Editor's note: This interview was edited for length and clarity.

Joel Wertman spent many years in the music business, including as president of Eureka Records, watching an industry struggle to adapt to the changing landscape brought on by the digital age and the internet.

It seems like the more new year financial resolutions I share, the more pop up. Thanks to Real Simple for today's great tips for shrewd consumers.

Vision Hospitality Group, Inc. has named David Martin as chief operating officer. Martin will provide leadership and strategic vision for the Chattanooga-based hotel chain.

When Jake Raulston opened the Naked River brewery near Finley Stadium in late 2018, the veteran home brewer hoped to use his beer-making skills and Chattanooga's growing brewery scene to find success in the highly competitive downtown restaurant and bar market.

Springer Capital, which owns 21 other apartment complexes from Pennsylvania to Alabama, bought the Autumn Brook apartments in Hixson this month for $14.7 million — or 36% more than the $10.8 million that the previous investment group from New York paid for the property in November 2016.

For 2020, Nissan's small Versa sedan has gotten a full makeover.

A multimillion-dollar partnership that will enable Volkswagen to gain key research into electric vehicles and lighter automotive components will be unveiled Friday in Knoxville.

Tennessee's biggest bank reported better than expected profits Friday with adjusted earnings up last year by nearly 18% from the previous year.

The world's biggest automotive seat manufacturer plans to expand its Tennessee plant and add 330 more jobs as part of a $23.5 million expansion.

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This week's business calendar.

The WiFi was a spotty at the Project Voice conference this week — a painful irony for an event focused on emerging technology and drawn here by the city's high-speed internet — but the conference will make Chattanooga its permanent home, said conference organizer Bradley Metrock.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is taking advantage of abundant rainfall, milder temperatures and cheaper fuel to lower its electricity prices next month.

An Atlanta-based real estate investment company says it's "planting our flag" in downtown Chattanooga with the $13.5 million purchase of a restored 104-year-old former textile mill.

A new Gigi's Cupcakes store is opening at 1925 Gunbarrel Road.

It's a major part of the city's past, but could there be a choo choo in Chattanooga's future?

Mount Vernon Mills is closing its mill in Alto, Georgia, and phasing out its yarn production at its Trion Denim Mill in Chattooga County.

Q. Is that really the census person at your door (or mailbox, or email)? There appears to be a high level of consumer concern regarding the National Census. What advice is BBB providing on this activity?

Unum Group announced Thursday that Michael Q. Simonds, president and CEO of Unum US, has been named to the newly created role of chief operating officer of the company, effective Feb. 1.

With the opening of its new location on the Southside on Thursday, Heaven & Ale will have locations in three bustling boroughs of the Chattanooga drinking and dining scene — and that's going to be enough for now, said owner Joe Winland.

A longtime friend and business associate of the late Chattanooga auto dealer Bob McKamey has become a partner in Capital Toyota and Lexus of Chattanooga.

The value of real estate sales in Hamilton County jumped nearly 14% last year to top $3 billion for the first time, according to conveyances filed with the Hamilton County Register of Deeds.