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West Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Of the three, it is the most sharply defined geographically. Its boundaries are the Mississippi River on the west and the Tennessee River on the east. The region's boundaries expand slightly to include the entirety of Hardin County, which is bisected by the Tennessee River.

Unlike the geographic designations of regions of most U.S. states, the term West Tennessee has legal as well as socioeconomic meaning. West Tennessee, along with East Tennessee and Middle Tennessee, comprises one of the state's three Grand Divisions. According to the state constitution, no more than two of the state supreme court's five justices can come from any one Grand Division, and the Supreme Court meets in each of the three (the State Supreme Court building for West Tennessee is in Jackson). A similar rule applies to certain other commissions and boards as well, to prevent them from showing a geographic bias.

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S/G Industries dissolving company

Oct 10, 2008 9:59 pm

Cordova-based S/G Industries Inc. is in the process of dissolution, according to a legal notice.

Biopeptides Corp. relocates research staff to Memphis

Oct 10, 2008 8:31 pm

New York-based Biopeptides Corp. has relocated the majority of it research staff to Memphis to grow the company and to be closer to the Regional Biocontainment Laboratory in the UT-Baptist Research Pa...

U.S. consumer confidence plummets

Oct 10, 2008 7:39 pm

A consumer confidence index dropped 32 points in October -- its largest single-month drop since the Consumer Attitudes and Spending by Household Index began in 2002.

Bush vows aggressive financial action

Oct 10, 2008 7:38 pm

President George W. Bush sought to allay economic and financial market worries Friday, saying the U.S. will work aggressively to improve clogged credit flows, rescue besieged banks and improve consume...

AEG partners with FedExForum

Oct 10, 2008 5:52 pm

AEG Facilities has established a venue services agreement with FedExForum, creating a working relationship between executive members of the AEG Facilities staff and the management team at FedExForum. ...

Le Bonheur receives $500K grant

Oct 10, 2008 5:48 pm

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced a grant of nearly $500,000 for the Memphis Le Bonheur Children’s Medical Center.

Dow swings wildly Friday

Oct 10, 2008 3:10 pm

For a few brief moments Friday, it looked like the Dow might end the day and the week in positive territory.

Dow plunges 600 points, closes below 9,000

Oct 9, 2008 7:24 pm

The Dow dropped below the 9,000 point benchmark for the first time in five years Thursday and closed with a loss for the seventh straight day.

Tennessee state revenues fall 8.2% in September

Oct 9, 2008 7:22 pm

Tennessee officials announced Thursday that revenue collections for September fell 8.2% to $976.7 million compared to the same period last year.

Survey: Health care costs hitting young adults hardest

Oct 9, 2008 4:46 pm

The sting in paying for health care costs amid the ailing economy is most acute among young adults, according to a new survey from Medco Health Solutions Inc. (MHS)

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