People who take their scary stuff seriously will shell out about $8.8 billion celebrating Halloween this year, according to the National Retail Federation.

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After opening Big River Grille & Brewing Works, the STIR and State of the Confusion in downtown Chattanooga, restaurant Allen Corey and his team at Square One LLC are preparing to open a microbrewery in Marion County.

Drugmaker Sanofi is recalling its over-the-counter heartburn drug Zantac in the U.S. and Canada because of possible contamination.

Upcoming business seminars and events in the Chattanooga area.

Mike Sarvis, the market president of Synovus Bank in Chattanooga and a former chairman of the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce, is leaving Chattanooga at the end of the month to return to Greenville, South Carolina where he previously worked and where his wife is from.

Cameron Doody, who built the moving company Bellhops into one of Chattanooga's most successful startup businesses over the past nine years, told employees Thursday he is stepping down as company president next week "to focus on family and friends and to devote a bit more energy to giving back to Chattanooga."

The owners of the huge Alstom site in Chattanooga are pre-leasing space for a planned 8-story office building off West Main Street, which they're looking to extend to the Tennessee River.

Unemployment in Georgia fell to its lowest level in nearly 19 years last month despite the loss of 2,100 jobs during September, the Georgia Department of Labor said Thursday.

Whether you're looking to learn more about the music industry, get close to 3-D printers, hear tips for attracting investors, or cultivate wellness in the chaos of launching a business, Startup Week probably has a session about that.

FedEx officials confirm the company has filed a building permit for its new package sorting facility and world hub in Tennessee.

Anheuser-Busch is suing MillerCoors over its confidential recipes for Bud Light and Michelob Ultra.

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Electrify America today announced an agreement with Ford Motor Co. to provide ultra-fast public charging for the automaker's future electric vehicles on the network of the Volkswagen subsidiary.

Two communications giants have reached an agreement that will keep WTVC NewsChannel 9 and FOX Chattanooga on the air for customers of AT&T.

Owners of the Coyote Jack's nightclub can no longer serve beer in Chattanooga after a lengthy hearing by the beer and wrecker board Thursday morning.

One of the most popular barbecue restaurant chains in the Knoxville area is headed south with restaurants opening this fall in both East Ridge and Cleveland, Tenn.

More high-priced condominiums are planned for downtown Chattanooga, but a preservation group isn't happy that a vintage Frazier Avenue building was torn down for the project.

As America's electricity grid has become more digitized with more web-based smart meters and devices, cybercriminals have targeted the energy sector as an attractive target.

As Tennessee's biggest bank prepares to take on a new name next week, the parent company of what is now known as First Tennessee Bank reported higher third quarter earnings today that beat Wall Street estimates.

Without adequate funding from both the state and federal levels, the nation's growing freight industry could be in jeopardy, and Georgia is right in the middle of the situation.

The decline in interest rates may be bad news for those seeking investment earnings on their bank CDs or savings bonds, but it is good news for America's biggest government-owned utility.

The massive pile of dirt looming over the landscape where Interstates 75 and 24 part ways is an early sign of the scope of the work that lies ahead.