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The latest Edge coverage from the Chattanooga Times Free Press, part of our Business section.
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Chattanooga 2025 Playbook: Automotive sector
Volkswagen executive, Lyndon Lie offers one word for what he'd like to see in the auto industry: Stability.
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Chattanooga 2025 Playbook: Manufacturing
Kerry Beth Carico keeps it simple when asked about manufacturing's greatest challenge. It's maintaining a skilled workforce.
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Chattanooga 2025 Playbook: Insurance
In the insurance business — at least as far as Chattanooga-based companies, Reliance Partners and BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee conduct it — AI is OK.
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Chattanooga 2025 Playbook: Retail
The local retail industry is probably similar to most other industries, in that it would benefit from more stability in the broader economy, writes Stephen Lebovitz, CEO of CBL Properties, a Chattanooga-based company that owns and operates shopping centers across the country.
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Five things to do to expand your career opportunities
Opportunity rarely arrives with a perfect job title and a step-by-step guide. More often, it shows up disguised as feedback, a side project or a well-timed connection. Creating opportunities for yourself can feel counterintuitive, especially if you were taught to "pay your dues" quietly, let your work speak for itself, or wait to be noticed. But in a world of fast change and fierce competition, waiting quietly may be a missed opportunity.
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The Chattery presents unique learning and art experiences for adults
Jennifer Holder and Shawanda Mason first met in 2012, when Holder was working as a property manager and showed Mason an apartment.
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Why flexibility is the perk that actually works
Ping pong tables and stocked snack bars were once hallmarks of a coveted workplace culture, but in 2025, they're no longer enough to keep employees on board.
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Cash flow confidence: How to secure capital in a tough market
Most people remember the line, "Show me the money!" from Tom Cruise's 1996 hit movie, Jerry Maguire. Today, when trying to get a lender to "show you the money," you will likely receive a blank stare, a gigantic pile of paperwork to complete, or a simple, "I'm sorry, we can't help you."
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Feed the Narrative shows companies how to tell their stories to the world
* Co-founders: David & Natalie Martin
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Looking beyond what marketers want you to believe
Last year, a friend asked me to join him at an event in town where he was giving a presentation. With no more information than that, I agreed to go, because he's my friend. It didn't require further thought -- that is, until the morning of the event, when I needed to learn where it was and what time I had to show up.