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SportsMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jayden Reid carried Memphis most of the night and then finished the job at the foul line, sinking two free throws with 5.7 seconds left to give the Tigers an 89-88 win over VCU in their home opener at FedExForum. Those were…
SportsMEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Grizzlies added their second-round draft pick to the roster Saturday, signing Richie Saunders to a two-way contract and waiving Carson Cooper to make room, the team announced. Saunders, a 6-foot-5 wing from BYU, went 32nd overall in the summer draft.…
Business
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Greater Memphis Chamber has chosen Joshua Gunn, a North Carolina economic development executive, to become its next president and CEO after a national search, with his first day set for Dec. 10. Gunn comes to Memphis from Durham, N.C., where he directed the city Office of…
From Merger Monday
The New Orleans City Council approved a 45-year tax arrangement on Thursday for the planned Omni New Orleans, one of the last local steps for a $625 million convention headquarters hotel across from the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. Rather than paying a conventional property-tax bill, the Dallas-based developers would make…
From Merger Monday
Fox Corp. borrowed $10.4 billion on Friday as it completed its roughly $22 billion purchase of Roku Inc., drawing $2 billion under an amended term loan and $8.4 billion under a new bridge facility to cover part of the cash it owed Roku holders. An 8-K filed with the Securities and…
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