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Starbucks lays off 224, including workers refusing to move to Nashville
Starbucks is cutting hundreds of its corporate workers as part of a restructuring that began in May.
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University of Tennessee at Chattanooga debuts local Mocs branded lager ahead of football season
This football season, tailgaters will have a new, hyper-local brew option — Mocs Gold Lager.
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The bond market swings back to worries and knocks US stocks lower
The relief that swept the bond market just a day earlier disappeared on Thursday as oil prices, worries about high inflation and the U.S. government’s debt kept rising. That helped knock the U.S. stock market to its worst day in three weeks, and Walmart led the way on concerns about its upcoming profits.
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Trump says US and Canada have a trade deal, but key terms remain unclear
Canada and the United States moved closer Wednesday to finalizing a trade agreement that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs, with a senior Canadian official calling the emerging terms "a very good deal for Canada" while cautioning that negotiations were not complete.
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BlueCross removes AI tool observing employees work after complaints
Unum uses software from same company
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Chattanooga officials want master developer to get The Bend ‘back on track’
More than seven years after the release of a master concept plan for The Bend, the office of Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly said Jimmy White, the project's manager, should find a master developer to get the project "back on track."
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Rock City reveals map of possible nine-phase expansion starting with gondola
Rock City brought a map of a potential nine-phase expansion to community meetings this week with residents who oppose its plan to build a gondola up Lookout Mountain, Georgia.
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Amazon set to expand drone delivery of lightweight packages to 500 US cities
Millions more people may be able to get smaller, lightweight Amazon packages delivered by drones by the end of the year under a plan the company announced Wednesday to expand the airborne shipping to suburban areas in nearly 500 U.S. cities.
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OpenAI introduces ChatGPT for Teens, promising a more age-appropriate chatbot
OpenAI on Tuesday introduced a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers — the first generation to grow up with artificial intelligence — who are already using it for schoolwork, questions about daily life and even companionship.
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The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion
The national debt surpassed a record $40 trillion on Wednesday, a staggering milestone as defense costs, social programs like Social Security and Medicare and interest on the burgeoning deficit make up an enormous share of federal spending.
