Behind the Titans, Nissan deal: “We never considered any other possibility”

The Tennessee Titans and Nissan North America have agreed to a 20-year naming rights partnership for the new Titans stadium. Here’s why they chose to continue the partnership. Nashville Business News – Local Nashville News | The Nashville Business Journal

Developer behind Nashville Ritz-Carlton faces lawsuit over financing agreement

The developer behind the long-awaited Ritz-Carlton project is at the center of a multimillion-dollar lawsuit. Alabama-based Oakworth Capital Bank is suing RC Nashville Development Partners LLC and Tim Morris, alleging failure of payment on a $ 10 million loan, according to court documents. Nashville Business News – Local Nashville News | The Nashville Business Journal

High interest rates and economic uncertainty are behind recent rise in corporate defaults

The corporate default rate is up and rising as interest rates remain elevated, making it more expensive for companies to refinance debt. International: Top News And Analysis

Tennessee Football: Vols’ Offense Explodes Behind Milton and Thornton

Tennessee Football‘s Joe Milton III and Dont’e Thornton are quickly becoming one of the most exciting quarterback-receiver duos in College Football. The Likely QB1 for Tennessee, Joe Milton III, has had no shortage of ups and downs throughout his College Football career. Milton III is one of the most talented Quarterbacks in all of college […] Tennessee Football: Vols’ Offense...

Gordon E. Moore, Intel Co-Founder Behind Moore’s Law, Dies at 94

His prediction in the 1960s about rapid advances in computer chip technology charted a course for the age of high tech. NYT > Obituaries

Thom Bell, a Force Behind the Philadelphia Soul Sound, Dies at 79

As a songwriter, arranger and producer, he brought sophistication and melodic inventiveness to hits by the Delfonics, the Spinners and others. NYT > Obituaries

Behind New York City’s Shift on Mental Health, a Solitary Quest

The psychiatrist E. Fuller Torrey has been advocating tougher involuntary psychiatric treatment policies for 40 years. Now it’s paying off. NYT > Health

From the Fed to Europe’s currency crisis, here’s what’s behind this selloff in financial markets

Stocks fell sharply and bond yields rose around the world in volatile trading Friday, as global markets braced for higher interest rates and recession. International: Top News And Analysis

Urban Land Institute study: Nashville is falling behind on housing

The Washington D.C.-based nonprofit’s recently published Home Attainability Index ranked Nashville as a magnet city — a destination for people and companies — but found the city’s housing inventory has failed to keep pace with the growth, a problem that could continue. Nashville Business News – Local Nashville News | The Nashville Business Journal