Farley's & Sathers, which has major operations at two facilities in Chattanooga, is merging with Ferrara Pan Candy Co. to create one of the nation's largest makers of non-chocolate candy.
Downtown Chattanooga will add another hotel -- its first on the waterfront -- Thursday when a SpringHill Suites by Marriott opens its doors.
A Chattanooga hotel developer is looking at raising a Fairfield Inn by Marriott near the Walnut Street Bridge downtown.
Just two days before school was to start last summer, Dalewood Middle School teacher Tracy Davis realized she didn’t have the supplies for the new class to which she was assigned.
Chattanooga-based Vision Hospitality Group is eyeing a new downtown hotel near the Walnut Street Bridge.
Belk is undergoing the biggest renovation of its Northgate Mall store since the late 1990s, according to the company.
One of Chattanooga's biggest minority-owned companies is expanding its offerings for doctors' offices and other health care providers.
Sales of Volkswagen's Chattanooga-made Passat are expected to blow by the model's 11-year-old high mark and set a new U.S. record in 2012, an official said Thursday.
CBL & Associates Properties Inc. on Wednesday acquired its 90th regional mall or open-air center with the purchase of Dakota Square Mall in Minot, N.D.
CBL & Associates Properties Inc. today announced the acquisition of Dakota Square Mall in Minot, N.D., from the Lightstone Group.
Bunge Oils, which runs a Chattanooga plant that has operated at the site for upwards of a century, plans to close the facility early next year and shed about 100 jobs.
Gerry Burchard, of Dayton, Tenn., has worked at Sherman & Reilly in Chattanooga for nine years.
PlayCore has promoted Carol Black to the new position of senior vice president of operations and finance for PlayCore's EverActive Brands Group.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has sold the last of its downtown properties made available when it moved to Cameron Hill.
Wacker Polysilicon has identified about half of its workforce so far as it looks to reach the 650-employee mark within the next 18 months.
Another German automaker is putting down roots in Southeast Tennessee.
DECHERD, Tenn. — A new engine manufacturing plant for auto giants and partners Nissan and Daimler will create 400 new jobs, officials said today.
A Chattanooga-made, diesel-powered Passat has set a new mileage record on a single tank of diesel fuel as it traveled 1,626 miles, according to Volkswagen.
Chattanooga-based carpet maker Dixie Group Inc. today reported a first quarter loss after a drop in its commercial business compared to last year.
Most top executives of Chattanooga-area public companies earned more in 2011, and the businesses increasingly are asking shareholders to have a say on pay.
Window World co-owner Eric Anderson says the home improvement industry has some negative history tied to it.
UTC is about a five-minute walk from downtown's core, but many students feel unsafe and ignored in the central city, a new survey shows.
Larry Oxford, of Chattanooga, was checking out a new Volkswagen Passat displayed outside the Tennessee Aquarium on Wednesday, but he's not ready to spring for a new car yet.
Volkswagen of America today reported a 31.5 percent increase in sales for April as the Chattanooga-made Passat topped 10,000 for the second month in a row.
The Green Award specifically recognizes the environmental and sustainability achievements at the Volkswagen factory.
Higher occupancy and stronger leasing in CBL & Associates Properties Inc.'s shopping centers helped push first-quarter earnings up over a year ago, the company reported Monday.
Looking over Chattanooga's revived riverfront at the Hunter Museum of American Art four years ago, Volkswagen officials talked of how "the intangibles" helped them pick the city for a new $1 billion assembly plant.
Chattanooga banker Craig Holley likes to use a collaborative approach as a manager. The CapitalMark Bank & Trust founder said he’s one of a six-member management committee that runs the financial institution, and that has resulted in what he calls “a transferring of know-how.”
Dr. Laura Witherspoon, of Chattanooga, recently received a three-year appointment as cancer liaison physician for the cancer program at Parkridge Medical Center.
Bolstered by rising U.S. market share, Volkswagen AG reported Thursday that global sales revenues climbed 26.3 percent in the first quarter over a year ago. "Particularly strong demand was recorded for the Passat" in the U.S., the company said in an earnings report Thursday.
Volkwagen AG’s worldwide sales climbed 26.3 percent in the first quarter with sharply stronger results in the United States and Russia, the company reported today.
A wealth of outdoor activities coupled with family-friendly venues helped Chattanooga land a No. 4 ranking in a new list of affordable vacation cities.
Amazon has begun emailing notices to all its Tennessee customers that they may owe taxes on their purchases.
HHM Wealth Advisers has named Andrew Cook to lead its retirement plan consulting practice. He most recently served as a trust officer for a Kentucky-based bank and trust company where he was responsible for managing client relationships, which included both trusts and investment management accounts.
Charles Wood says that when a company is looking to open a new facility, the first question often asked is about the area’s work- force.
Jay Dean and his wife are marking their 11th wedding anniversary this weekend at the Bug-a-Paluza car show in East Ridge. The Vashon Island, Wash., couple said they drove their 1970 Volkswagen Bus over 10 days to make the scene with fellow VW enthusiasts.
David Croslin says there's a big difference between a cool invention and a money-making innovation. "It's very critical to draw the line," said the former chief technologist for Hewlett-Packard. "If I can't satisfy needs, I don't have a product that I can make money from."
Kalenborn Technologies in Soddy-Daisy is aiming for a big year as it swings into full production. "We'll be employing more," company President Phil Mitchell said about the modest-sized steel fabrication venture that's investing about $1.6 million in its factory.
CBL & Associates Properties Inc. on Wednesday said it has acquired interests in two outlet centers for $108.7 million, expanding its reach in that retail segment.
State and local officials spent little time lamenting Audi's decision Wednesday to build a plant in Mexico rather than Tennessee as they look to future growth by Volkswagen.
Volkswagen's Audi luxury-car unit said today it will put up its first North American factory in Mexico.
CBL & Associates Properties Inc. today said it has acquired interests in two outlet malls for $108.7 million.
Chattanooga attorney and presidential candidate John Wolfe said Tuesday he plans to file suit after the Louisiana Democratic Party denied him at least three delegates to the national convention.
Chattem Inc. executive Bob Bosworth said he's sorry the Chattanooga area is caught up in a difficult allergy season. That being said, having more buyers for its key allergy medicine, Allegra, is good for business, which helped to nearly double Chattem revenues in the past year.
Volkswagen Group's first-quarter deliveries exceeded 2 million vehicles for the first time, according to the German automaker. The company delivered 2.16 million vehicles in the period, up 9.6 percent from a year ago.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee has appointed Carla Raynor as vice president of strategic marketing for all lines of business. In this role, Raynor will direct enterprisewide marketing strategy with a focus on consumer, group and ancillary products.
Chattanooga's biggest builder says it's seeing signs that retail construction is coming back after activity in the sector started drying up amid the 2008 downturn.
A joint venture between Chattanooga and German companies has landed key logistics work at Volkswagen’s plant and is adding about 150 full-time jobs. Team 3 Logistics, formed by a subsidiary of locally based Kenco and Schnellecke Logistics of Wolfsburg, Germany, will handle the inventorying and sequencing of parts to go into the cars assembled in the plant, officials said.
Wrigley's Chattanooga plant has nearly doubled its output with the completion of a $23.1 million expansion, company officials said Wednesday as they marked the 100th year of the Life Savers brand.
Wrigley today marked 100 years of Lifesavers production along with the completion of a expansion at its plant in Chattanooga.
