Just a few short months ago, America was entering an unprecedented 11th straight year of economic growth, with a roaring stock market and the lowest unemployment rate in over 50 years. Now we stand on the precipice of the sharpest downturn of the modern area and may witness a massive wave of job losses that we hope will be brief but may rival the Great Depression in magnitude.

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services has named Jonathan Kraft as sales manager of its Cleveland branch office. Kraft will be responsible for the recruitment, training and management of the office's sales associates.

According to AARP, each year thieves steal the identities of at least 2.5 million deceased Americans.

NOTICE: The Hamilton County Register's Office did not publish this data. All information in the Register's Office is public information as set on in T.C.A. 10-7- 503. For questions regarding this report, call Mark Jones of the Chattanooga Times Free Press at 423-757-6505.

Last week, Congress passed and the President signed perhaps the largest single financial rescue package in history in response to the economic damage inflicted by the novel coronavirus outbreak.

I know you've written about identity theft in the past, but I'm still not sure what to always shred.

Tennessee American Water has named David Braam as senior manager of government affairs and economic development in Tennessee for the Chattanooga utility.

If you think the term "affordable luxury sedan" is an oxymoron, let us introduce you to the 2020 Jaguar XE P250 S compact luxury sedan.

Q. As a consumer how do I and my family support small business and our community during these difficult times?

The scourge of the novel coronavirus and the draconian measures required to tame it will inflict damage on the U.S. economy such as has not been seen since the Great Depression.

As readers know, I'm a huge advocate of anything that helps to stop identity theft.

Erik Palmer has been named the sales manager of Crye-Leike's Chattanooga - East Brainerd branch office.

As Chattanoogans scramble to make sense of and respond to the coronavirus threat, business leaders and owners are having to continually cope with jarring new information and figure out how best to respond.

I think I've made a bad mistake. After maxing out my credit cards and receiving many dunning notices, I decided to seek help from a credit repair company. After several months, the company hasn't done anything to help, and I'm still in bad financial trouble. What can I do now? — Harry Hoodwinked

Common House Chattanooga, a social club being developed in the former YMCA building on Chattanooga's Southside, has hired Honor Hostetler as director of operations and Rob Praino as director of membership.

The proposed plan, dubbed "Historic River to Ridge," was developed by the Chattanooga-Hamilton County Regional Planning Agency after over more than a year with input from the community.

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is sometimes the first line of defense when a person believes he's been wronged by a shoddy service or serviceperson.

Crye-Leike Real Estate Services has named Jeff Nixon as general administrative manager of Crye-Leike's Chattanooga Region. Nixon will be responsible for overseeing the various divisions of the Chattanooga Region and will help in the efforts to increase office growth and productivity.

This week's calendar of business events and seminars.

NOTICE: The Hamilton County Register's Office did not publish this data. All information in the Register's Office is public information as set on in T.C.A. 10-7- 503. For questions regarding this report, call Mark Jones of the Chattanooga Times Free Press at 423-757-6505.

For the second year in a row, Volkswagen Chattanooga has been certified as a Top U.S. Employer for 2020.

EPB is planning to expand to Enterprise South industrial park near the Volkswagen assembly plant where it wants to build a $16 million operations center in that fast-growing part of Hamilton County.

The redesigned Chevrolet Silverado 2500 is a heavy-duty pickup that's eager to exert its dominance. To use a personification, it flexes.