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• AutoZone Liberty Bowl matchup set: SEC's Mizzou vs. Big 12's OK State

  03-12-2018 13:21 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  After the dust settled from the weekend's conference championships, the bowl games have been set, and the AutoZone Liberty Bowl Classic has its competitors lined up.The University of Missouri Tigers will face the Oklahoma State Cowboys at the Dec. 31 game in Memphis. Kickoff is scheduled for 2:45 p.m., and it will be televised on ESPN.Memphis is 394 miles from Columbia, Missouri (a 5 hour, 42 minute drive according to Google Maps), and 472 miles (6 hours, 55 minutes) from Stillwater, Oklahoma.&l
  
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• Historic Fort Worth building sold to prominent Memphis developer

  03-12-2018 12:53 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  A former XTO Energy Inc. office building in downtown Fort Worth has been sold to a Tennessee-based development company with plans to convert the historic 24-story building into a boutique hotel.
  
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• Deadline for Accredo parent's merger with Cigna delayed

  03-12-2018 12:38 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Officials with Express Scripts (NASDAQ: ESRX) and Cigna (NYSE: CI) have pushed back the companies' merger deadline.The $54 billion deal was expected to close Dec. 8, but is now delayed until mid-2019, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.The new deadline is June 8, 2019.California, New York, and New Jersey are the three states that have yet to approve the merger.Express Scripts is parent company of Memphis-based Accredo Health Group Inc., one of the largest&hell
  
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• Document: Nashville offered Amazon $375M — and much more — to lure HQ2

  03-12-2018 12:33 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  The city of Nashville offered Amazon job grants worth as much as $375 million — and an untold discount on property taxes — to bring its second corporate headquarters to Music City.Mayor David Briley's office released Nov. 29 a letter that his predecessor, Megan Barry, sent as part of Nashville's fall 2017 bid for Amazon's "HQ2." As it was designed at the time, HQ2 involved 50,000 jobs, paying an average of $100,000 a year. It promised to transform Nashville for generations. The site-
  
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• See how Tennessee ranks among Forbes' best states for business

  03-12-2018 12:24 via feeds.bizjournals.com
  Tennessee might have won a major coup this month when Amazon announced plans to bring 5,000 jobs to Nashville, but the Volunteer State still hasn't cracked the top 10 for the best states for business, according to an annual ranking.Forbes recently released its 13th annual ranking of the best states for business, with Tennessee coming in at No. 12. That's an improvement over last year's 15th spot.In Forbes’ latest installment, states were scored on business costs, labor supply, regulatory e
  
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