IPO Memphis

Green Ballast, the energy-saving smart-ballasts maker for commercial lighting, has filed for a small IPO and is awaiting its trading symbol for the OTC:BB. Here our exclusive.

Tenn-Hut! Green tech may revive Aladdin

Tennessee State Sen. Bill Ketron (R-Murfreesboro) simply mentioned in passing last Thursday, in comments prior to a key committee vote on Tennessee new Small Business Investment Company Credit Act that someone in his district was about to get maybe thousands of Green jobs, and how it sure would be helpful if the state passed the TNSBICCA, to create new venture capital funds that could only invest in TN companies. Well, a little scurrying about revealed that Aladdin is preparing to lend its name to a new line of energy-conserving street lights, in partnership with Mid-TN manufacturer The Davis Groupe, and a couple of Washington State technology companies. Here's the full story.