A company looking to pamper automobiles has received the go-ahead from Franklin Planning Commission to build an upscale auto spa.

Texas A&M University’s Mays Business School ranked first in the United States in terms of MBA graduate placement, according to the Financial Times’ annual ranking of the top 100 business schools around the globe.

Beverage Distributors Company LLC, an Aurora division of The Charmer-Sunbelt Group, has leased more than 82,000 square feet of space at ProLogis’ Moncrieff Distribution Center in Upland Business Park.

A new survey of bank presidents and CEOs across the seven-state Midwest region says economic growth has been modest in the first month of the new year.

Bellarmine University president Joseph J. McGowan has appointed Edward E. Manassah as a full-time executive in residence to plan a School of Communication, Mass Media and Culture.