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Jason Bolton

@MBJBolton

Managing Editor at @MBJMemphis I still play in the data sandbox.

 Memphis, TN
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Joined December 2011
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Greg Akers@GregAkersJul 31
MBJ's @AmroDima with a really big emerging story: Contractors have filed liens this week alleging that SpaceXAI owes them more than $130 million for years of work on Memphis-area projects. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
'I haven't slept': Contractors claim SpaceXAI owes them more than $130M

'I haven't slept': Contractors claim SpaceXAI owes them more than $130M

More than $136 million in liens have been filed in the past two days against Elon Musk's SpaceXAI, as contractors have emerged alleging that they have not been paid for years of construction work on...

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Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Ted Townsend will not return to his role after being on leave for more than a month. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Greater Memphis Chamber CEO resigns

Greater Memphis Chamber CEO resigns

Greater Memphis Chamber president and CEO Ted Townsend will not return to his role after being on leave for more than a month.

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After a recent NBA league amendment, a private equity firm has acquired a stake in the Memphis Grizzlies. bizjournals.com/memphis/news…
Private equity firm acquires stake in Grizzlies

Private equity firm acquires stake in Grizzlies

After a recent NBA league amendment, a private equity firm has acquired a stake in the Memphis Grizzlies.

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Oak Court Mall, Macy's to be demolished for major East Memphis project - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
Oak Court Mall demolition paves way for massive mixed-use development in East Memphis

Oak Court Mall demolition paves way for massive mixed-use development in East Memphis

Oak Court Mall in Memphis to be demolished for a major mixed-use development.

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In-N-Out Burger's Lynsi Snyder-Ellingson reveals Tennessee expansion plans, including in Memphis. - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
In-N-Out Burger lays out plan for multiple Memphis locations

In-N-Out Burger lays out plan for multiple Memphis locations

In-N-Out Burger is eyeing 35 possible Tennessee locations. Here's everything on the company's statewide growth menu, and beyond. "I’ve fallen in love with really the whole state," President Lynsi...

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Dell: "No plans to open" Memphis operations that Greater Memphis Chamber announced in December 2024 - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
Dell: 'No plans’ for Chamber-announced Memphis operations

Dell: 'No plans’ for Chamber-announced Memphis operations

The Greater Memphis Chamber announced in December that it scored a set of huge economic development wins. But one of the companies named in that announcement has told MBJ it is not planning to...

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COGIC moving annual Holy Convocation out of Memphis to St. Louis again - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
COGIC moving annual Holy Convocation out of Memphis — again

COGIC moving annual Holy Convocation out of Memphis — again

COGIC returned the Holy Convocation to Memphis for 2022 on a three-year deal. The organization voted to keep it at the Renasant Convention Center for 2025. Now, the large-scale annual event is moving...

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FedEx to spin off FedEx Freight subsidiary into stand-alone public company - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
FedEx to spin off one of its operating companies

FedEx to spin off one of its operating companies

FedEx hinted at the possible decision during an earnings call earlier this year.

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Buc-ee's plans West Memphis location - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
Buc-ee's lines up 'big' location — 15 minutes from Midtown Memphis

Buc-ee's lines up 'big' location — 15 minutes from Midtown Memphis

In April, MBJ confirmed a Buc-ee's is coming to Fayette County. Now, a second metro location is being planned, this one even closer to the heart of Memphis.

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A new GDP — gross data product — could be an emerging measure of wealth and power of nations. s.hbr.org/3sUqSnQ

Which Countries Are Leading the Data Economy?

Which countries are the top data producers? With data-fueled applications of artificial intelligence projected, by McKinsey, to generate $13 trillion in new global economic activity by 2030, this...

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How MLGW City of Memphis plan provide power water Elon Musk xAI supercomputer electricity - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
How MLGW, City of Memphis plan to provide power and water for Elon Musk's AI supercomputer

How MLGW, City of Memphis plan to provide power and water for Elon Musk's AI supercomputer

Supercomputers require enormous amounts of power and water. MLGW's CEO details how the utility and City of Memphis plan to serve Elon Musk's facility without stressing existing capacity — and how...

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Elon Musk xAI to build AI supercomputer Electrolux Memphis building - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
Elon Musk xAI plans to build a multibillion-dollar AI supercomputer in Memphis. Here's where.

Elon Musk xAI plans to build a multibillion-dollar AI supercomputer in Memphis. Here's where.

Elon Musk has selected Memphis to build a multibillion-dollar AI supercomputer that could be the most advanced in the United States. Here's where sources tell MBJ it would be built.

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Buc-ee's selects location in West Tennessee - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
Buc-ee's is landing in the Memphis area. Here's where.

Buc-ee's is landing in the Memphis area. Here's where.

Buc-ee's, the chain of travel centers with a huge fan following, is set to come to the Memphis area. Here's where.

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University of Memphis dean Bobby Garrett on the Fogelman College of Business and Economics' new complex - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
University of Memphis dean Bobby Garrett on the Fogelman College of Business and Economics' new...

University of Memphis dean Bobby Garrett on the Fogelman College of Business and Economics' new...

Renderings of the future complex show a courtyard in front of an almost all-glass building's exterior, allowing outside passersby to see classrooms, stairs, and people inside the building.

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RiverBeat Music Fest lineup: Fugees, Odesza, Jelly Roll, Mt. Joy, Black Pumas - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
RiverBeat Music Fest announces lineup, led by the Fugees, Odesza, Jelly Roll

RiverBeat Music Fest announces lineup, led by the Fugees, Odesza, Jelly Roll

The lineup of the inaugural RiverBeat Music Festival has been announced, and it includes a reunion show by one of the biggest bands of the 1990s.

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Given relatively strong GDP growth and labor market conditions, recent weakness in consumer sentiment seems contrary to the data. However, an analysis suggests that this weakness may be linked to relatively weaker growth in real personal income ow.ly/OTvG50QzOYH
A line chart shows the consumer sentiment index from January 1978 to December 2023; 100 represents the sentiment level set in 1966. Though fluctuating, the index typically falls sharply around periods of economic recession. Yet during this 46-year period, the index set a low of 50 in June 2022, two years after the end of the COVID-19 recession. In December 2023, it stood at 69.7.

ALT A line chart shows the consumer sentiment index from January 1978 to December 2023; 100 represents the sentiment level set in 1966. Though fluctuating, the index typically falls sharply around periods of economic recession. Yet during this 46-year period, the index set a low of 50 in June 2022, two years after the end of the COVID-19 recession. In December 2023, it stood at 69.7.

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Here are MBJ's 2024 Building Memphis finalists - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis

Here are MBJ's 2024 Building Memphis finalists

A Project of the Year and Community Impact honoree will be selected and announced at the Building Memphis event.

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Germantown developer of Thornwood lines up big Southaven development near Silo Square - Memphis Business Journal bizjournals.com/memphis/news… via @MBJMemphis
Germantown developer of Thornwood lines up big Southaven development near Silo Square

Germantown developer of Thornwood lines up big Southaven development near Silo Square

The projects are set to bring hundreds of loft units, office space, commercial space, and more to Southaven.

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Terry Taylor owns more than 120 dealerships across the country but few know much about him: “He’s like Batman.” trib.al/2eTndug
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