At SXSW, legendary UT football player Ricky Williams talks cannabis business, fundraising, Mack Brown & more
Ricky Williams was a star football player at UT and in the NFL. But marijuana use cost him millions of dollars during his playing days. How does he feel about changing national attitudes toward marijuana now that he's the founder of a cannabis company?
Report: SmileDirectClub preparing for IPO
Nashville-based SmileDirectClub is laying the groundwork for an initial public offering, Axios reported on Thursday.
SmileDirect has picked bankers for an upcoming IPO and is expected to file paperwork to go public by the end of June, according to Axois. JPMorgan is leading the process, Axios reported.
If SmileDirect does file an IPO, the company would become one of Middle Tennessee’s ten largest publicly traded health care companies. That's based on Nashville Business Journal research and Axios'…
Cloud chasers: FDA’s proposed e-cigarette flavor ban has vaping industry up in arms
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday proposed a new policy that aims to remove fruity flavors for e-cigarettes. But some in the vaping industry believe the FDA has the wrong target in its crosshairs.
Inside the sterile environment of one of Memphis’ most high-tech facilities
Full disclosure: I've never been to Mars. But, on a recent visit to St. Jude, I wore a head-to-toe sterile suit not unlike one worn by Matt Damon in “The Martian” and felt a bit like I had visited another planet.
A typical Thursday for a journalist starts with coffee – and news: Catching up on the big stories of the day, then looking for fresh story ideas of my own. On Thursday, March 7, my day started off at 8 a.m. with coffee at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital for a “Media Immersion…
AML RightSource expands into Buffalo and promises 100 jobs
A company that helps financial institutions abide by compliance regulations is opening an office in Buffalo.
AML RightSource announced Friday that it will occupy 11,000 square feet at the Larkin Center of Commerce at 701 Seneca St. in the city’s Larkin District. The 15-year-old firm agreed to create 100 jobs over five years in exchange for $1.2 million in performance-based Excelsior Jobs Program tax credits available through New York state’s Empire State Development Corp.
The office will be…
KC’s five strongest small banks of 2018
Find out whether your business is banking with one of the Kansas City area's strongest small banks, those with less than $250 million in assets.
Public company moves HQ to downtown Raleigh
A public company is expanding – and moving its headquarters in the process. After analyzing three options, its CEO says it's moving the firm to downtown Raleigh.
Mechanics Bank nearly triples in size with huge deal
The deal means that Walnut Creek-based Mechanics Bank will have much greater lending capacity and the ability to spread the fixed cost of technology over larger operations.
Dallas PE firm behind Weinstein purchase starts new Spyglass media company
Lantern Entertainment, the company formed by the Dallas private equity firm that bought The Weinstein Co. out of bankruptcy, has started a new content company named after the Spyglass brand.
Form D Friday: Fund led by Boulder wealth management firm CEO raised more than $23M
Crestone Capital is based in Boulder.