VOL. 35 | NO. 4 | Friday, January 28, 2011
The Mall at Green Hills continues upscale evolution
It’s usually bad for a shopping mall when stores don’t renew leases and close their doors. It’s even worse when one of them is a beloved institution like Davis-Kidd Booksellers. But for the Mall at Green Hills, it’s a sign that times are good and getting better.
Even as the Music City Center takes shape near Lower Broadway, the fate of the site it replaces is being decided with little public fanfare.
Several insurance companies and their subsidiaries are being barred by Metro Nashville’s Planning Department from providing surety bonds on subdivision development projects for one year.
GREEN BUSINESS
It’s been just over a decade since Jeff Barrie arrived in Nashville by bicycle, having pedaled all the way from Los Angeles.
GET A JOB!
One of the more difficult exercises that many job seekers go through is trying to determine an appropriate objective statement for their resume. For some employers, and some jobs, this opening statement is not extremely important, while for others it is very important.
NEWSMAKERS
In its second consecutive year to be named to the list, Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC has cracked the top 50 of Fortune magazine’s annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list.
I SWEAR
Words are the toys of a civilized world. Playing with them often results in good will and better friendships.
KAY'S COOKING CORNER
I just received an email, and this is one that some of you are just gonna love!
STATEWIDE
NASHVILLE (AP) — Potential TennCare cuts could include eliminating counseling services in hospice care provided by the state's expanded Medicaid program.
NASHVILLE (AP) — The Memphis schools would have more time to make a transitional plan if city voters decide to let their school system be absorbed by the Shelby County system, under legislation approved Wednesday by the Senate Education Committee.
NASHVILLE (AP) — Friday is the deadline for private, nonprofit organizations in Tennessee to submit disaster loan applications to the U.S. Small Business Administration.
NATIONAL BUSINESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States can't fully recover from the worst recession in decades until hiring improves, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Thursday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. service sector, which employs nearly 90 percent of the work force, grew in January at the fastest pace in five years, a sign that hiring could pick up soon.
NEW YORK (AP) — Retailers reported surprisingly solid January revenue gains Thursday that swept away fears that snowstorms in much of the country had chilled sales.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders to U.S. factories rose in December, pushed up by stronger demand from businesses for machinery and communications equipment.
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Europe's largest oil company, on Thursday reported that fourth quarter profit more than tripled from a year earlier as oil prices rose and the company boosted production.
NEW YORK (AP) — Viacom Inc., the owner of the MTV channel and Paramount Pictures movie studio, said Thursday its fiscal first-quarter profit dropped 12 percent due mainly to lower home DVD sales compared with a slew of strong releases in 2009.