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This week's online business calendar.

It's been a "roller coaster" for the owners of Shuford's Smokehouse since late last month, when the restaurant faced a wave of social media harassment after it took a nearly $1,000 order to provide food during a rally in support of law enforcement.

Tennessee's biggest bank completed its merger with the largest bank in Louisiana Thursday to create a combined bank with over $79 billion in assets and operations in 11 states.

U.S. employers added a substantial 4.8 million jobs in June, and the unemployment rate fell to 11.1%, as the job market improved for a second straight month yet still remained far short of regaining the colossal losses it suffered this spring.

Volkswagen Chattanooga is reporting that the number of positive coronavirus cases among individuals who've entered the plant since mid-March has risen to 26.

Sales of new vehicles in Hamilton County rebounded sharply in June, up 27.7% from May, as automakers and dealers offered rich incentives and low interest rates.

TuSimple, a self-driving startup business operating in the United States and China, is opening what it calls the world's first "Autonomous Freight Network" under a partnership announced Wednesday with major trucking firms, including the Chattanooga-based U.S. Xpress.

Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee celebrated the economic improvement of four rural counties in the state on Wednesday, which he said has led to the Volunteer State having its lowest number of distressed counties since before the 2008-2009 Great Recession.

A new study by a libertarian think tank ranks Chattanooga as the most free city among Tennessee's four biggest cities, but Chattanooga still has more regulations and costs than most of the state's 30 biggest cities, including nearby cities like East Ridge and Cleveland.

Chattanooga's biggest bank temporarily closed one of its branches for extra cleaning after a member of the overnight cleaning team working in the bank office tested positive for COVID-19.

Volkswagen of America on Wednesday reported that sales in the April through June period fell 29% over the same time last year as the coronavirus-related lockdowns weighed on automakers.

If you're ready to take your consumer packaging business idea to the next level, Proof and CO.LAB have partnered to create a virtual Consumer Goods Accelerator, a 10-week program for early-stage companies, and has a new class ready to start later this month.

CBL & Associates, the operator of Hamilton Place and Northgate malls in Chattanooga, has received more time to work out a deal regarding the repayment of some of its debt.

The reopening of Tucson's historic Hotel Congress lasted less than a month.

Delta Air Lines will soon require customers to answer questions about whether they've experienced symptoms of COVID-19, or been in contact with someone who has, as part of the check-in process.

Ryan Dehoney won't start kindergarten until next month, but the 5-year-old Signal Mountain entrepreneur is already thinking about college and how he can help pay for it.

Most Chattanooga area businesses aren't requiring patrons wear face masks to help curb the spread of COVID-19, despite pleas from health officials and ongoing reluctance from citizens to adopt mask wearing on their own.

Wall Street capped its best quarter since 1998 Tuesday with more gains, a fitting end to a stunning three months for investors as the market screamed back toward its record heights after a torrid plunge.

Time was, the primary role of a central bank was to monitor and regulate the supply of money.

The Tennessee Valley Authority told another 38 information technology workers Tuesday that their jobs are being phased out as TVA continues to outsource its data processing, programming and support services to contractors the utility claims are more expert and experienced in performing such tasks.

This week's restaurant report card.

AMC Theaters, the nation's largest chain, is pushing back its plans to begin reopening theaters by two weeks following the closure because of COVID-19.