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• CBS college basketball analyst to headline They're Off! Luncheon

  23-03-2017 19:59 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The Kentucky Derby Festival Inc. has secured another national sports media veteran as the featured speaker for its annual Derby kickoff luncheon.Seth Davis, an award-winning writer, broadcaster and author, will headline the 61st annual They're Off! Luncheon, which is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Friday, April 21, in the grand ballroom of the Galt House Hotel in downtown Louisville, according to a news release.The luncheon serves as the official kickoff for the Kentucky Derby Festival.Davis is a seni
  
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• Humana announces progress on massive population health project

  23-03-2017 19:53 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Louisville-based insurer Humana Inc. has released the results of its Bold Goal efforts for 2016.An annual survey conducted by Humana as part of the Bold Goal program found that the number of unhealthy days that Humana members experienced dropped by 2 percent in 2016 from 2015.Humana (NYSE: HUM) launched the program in 2014 as an effort to improve the health of Humana members by 20 percent by 2020. Results are measured by conducting a slightly modified version of a population health survey develo
  
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• Longtime Louisville retailer moving to Brownsboro Road

  23-03-2017 19:51 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  In a second act to his American Dream, Thang Ngo will reopen his jewelry store, Bailen Jewelers, next month.Ngo is a Vietnam immigrant who opened his original store in 1997.Ngo closed his 3907 Chenoweth Square location a little more than a year ago, after fires and electrical problems forced him out of his building.Ngo has been running Bailen Jewelers, a traditional "full-service" jewelry store with custom jewelry options, from his living room while searching for an appropriate location for&hell
  
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• Louisville's Cafe Lou Lou will get 'facelift' with new owner

  23-03-2017 19:48 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Cafe Lou Lou is under new ownership, and changes are coming soon.Louisville restauranteur Jared Matthews purchased the restaurant this week from Clay Wallace. Wallace left to pursue a career in real estate, according to a post on the cafe's Facebook page."My heart is heavy because a very long chapter of my life is closing," he wrote. "First and foremost, I want to thank the many loyal employees that I have had the pleasure to call family for the last 13 years."Matthews is the operating partner&h
  
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• How Louisville landed this high-octane $10M Red Bull event

  23-03-2017 19:35 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Last week, Red Bull Global Rallycross announced it would host the second round of its 12-round racing series at the Kentucky Exposition Center May 20-21.The Red Bull-sponsored racing event features high-octane cars on a temporary dirt and asphalt racetrack lined with tight corners and 70-foot jumps. This is the first time it will be held in Kentucky."At the start, drivers will charge down a long, fast straightaway before hitting the track’s first sharp corners and the dirt section," organi
  
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• Louisville City FC signs a new uniform sponsor

  23-03-2017 18:38 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  A new sponsor will appear on the front of Louisville City FC's jerseys this year.The soccer team announced today that its new jersey sponsor is Louisville-based GE Appliances, a Haier company. It's part of a new sponsorship deal with the company.The team's purple home jerseys will feature a white GE Appliances logo while its white and gold hoop, or striped, jerseys worn for road games will have a black GE Appliances logo, according to a news release. A third Jersey with the logo will be unveiled
  
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• Where are Americans moving? Here are the fastest-growing — and shrinking— cities in the U.S.

  23-03-2017 17:46 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Eleven major metropolitan areas, led by the Texas duo of Houston and Dallas-Fort Worth, are growing at a pace of more than 1,000 people per week, based on population estimates issued this morning by the U.S. Census Bureau.The federal agency released July 2016 estimates for 382 metros and 3,142 counties across the nation. Click on the View Slideshow button to see the major metros (with populations greater than 500,000) that are growing or shrinking at the fastest weekly rates. Then scroll down to
  
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• Massive $10M development coming near busy St. Matthews intersection

  23-03-2017 17:34 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  A large climate-controlled self-storage complex has received the green light for construction inside a busy St. Matthews corridor.Citadel Storage Partners I L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, is constructing a three-story self-storage building with nearly 145,000 square feet at 1403 Browns Lane, near the intersection of Browns and Dutchmans lanes. The project is near Norton Suburban Hospital and the busy Dupont Square area.An affiliate of Citadel Storage Partners, Dupont Self Storage LLC,&hel
  
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• KFC's former U.S. president lands a new gig

  23-03-2017 16:52 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The recently departed former president of KFC U.S. has a new job.Jason Marker is the new CEO of Franklin, Tenn.-based CKE Restaurants Holdings Inc., parent company of Carl's Jr. and Hardee's brands.He succeeds Andy Puzder, who had been CEO of the privately held company since 2000."Jason has tremendous experience in franchising, in the QSR [quick service restaurant] sector, and in positioning and growing iconic brands,” Puzder said in a news release. “I expressed my desire to have CKE
  
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• See how much Papa John's paid its four top executives

  23-03-2017 16:05 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Papa John's International Inc. founder John Schnatter might have landed on Forbes list of billionaires this week, but his total compensation from his CEO position dropped slightly in 2016.According to the company's annual proxy statement filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Schnatter's total compensation fell 3 percent in 2016, to $3.5 million. His base salary and stock awards remained flat at $900,000 and $600,000, respectively. He was awarded about $1.2 million in stock opti
  
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