jordan said he and his team of five are on a mission to make everyone a “data consolidating badass”. “That was the big thing for me. If I can build an application for my boss in a couple of weeks or a couple of hours, I’m going to look like a hero if I get it done faster,” he said. The technology Greg and his team have created helps organizations better understand the relationships between all of their … Continue reading HGN: Startup GraphStory raises $1M, continues to grow in Memphis

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MDN: St. Jude Ranked No. 1 Pediatric Cancer Hospital

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MDN: St. Jude Ranked No. 1 Pediatric Cancer Hospital St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has reclaimed the title as the No. 1 pediatric cancer hospital in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 28th annual “Best Hospitals” list, which compared nearly 5,000 medical centers nationwide in 25 specialties, procedures and conditions. St. Jude held a special announcement event Tuesday, June 27, at the Marlo Thomas Center on its Memphis campus. “I think every recognition helps the 4,000-plus individuals that work here to dedicate themselves to the mission of this institution,” said Dr. James R. Downing, St. Jude president … Continue reading MDN: St. Jude Ranked No. 1 Pediatric Cancer Hospital

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MBJ($): Boston agtech company takes root in Memphis, grows employee count tenfold

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MBJ($): Boston agtech company takes root in Memphis, grows employee count tenfold The company makes “probiotics for plants.”  …. MBJ($): Boston agtech company takes root in Memphis, grows employee count tenfold Continue reading MBJ($): Boston agtech company takes root in Memphis, grows employee count tenfold

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CA: Levitt Shell wants to adapt shipping containers for buildings

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CA: Levitt Shell wants to adapt shipping containers for buildings The Levitt Shell organization wants to use shipping containers to house a beverage kiosk, event volunteers and security at its amphitheater in Overton Park. The nonprofit joins a growing number of businesses and venues in and around Midtown that either use or plan to adapt the metal vessels as buildings. The Shell this week filed an application with the Board of Adjustment to receive a zoning variance from the requirements of the Unified Development Code. The two shipping containers would be to the right of the stage. The Shell would use the shipping … Continue reading CA: Levitt Shell wants to adapt shipping containers for buildings

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MDN: The Case for Ground Floor Innovation

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MDN: The Case for Ground Floor Innovation ServiceMaster wanted to open an innovation center partly for “self-serving” reasons, the company’s chief information officer said during a panel discussion Thursday, June 15, that marked the inaugural event in ServiceMaster’s new innovation space the “Ground Floor.” The company, CIO Jamie Smith said, had actually looked at launching such a space even before the company knew it would be bringing its corporate headquarters Downtown. Ground Floor will serve as a startup accelerator, co-working space and small events center. “We know we need to innovate, as ServiceMaster, to really stay relevant – we don’t … Continue reading MDN: The Case for Ground Floor Innovation

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MDN: ServiceMaster Opens ‘Ground Floor’ Innovation Center Downtown

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MDN: ServiceMaster Opens ‘Ground Floor’ Innovation Center Downtown The Ground Floor, ServiceMaster’s 20,000-square-foot innovation center located in the former home of Tower Records, formally opened Thursday, June 15 – marking the first completed phase of the Memphis-based company’s Downtown relocation. … “One of the reasons we decided to move Downtown and create something different, something that we couldn’t create anywhere else,” said ServiceMaster CEO Rob Gillette. The new innovation center will serve as a startup accelerator, allowing ServiceMaster to incubate fledgling IT developers as they work to find their footing. In order to achieve this, ServiceMaster will use the Ground … Continue reading MDN: ServiceMaster Opens ‘Ground Floor’ Innovation Center Downtown

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MDN: Wunderlich Securities Moving Downtown

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MDN: Wunderlich Securities Moving Downtown Wunderlich Securities Inc. is preparing to move its corporate headquarters from East Memphis, where the investment firm employs 110 people, to Downtown’s One Commerce Square. … The firm, he added, is in the late stages of negotiating a lease for at least 12 years at One Commerce, where the firm is looking at occupying the 16th and 18th floors. Wunderlich, which was founded in 1996, has been headquartered at 6000 Poplar Ave. in East Memphis for more than a decade, and about 100 employees appear set to make the move Downtown in time to start … Continue reading MDN: Wunderlich Securities Moving Downtown