Daily News Economy

Economic and financial coverage for The Daily News and The Memphis News.

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Medtronic reports quarterly revenue for its Memphis-based Spine division dropped 3% to $743 million http://t.co/xhwwmUdcaP

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Local leaders working to convince Cummins Inc. to stay and expand in Memphis http://t.co/ahnlNV0Or8

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Profits were down at #Memphis-based International Paper in Q2 but the company still beat Wall Street expectations http://t.co/28NwNuoEHY

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First Horizon reports 2nd quarter profit growth and loan increases http://t.co/EKqH6sggoI

[The Daily News @memphisdaily]

Memphis-area bankruptcies in the second quarter dropped below 3,000 for the first time since Q2 2011 http://t.co/GucS4T3nVf

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EDGE review could lead to significant reforms in PILOT incentives program http://t.co/nNvw5yBwWm

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ServiceMaster Global Holdings (NYSE: SERV) has completed its IPO http://t.co/X6sD4ljuVV

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EDGE board will consider tax break for RE-CY’s possible Memphis relocation at Wednesday meeting http://t.co/vZpHd98njb

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Plastics recycling company RE-CY is considering relocating to Memphis from Searcy, Ark., and growing its operations http://t.co/dppYTAN3Kv

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MicroPort Orthopedics to invest $100 million over 5 years to expand its Arlington headquarters and create 171 jobs.

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TN Econ & Community Dev. Commissioner Bill Hagerty is making a "significant economic development announcement" at Wright Medical 11:30 today

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FedEx and International Paper are part of a stock buyback trend that’s surging in the post-recession economy http://t.co/mIMmZP9MiJ

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First Tennessee Bank has reached a deal to buy 13 Bank of America branches in Middle and East Tennessee http://t.co/9P1tweGfCs

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AutoZone reports 7.4% increase in quarterly profit, 6.2% increase in net sales http://t.co/eXkz6PkdnS

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Selling Memphis: Economic development agencies fine-tune incentives process http://t.co/2cQ3vVXnJ4

[The Daily News @memphisdaily]

Memphis News cover this week looks at the many pieces of the local economic development puzzle http://t.co/J1HN3cey93

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IP subsidiary xpedx and Unisource have announced merged company will be called Veritiv, traded on NYSE under symbol VRTV.

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#memmoney @ArthurHoganIII pick an asset allocation and stick to it. Be consistent @memphisdaily

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Money & Markets Seminar starts at 3:30 at @BrooksMuseum. For you guys tweeting the event, hashtag is #MEMmoney.

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Memphis’ Economic Gardening program is growing to include 25 additional companies http://t.co/jxAvYn396f