Facebook is putting a hold on the development of a kids' version of Instagram, geared toward children under 13, to address concerns that have been raised about the vulnerability of younger users.

Crystal Air President Taylor Newman says he has seen the number of people seeking to learn how to fly soar over the past year or so amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Deposits in Chattanooga's banks grew by double-digit levels for a second consecutive year during the pandemic as government stimulus measures and greater savings boosted how much Chattanoogans put in savings, checking and CDs at local banks.

Becky Carroll, a healthcare administration veteran of more than 22 years, was recently promoted to vice president of strategy as well as to the role of assistant administrator for Parkridge Health System.

Even before the pandemic, home booking sites like Airbnb and Vrbo were becoming increasingly popular with travelers.

The fully redesigned 2022 Honda Civic, which is now at dealerships, will certainly be of interest for many small-sedan shoppers.

Imagine being able to charge an electric vehicle without stopping to plug in.

A 158-unit apartment building that sits across from the Pilgrim's Pride chicken processing plant in downtown Chattanooga's Southside has sold for $37.5 million.

Times Free Press reader Charles Young recently contacted us about a photographic find: an exterior shot of the old Chattanooga Coca-Cola Bottling Company Inc. headquarters on Broad Street.

Agave & Rye, a tequila and bourbon hall that features a diverse menu of freshly made epic tacos, appetizers and desserts, will open next month across Chestnut Street from the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga's downtown waterfront district.

A company tied to Chattanooga-based Echelon Fitness, which has seen growth climb during the pandemic, has sold its former headquarters building to a nonprofit that employs the visually impaired.

This week's business calendar.

Aurora Innovation, a California-based self-driving technology company, has begun testing autonomous trucks to haul FedEx loads between Dallas and Houston.

Pathway Lending, which announced plans this summer to open an office again in Chattanooga, has secured a $1 million grant from Wells Fargo Bank to expand its Flex Fund to aid growing minority-and woman-owned businesses in key markets across Tennessee, including Chattanooga.

Unemployment fell in the Chattanooga area last month to the lowest level in 18 months while the jobless rate in nearby Dalton, Georgia dropped even more to the lowest level in more than 11 years as employers scrambled to fill job vacancies in an increasingly tight labor market.

The father of so-called supply-side economics, former Reagan economic advisor Arthur Laffer, says the sweeping social infrastructure plan proposed by President Biden will hurt future economic growth by discouraging work and investment.

For many years, bicycling advocate Jim Johnson booked bike tours of Europe via his Biketours.com business.

Charlie Rymer, a former PGA Tour player who now hosts his own golf show on the CBS Sports Network, has been named executive vice president of the McLemore golf course and resort development atop Lookout Mountain in Walker County, Georgia.

The Federal Trade Commission reports that more than 1.38 million cases of identity theft were reported in 2020, more than double the cases in 2019 and holding strong at the top spot among all types of reported fraud. ID theft cases accounted for 25% of the fraud reports from Tennesseans and 39% of fraud reports from Georgians.

Average long-term mortgage rates rose slightly this week continuing a months-long trend of little movement. They remain under 3%.

Fears that a Chinese real estate developer's possible default on multibillion-dollar debts might send shockwaves through global financial markets appeared to ease Thursday as creditors waited to see how much they might recover.

A top European Union legal adviser said Thursday that software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their exhaust pipes in hot or cold weather and at high altitude doesn't conform to the 27-nation bloc's laws.

The rate of unruly passengers on airline flights is down sharply from early this year but is mostly unchanged over the past three months and remains more than twice the level seen in late 2020, according to government figures.