WALGREENS EXPECTED TO CLOSE 200 STORES
Walgreens is expected to close down 200 stores across the country as part of its plan to cut costs. After buying nearly half of Rite Aid stores in 2017, Walgreens expanded its American footprint to m ...
PIZZA HUT PLANS TO CLOSE AROUND 500 DINE-IN LOCATIONS
Pizza Hut, owned by Louisville-based Yum! Brands, is expected to close hundreds of its locations. Officials say Pizza Hut plans to focus on carryout and delivery business. The chain operates nearly ...
PERSONAL INFO FROM 100M CAPITAL ONE CUSTOMERS EXPOSED
What’s in your wallet? For 100 million Capital One card holders and applicants: someone else. According to a press release issued late last night, Capital One Financial Corporation announced a suspec ...
KELLOGG TO RELEASE “BABY SHARK” CEREAL
Just when you thought it was safe to get that song out of your head, the toddler song "Baby Shark" is being turned into a cereal. Kellogg's announced Friday it's releasing the berry-flavored loops an ...
UNEMPLOYMENT RATES GO UP IN ALL COUNTIES IN TENNESSEE
Data released today (Thursday, July 25, 2019) by the Tennessee Department of Labor indicates unemployment increased in all of Tennessee’s counties during June 2019. Sixty-one counties have unemploymen ...
U.S. HOUSE PASSES BILL TO SET MINIMUM WAGE AT $15 AN HOUR
The House of Representatives approved the Raise the Wage Act today, which would boost the federal minimum wage for the first time in a decade. In a 231-199 vote along party lines, the House passed th ...
FBI: PIKEVILLE COMPANY CHEATED TAXPAYERS OUT OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Two sister companies contracted to do recovery work for Puerto Rico are accused of pocketing millions of dollars without fulfilling the terms of their government contracts. The government hired Pikev ...
FUNDING CUTS EXPECTED FOR JAMESTOWN REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
The Centers of Medicaid and Medicare Services announced yesterday that as of next month Jamestown Regional Medical Center will no longer receive Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements. The Department o ...
LG MARKS OPENING OF FIRST U.S. WASHING-MACHINE PLANT
It’s official. LG Electronics Inc. has opened its first washing-machine plant in the United States. And it’s in Tennessee. Company officials gathered Wednesday with local and state officials to cele ...
NASHVILLE-BASED BANK EXECUTIVE HONORED WITH NATIONAL AWARD
Jim Ayers, chairman of the board of Nashville-based FirstBank, was among 13 prominent Americans inducted into the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans recently. The Horatio Alger Awar ...
LOUDON COUNTY WOMAN PREVENTED ELDERLY WOMAN FROM BEING SCAMMED
When Jeri Batsford saw an elderly woman in a home-improvement store in Lenoir City about to buy two $1,000 gift cards – supposedly for her granddaughter in jail in Virginia – Batsford knew she had to ...
NEW BUSINESS FILINGS UP 9% IN TENNESSEE FOR FIRST QUARTER OF 2019
New business filings for the first quarter of 2019 increased nine percent in Tennessee from 2018. The office of Secretary of State Tre Hargett says 12,512 new entity filings were recorded in the firs ...
