Ellis Smith joined the Chattanooga Times Free Press in January 2010 as a business reporter.
His beat includes the flooring industry, Chattem, Unum, Krystal, the automobile market, real estate and technology.
Ellis is from Marietta, Ga., and has a bachelor’s degree in mass communication at the University of West Georgia.
He previously worked at UTV-13 News, Carrollton, Ga., as a producer; at the The West Georgian, Carrollton, Ga., as editor; and at the Times-Georgian, Carrollton, Ga.; as a reporter.
Contact Ellis at 423-757-6315 or esmith@timesfreepress.com.
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The U.S. Treasury has appointed an Ohio banking expert to the board of Chattanooga-based First Security Group, the holding company for FSGBank. Robert R. Lane will also serve on the board of FSGBank, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Dollar bill in hand, U.S. Small Business Administration District Director Walter Perry lifted the microphone to his mouth as more than 40 regional bankers looked on.
The families that own U.S. Xpress Enterprises have picked a successor to the late Patrick Quinn, who founded the company in 1985 along with the current chairman and CEO, Max Fuller.
Chattanooga-based Unum Group announced Monday it is ending sales of its group long-term care insurance in the midst of improved operating results in the fourth quarter.
A company involved in an unlicensed payday lending operation recently lost an early legal bid to silence some of its former employees.
An abandoned diagnostic building last used 15 years ago is set to be demolished and rebuilt by June 2013, according to Scott Rowe, CEO of HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital of Chattanooga.
John Wilson helped develop flexible TV screens and electric vehicles before they were cool.
Covenant Transport missed analyst expectations in the fourth quarter with a loss of $2.2 million, or 15 cents per share, compared to a $700,000 profit in the fourth quarter of 2010.
Bill Kile was spared the ax when Chrysler shut down hundreds of dealerships during the recession, but after three more years he decided it was time to exit the auto business and sold the company to Florida-based Crown Automotive Group.
