With car prices at record highs and inventory getting thinner, shoppers might be tempted to rush through a deal this summer without giving it much thought.

In some ways, the U.S. credit reporting system has improved.

That first post-vaccine vacation is finally a possibility for many, but after more than a year without travel, the sticker shock is no joke.

By triggering $1,400 stimulus checks for millions of people and expanding the child tax credit for many families, the pandemic offered a clear takeaway for some officials: That putting tax dollars in people's pockets is achievable and can be a lifeline to those struggling to get by.

The Tennessee Valley Authority is launching a five-episode web series to promote electric vehicles, according to a news release from the utility.

The energy giant at the center of a $60 million bribery scheme in Ohio has admitted to using dark money groups to fund the effort, and agreed to pay $230 million and other conditions so prosecutors won't forge ahead with a criminal case against the company.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress on Friday that she will start taking emergency measures next week to keep the government from an unprecedented default on the national debt, warning that a default would cause "irreparable harm to the U.S. economy and the livelihoods of all Americans."

Stocks rallied to records on Wall Street Friday, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 35,000 level for the first time, as the market continued to roar back from its short-lived swoon at the start of the week.

General Motors is recalling some older Chevrolet Bolts for a second time to fix persistent battery problems that can set the electric cars ablaze.

For St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, even the sky is no longer the limit.

Unemployment rose last month in the Chattanooga area to its highest rate in eight months, but many employers say they are still having trouble filling vacancies as the economy rebounds from the coronavirus pandemic.

President Joe Biden's administration is beginning to make $3 billion in economic development grants available to communities - a tenfold increase in the program paid for by this year's COVID-19 relief bill.

Mercedes-Benz will shift its focus entirely to electric vehicles in 2025 and be prepared to sell nothing but electric cars by 2030, the company said Thursday, adding a caveat that the transition depends on "market conditions."

The first Chick-fil-A restaurant to open in Alabama nearly 50 years ago is closing.

Tennessee officials say they are partnering on an initiative to add electric vehicle charging stations at state parks.

Major websites went down Thursday in what appeared to be a brief but widespread outage.

General Motors has done everything it can to protect production of its in-demand and highly profitable full-size pickups from the ongoing global shortage of semiconductor chips used in many car parts.

President Joe Biden just can't quit Ohio — even if it rejected him in last year's election.

Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is naming businessman Fitz Johnson to fill a vacancy on the state Public Service Commission.

The Mechatronics Academy in Chattanooga has marked five years with a formal renewal of the program's partnership.

Americans would be freer to repair their broken cellphones, computers, videogame consoles and even tractors themselves, or to use independent repair shops, under changes being eyed by federal regulators.

Japan's top automaker Toyota is adding two companies specializing in tiny "kei" cars, Daihatsu and Suzuki, to a partnership in commercial vehicles it set up with Hino and Isuzu earlier this year.

For months, anyone who wandered onto a dealer lot to look for a used car could be forgiven for doing a double take - and then wandering right off the lot.