Joe M. Rodgers dies at 75

tom.wood@nashvillepost.com (E. Thomas Wood) — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:20:00 CST

Between myriad business successes, construction magnate and investor became a major player in Republican politics and served as U.S. ambassador to France

Remembering Cal Young

tom.wood@nashvillepost.com (E. Thomas Wood) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 12:04:00 CST

Station owner pioneered both urban and country radio formats in Nashville [Updated 5:30 p.m. with further bio info furnished by family]

2007's most read and remembered

Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:24:00 CST

Our top stories in 2007, with updates -- and a roll call those who left us after making their marks on our great city

Nashville now and then: Southern hospitality

tom.wood@nashvillepost.com (E. Thomas Wood) — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:11:00 CST

Three tales of neighbors and visitors in 20th-century Nashville -- and their impact on the Opry, the economy and the civil rights struggle
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Big home sale: Tom Oreck buys Minnie Pearl mansion

Thu, 07 Jun 2007 12:35:00 CST

Vacuum cleaner company's top executive, a member of the founding family, pays $4.6 million for Curtiswood Lane property -- could Oreck's headquarters follow the rest of its operations to Tennessee?

Gargantuan hostile takeover battle launched for Caremark

Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:51:00 CST

UPDATED 10:59 with brief statement from Caremark --
$26 billion-dollar hostile offer for Nashville company would upset plans for merger with CVS drugstore chain

Nashville execs launch consulting firm

Tue, 20 Jun 2006 10:50:00 CST

Starting dozen for Compass includes former Rogers Group, American General, Celeris and US Bank leaders

People: Bush names Nashville investor to arts board

Tue, 23 May 2006 16:06:00 CST

On this day: Moments from Nashville's business history

Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:51:00 CST

A bank buys a chunk of National Life... a plea for federal aid to mark Nashville's battlefield... and a desperate attempt to save the dying industry of throroughbred breeding

Power steering: Wealth, leadership and the destiny of Nashville

Mon, 21 May 2001 11:59:00 CST

An excerpt from the multi-author book Nashville: An American Self-Portrait, edited by John Egerton and E. Thomas Wood