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Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 24, 2009
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Food Lion bid for Bi-Lo falters
A tentative deal for Food Lion to buy much of competitor Bi-Lo has unraveled.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 23, 2009
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Bi-Lo files restructuring plan
Bi-Lo will continue to operate under a restructuring plan the company has filed with U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Greenville, S.C.
Posted: Sunday - Nov. 22, 2009
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BlueCross health campaign encourages movement
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is asking the Volunteer State to join the movement for better health.
Posted: Sunday - Nov. 22, 2009
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Building going up as material costs drop
Some construction lumber costs are off as much as 40 percent from 2004 highs, while prices for certain grades of plywood are down even more from peak levels.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 21, 2009
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Site near City Hall in line for fixup
Fleetwood building developer Gerald McCormick calls the landmark Southside structure "the last big missing piece" near City Hall that needs renewal.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 19, 2009
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport says check on flights
Due to an Federal Aviation Administration computer problem, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport is advising travelers to check with the airlines before leaving for Lovell Field.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 18, 2009
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Up to 400 robots to build VWs at plant
As Volkswagen starts assessing skills of potential production workers, officials Tuesday approved an array of equipment for VW's training center including robotic systems.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 18, 2009
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Gas company asks rate hike
A manufacturers group says it will evaulate a proposed $2.6 million rate hike by Chattanooga Gas Co. before officials decide whether to lobby against it.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 17, 2009
Chattanooga Gas files for $2.6 million rate hike
Chattanooga Gas Co. today filed for a $2.6 million rate hike due to higher operating and financing costs and lower operating revenues.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 17, 2009
800 workers on VW site in Chattanooga
Some 800 construction and craft workers currently are on the Volkswagen automotive assembly plant site, an official said today.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 17, 2009
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65,000 seek work at VW
Pamela Glant of Chattanooga says she sought a production job with Volkswagen's local auto assembly plant to improve her standard of living.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 17, 2009
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Airport parking deck considered
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport Authority officials are considering covered walkways or a parking garage to keep passengers out of the elements.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 16, 2009
Chattanooga: 65,000 applications filed for VW jobs
Volkswagen’s Chattanooga operations have received more than 65,000 applications for its local jobs, including 35,000 for production slots.
Posted: Sunday - Nov. 15, 2009
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Academy opening 2 stores
Texas-based Academy Sports + Outdoors is opening two stores in the Chattanooga area as the business grows in the Southeast.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 14, 2009
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Thousands click to VW
Job seekers are stepping up the number of applications they're filing for Volkswagen production slots as the effort enters the last lap.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 13, 2009
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Passage opening slips to December
Key tests on the Passage's new lighting system and water features will take place after Thanksgiving, likely sliding the reopening of the attraction to December, officials said.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 12, 2009
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VW eyes Audis for local facility
The VW plant in Chattanooga may build Audi models as well as the new midsize VW sedan, Volkswagen officials say.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 12, 2009
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Maclellan building sold for hotel
The historic Maclellan building downtown has been sold by businessman Henry Luken to a group which announced plans last year to remake the structure into a hotel.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 10, 2009
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VW got permit in record time
Volkswagen's initial air quality application was 600 to 700 pages long, and local Air Pollution Control Bureau officials believe it set a speed record issuing a permit for an auto plant in the United States.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
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Farley's & Sathers shuffles some jobs
Candy maker Farley's & Sathers is shuffling jobs, bringing new work to Chattanooga but shipping some local manufacturing to other sites.
Posted: Saturday - Nov. 7, 2009
Tax credits will aid real estate industry, agents say
President Barack Obama signed into law Friday a bill that includes new tax credits for homeowners in an attempt to stimulate the economy.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 6, 2009
Moll Systems to install VW conveyors
Moll Systems, a German company that will install auto conveyors for Volkswagen's new assembly plant, has leased space in the Ooltewah area where it will employ up to 50 people.
Posted: Friday - Nov. 6, 2009
Tax credit program involves Lupton
NASHVILLE — State officials Thursday selected six venture capital firms, including one with Chattanooga ties, that will split $120 million in tax credits intended to spark investment in new Tennessee companies.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 5, 2009
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Majestic ready to say 'action'
Downtown Chattanooga's Bijou theater will give way Friday to the Majestic 12 when the newer, bigger moviehouse opens next door.
Posted: Thursday - Nov. 5, 2009
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CBL seeks capital via joint ventures
CBL & Associates Properties Inc. officials said Wednesday they're seeing interest from equity funds, foreign investors and others seeking to joint venture wi
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
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Filmmakers capture VW’s move here
Volkswagen’s return to making cars in the United States and Chattanooga’s role in that move has become the stuff of moviemakers.
