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Business | Tn Valley Business

Area oven factory may be part of GE divestment
Roper Corp., which has an almost 2,000-employee oven-making plant in LaFayette, Ga., could be sold as part of a reported General Electric plan to auction off its appliance division.
May 16, 2008
Chattanooga: Unum settles stock case for $40 million
A $40 million settlement was approved Wednesday by a federal judge in a lawsuit that alleged Unum Group artificially inflated its stock price.
May 15, 2008
Chattanooga: Cell tower petition delayed
A company continues to explore options for a controversial cell tower on Chattanooga’s Southside, but it has rejected the idea of putting it on a former landfill that now holds a new FedEx facility.
May 15, 2008
Chattanooga: Webb renews efforts as real estate agent
Jack Webb started in real estate 22 years ago as an agent, then turned to developing, but has now focused most of his attention back to brokerage.
May 15, 2008
Chattanooga: Hidden credit card fees trouble consumers
Sometimes it’s just the little things that get you and when it comes to credit card fees, that couldn’t be more true, according to consumer advocates.
May 14, 2008
Tennessee: Bredesen:Incentives already offered
Tennessee business recruiters have already offered most of the $100 million that Gov. Phil Bredesen wants lawmakers to set aside next year for incentives to recruit new manufacturing and corporate headquarters to the Volunteer State, Gov. Bredesen said Tuesday.
May 14, 2008
Tennessee: Cable group seeks EPB suit rehearing
A cable trade organization on Tuesday asked a Nashville judge to reconsider a decision dismissing the group’s lawsuit against EPB.
May 14, 2008
Chattanooga: VW plant could make Porsche, Audi vehicles
An auto industry analyst said Monday that making Porsche and Audi vehicles as well as Volkswagens at a possible U.S. plant is a cost efficient way of using a new facility.
May 13, 2008
Chattanooga: Housing suggested for old Cavalier site
The company behind the rehabilitation of the old Cavalier Corp. site in Chattanooga wants to put high-density housing on a portion of the former manufacturing facility.
May 13, 2008
Pikeville: Motorcyclist motel and campground offered for sale
PIKEVILLE, Tenn. — A Florida baby boomer is offering a unique roadside motel and campground for sale.
May 11, 2008
Boogie Heads supplies party entrepreneurs
Chris Hampton started his own photography business when he was just 23.
May 10, 2008
Chattanooga: ERMC's aviation unit eyes lost-bag solution
As airlines and airports suffer from high fuel prices, a business that services the aviation industry is offering a pair of new products designed to curb costs related to lost luggage.
May 9, 2008
Chattanooga: Local man leads Dell-backed auto firm
A local businessman has teamed with the founder of Dell Computers to form an automotive partnership with plans to own and operate premier car dealerships across the United States.
May 8, 2008
Chattanooga: Stock Market game teaches students about the economy
A team from c Christian School earned more than $21,000 during 10 weeks of playing the stock market in a semi-annual game to win first place.
May 8, 2008
Georgia: Homeowner inventory program offered free
The Georgia Insurance Information Service reports that homeowner’s insurance claims in the U.S. topped $3.35 billion during the first quarter of 2008.
May 7, 2008

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Chattanooga: Rising food bills sprout gardens at churches, neighborhood groups
May 05, 2008
Ron Bohrer happily jabs at the dirt, pushing away the weeds that continually creep up beside his rows of tomato, radish, squash and okra plants.

Tennessee Valley Business

Area oven factory may be part of GE divestment
May 05, 2008
Roper Corp., which has an almost 2,000-employee oven-making plant in LaFayette, Ga., could be sold as part of a reported General Electric plan to auction off its appliance division.

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Chattanooga: Bankruptcy Filings
May 05, 2008
These are new cases, according to court records, filed in the Chattanooga and Winchester offices of U.S. Bankruptcy Court’s Eastern District of Tennessee May 8-14.

Ellen Phillips

Consumer Watch: Bumping rule doubles traveler’s compensation
May 05, 2008
Doesn’t an airline have to compensate me if it deliberately overbooks and my connecting flight leaves without me? I’m really angry that I missed an important meeting last week.

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