A Slim & Husky's pizzeria will anchor a new M.L. King Boulevard project in downtown Chattanooga, with one of the restaurant chain's owners saying they want to help fire up the area's growth.
by Mike Pare 3 hours agoChattanooga agencies that assist low-income families with utility payments are preparing for an increase in requests for help as electric bills rise with the warmer weather - just as pandemic-related assistance that has softened the financial blow for many Chattanoogans struggling to pay their utility bills is running out.
by Emily Crisman 4 hours agoLiving on a fixed-income with her 26-year-old son who has Sickle cell anemia, Eleanor Young said she often struggled to keep her 980-square-foot home warm for her son while paying monthly electric bills that usually totaled more than $150 a month.
by Dave Flessner 4 hours agoThe parent company of SmartBank is buying the fourth biggest bank in Sevier County to become that county's biggest bank and the fourth biggest banking firm headquartered in Tennessee.
by Dave Flessner 4 hours agoTennessee's most famous moonshiners are turning to the sun to help power their whisky distillery in historic Lynchburg.
by Dave Flessner 4 hours agoLG Electronics USA announced Wednesday it will increase production at its Clarksville, Tennessee, plant by investing another $20.5 million in the facility and adding 334 jobs.
by Staff Report 5 hours agoCoinbase made a rousing debut on Wall Street Wednesday, with shares of the digital currency exchange rising as high as $429, briefly giving it a market value over $100 billion.
by MICHELLE CHAPMAN and ALEX VEIGA / AP Business WritersMore than 300 businesses and investors, including such giants as Apple, Google, Microsoft and Coca-Cola, are calling on the Biden administration to set an ambitious climate change goal that would cut U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by 2030.
by Matthew Daly / Associated PressWhile most Americans have weathered the pandemic financially, about 38 million say they are worse off now than before the outbreak began in the U.S.
by SARAH SKIDMORE SELL / AP Personal Finance WriterThe owner of the Chattanooga Red Wolves soccer team has bought the former Buehler's Market building downtown and plans to put into play a sports-themed restaurant.
by Mike PareThe growing Tasty Donuts chain is adding another sweetener to its business mix.
by Dave FlessnerGlobal equity markets resumed their remarkable rise in the 1st quarter of the year, surging again to new record highs as vaccinations pick up speed and stimulus payments roll out.
by Chris HopkinsErlanger Physical Therapy has opened its sixth office in the Chattanooga area to provide physical therapy evaluations, screenings and treatments.
by Staff and wire reportsSoutheast Asia's largest ride-hailing company, Grab Holdings, said Tuesday that it plans to merge with U.S.-based Altimeter Growth Capital in a deal that would value it at nearly $40 billion and allow it to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market.
by Zen Soo / AP Technology WriterWhile America's jobless rate has declined by more than half from its peak of 14.8% last year, unemployment remains well above its pre-pandemic levels and food insecurity and poverty levels also are higher than before COVID-19 shut down the economy.
by Staff ReportPresident Joe Biden used a virtual meeting with corporate leaders about a global shortage of semiconductors to push Monday for his $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan, telling them that the U.S. should be the world's computer chip leader.
by Tom Krisher and Alexandra Jaffe / Associated PressA Rossville, Georgia, landmark has reopened with a new owner but an old 1950s look and menu.
by Dave FlessnerFood City plans to relocate its East Ridge grocery store next year into a new and bigger supermarket that will include a Gas 'N Go fuel station, a food cafe and a broader selection of produce and grocery items.
by Dave FlessnerAs two rival South Korean industrial giants barreled toward a Sunday deadline still locked in a bitter U.S. trade dispute, Georgia officials grew increasingly worried a $2.6 billion SK Innovation project in Commerce that could employ 2,600 people would fall victim to the intractable feud.
by Greg Bluestein / The Atlanta Journal-ConstitutionChattanooga's emerging Southside apartment market is beginning to attract outside investors.
by Dave FlessnerWith the Chattanooga residential real estate market sizzling, homebuilders on Monday won preliminary approval from a planning panel related to the proposed construction of more than 500 units.
by Mike PareThe U.S. government's budget deficit surged to an all-time high of $1.7 trillion for the first six months of this budget year.
by Wire reportsThis week's restaurant report card.
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