The declaration of Juneteenth as a federal holiday is putting the pressure on more U.S. companies to give their employees the day off, accelerating a movement that took off last year in response to the racial justice protests that swept the country.

Legacy automakers General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. have used the past few months to demonstrate two advantages their electric-vehicle rivals can't match: traditional vehicle businesses to generate cash and the scale to leverage that capital into EV investment.

The surge in leisure travel as pandemic restrictions lift and a tight supply of rental cars have brought out the criminals this summer, consumer watchdogs say.

Military aircraft are landing at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport in soaring numbers so far this year as training and other general aviation activities climb while the coronavirus ebbs.

Food City is expanding into Middle Tennessee with a new supermarket set to open Wednesday in Winchester and another grocery store planned to be added early next year in Cookeville.

The declaration this week of a federal holiday for Juneteenth is an encouraging milestone, but meaningful inclusion, diversity and equity come through economic opportunity, said the keynote speaker at the Chattanooga Area Chamber of Commerce's annual Diversify summit.

Helen of Troy Limited, a designer and developer of consumer housewares and other products, is expanding in Tennessee.

A software bug at a major network provider briefly knocked dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe offline during peak business hours in Asia.

Scotch single malt whisky makers breathed a sigh of relief Thursday after the United States agreed to suspend tariffs on one of Scotland's main exports in the wake of the resolution of a long-standing transatlantic trade row over subsidies to aircraft companies Boeing and Airbus.

The Tennessee Valley Authority could achieve completely clean and green energy generation by 2030 by making major expansions of solar, wind and energy storage and by encouraging its customers to do more with both energy efficiency and their own solar and wind generation, according to a new environmental study of Southern utilities.

Tennessee's tourism industry isn't just trying to draw more visitors this summer as it recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

Father's Day is almost here, and your Better Business Bureau (BBB) has tips to help you make sound and safe last-minute gift purchases.

Mortgage rates were mostly lower this week as the economy continued to show signs of recovery from the pandemic recession and recent bursts of inflation were deemed temporary by federal policymakers.

A developer on Thursday won the OK of a Chattanooga zoning panel to put up a house on a St. Elmo hillside despite opposition by neighbors, but the company lost an effort for another unit next door.

The Chattanooga Beer & Wrecker Board went almost 14 months without hearing a violation case because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it heard four cases on Thursday.

In its second major purchase of a Hixson apartment complex in the past eight months, a national real estate firm specializing in tax-advantaged real estate investments has bought the Integra Vistas apartment complex near Highway 153 and U.S. 27.

General Motors will raise spending on electric and autonomous vehicles and add two U.S. battery factories as it gambles that consumers will eagerly switch from gasoline to the new technology.

The Biden administration has sued to block the merger of two of the world's largest insurance brokers, asserting the deal could eliminate competition, raise prices and hamper innovation for U.S. businesses, employers and unions that use the companies' services.

Trying to make the best of the semiconductor chip squeeze forcing Volkswagen Chattanooga to shut down production, some workers have taken to volunteering across the area.

President Joe Biden on Tuesday installed an energetic critic of Big Tech as a top federal regulator at a time when the industry is under intense pressure from Congress, regulators and state attorneys general.

The U.S. Education Department said Wednesday it's erasing student debt for thousands of borrowers who attended a for-profit college chain that made exaggerated claims about its graduates' success in finding jobs.

Eight years after expanding into the Chattanooga market with its purchase of the former Hazlett, Lewis & Beiter accounting office, Mauldin & Jenkins announced Wednesday it is acquiring one of the biggest independent CPA firms in North Alabama.

As Chattanooga recovers from the coronavirus pandemic with record-high home sales and housing prices, one of the nation's biggest iBuyer companies is expanding into the Chattanooga market with plans for simplified online home purchases and sales.