Posted: Wednesday - Nov. 4, 2009
CBL earnings jump in third quarter
CBL & Associates Properties Inc. reported third-quarter earnings that beat analysts’ estimates amid encouraging sales, traffic and occupancy trends.
Posted: Tuesday - Nov. 3, 2009
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VW starts installing equipment at paint shop
Volkswagen's paint shop will produce cars that may be red, blue and black. But workers installing the facility's first equipment Monday are thinking green.
Posted: Monday - Nov. 2, 2009
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Chattanooga: VW paint shop hits key mark
Calling it a key milestone, Volkswagen officials today started installing the first equipment in the auto assembly plant’s paint shop.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 31, 2009
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VW chief offers details on supplier park
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant chief said Friday that the planned supplier park near the VW plant is expected to have about eight to 10 suppliers at first and be ready next summer.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 30, 2009
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Auto execs warm hands around VW
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. -- The economy's rebound likely will lag, but Volkswagen is creating growth opportunities for the region, economic development officials said Thursday.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 28, 2009
Chattanooga: VW unveils new sketch of planned car
Volkswagen officials today unveiled a new sketch of the mid-size sedan that will be made at the auto maker’s Chattanooga assembly plant.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 28, 2009
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Tightening of capacity seen helping Covenant
Covenant Transportation Group's chief executive said Tuesday the company should break even or make a profit late this year or early in 2010.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 28, 2009
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VW training site to open in December
Volkswagen's Training Academy, a building that's seen as key to a successful production startup, is slated for a mid-December finish, officials said Tuesday.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 27, 2009
VW training site set for December finish
Work is slated to finish in mid-December on Volkswagen’s $40 million training center as 160 people man two shifts on the building, officials said today.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 27, 2009
5,000 apply online for VW jobs
Joe Benton, of Chattanooga, said he'd been unemployed for six months and really wants one of the production jobs for which Volkswagen started taking applications Monday.
Posted: Monday - Oct. 26, 2009
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Over 5,000 file for VW jobs
More than 5,000 people had filed online for Volkswagen production jobs by mid-afternoon today after the automaker started taking applications for the slots, an official said.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 24, 2009
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VW Worker search begins Monday
When Volkswagen opens up hiring Monday for its 1,200 production jobs at its Chattanooga plant, the effort will be watched closely both inside and outside the company.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 24, 2009
Chattanooga airport seeing traffic, revenue growth
Despite fighting the headwinds of a slow economy, Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport’s first-quarter boardings and revenue are up.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 24, 2009
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Allegiant captures Chattanooga market share
Randy Ellis was flying on Allegiant Air from Chattanooga to Orlando on Friday to see his daughter and said a cheap ticket was his reason for picking the airline.
Posted: Sunday - Oct. 18, 2009
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Lovemans' latest facelift
The last undeveloped part of the historic Lovemans building is undergoing a facelift as plans call to turn the structure’s second floor into office or residential condominiums.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 16, 2009
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Next phase in hiring
Volkswagen officials are bracing for several tens of thousands of applications as the company starts taking online inquiries Oct. 26 for production jobs at its Chattanooga plant.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 16, 2009
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IBM economist: Spinoffs will boost city
The Chattanooga area is expected to gain from not just the Volkswagen auto plant but spinoff businesses and jobs as well, IBM's chief economist said here Thursday.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 14, 2009
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Construction keeps pace north of river
A new $2 million Riverview Animal Hospital is going up in North Chattanooga as that area continues to show building activity even amid the sluggish economy.
Posted: Saturday - Oct. 10, 2009
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Espin gets Y-12 license for dry wipes
Chattanooga nanofiber company eSpin has received a license from Y-12 National Security Complex to make special wipes used at Department of Energy nuclear energy facilities.
Posted: Friday - Oct. 9, 2009
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City lags others in airline promptness
Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport trails Tennessee's other major airports in on-time flight arrivals, though it's just slightly below the national average, a study shows.
Posted: Thursday - Oct. 8, 2009
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Train boosters eye pile of cash that could power planning
Bullet train supporters said Tuesday they aim to garner over $21 million to power high-speed train planning on the Atlanta-Chattanooga corridor.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 7, 2009
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VW suppliers gather
About 100 Volkswagen suppliers from across the world met in Chattanooga on Tuesday as their officials were briefed on doing business with the automaker.
Posted: Wednesday - Oct. 7, 2009
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Parking lot, VW center win OKs
Two projects to move construction of the Volkswagen assembly plant ahead, including the paving of its 40-acre parking lot, received approval Tuesday.
Posted: Tuesday - Oct. 6, 2009
VW training center equipment, parking lot OK’ed
The purchase of $7.6 million in state-of-the-art equipment that Volkswagen will use to train workers to build cars in its Chattanooga auto assembly plant was approved by a city panel today.
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