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Administration calls holdouts on health care

06.11.09 23:33:00

House Democratic leaders struggled Friday for the final votes needed to pass sweeping health care legislation.

Unemployment shoots past 10 percent

06.11.09 23:16:00

The jobless rate rocketed to 10.2 percent in October, the highest since early 1983, dealing a psychological blow to Americans as they prepare holiday shopping lists.

Court ends tobacco company payments in Md., Pa.

06.11.09 23:03:00

The North Carolina Supreme Court determined that Philip Morris USA, R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Lorillard Tobacco Co. may stop making payments to those growers under the 1999 agreement, which stemmed from the $206 billion national tobacco settlement with the states a year earlier.

Defense asks jury to clear ex-hedge fund managers

06.11.09 23:00:00

NEW YORK #8212; Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday.

Treasury prices narrowly mixed ahead of auctions

06.11.09 23:00:00

NEW YORK #8212; Treasury prices mostly rose Friday after the government said the nation #8217;s unemployment rate climbed to a 26-year-high of 10.2 percent last month.

Live Nation-Ticketmaster deal vote set for Jan. 8

06.11.09 22:58:00

LOS ANGELES #8212; In a tacit acknowledgment of a delay in their plan to combine, Live Nation Inc. and Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. said in filings Friday that a shareholders meeting to approve the deal is set for Jan. 8.

UT launches Shopper Marketing Forum

06.11.09 13:50:00

A group of top executives is helping the University of Tennessee College of Business Administration launch its Shopper Marketing Forum.

Strickland to chair UT Business College fundraising

06.11.09 07:06:00

Michael Strickland, founder and CEO of Bandit Lites Inc., the second-largest event lighting company in the world, has agreed to chair the annual giving campaign for the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee.

Fannie Mae offers borrowers option to foreclosure

06.11.09 07:05:00

Government-controlled mortgage company Fannie Mae is going to give borrowers on the verge of foreclosure the option of renting their homes for a year via new "Deed for Lease" program.

Local residents pass CPA exam

05.11.09 22:31:00

Barbara J. Campbell, of Maryville, Mark H. Fuentes, of Seymour; Allen C. Rippetoe, of Townsend; and Stephen Leonard, of Walland, are among 151 candidates who recently passed the Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA) Examination, the Tennessee State Board of Accountancy announced.

Jones named MPLN CIO

05.11.09 22:27:00

Molecular Pathology Laboratory Network Inc. (MPLN) has named Jason Jones the chief information officer.

Naramore rejoins BMH in Parkway Psychiatric

05.11.09 22:26:00

Psychiatrist Dr. Lee Ellen Naramore has rejoined the active medical staff at Blount Memorial Hospital. She now is accepting new patients at Parkway Psychiatric Service, located at 451 Blount Memorial Physician Office Building in Maryville.

Business Planner for Friday, Nov. 6, 2009

05.11.09 22:26:00

THIRD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION -- Jeremy Rifkin, president and founder of the Foundation on Economic Trends, will speak at the inaugural event for the University of Tennessee Center for the Study of Social Justice at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the University Center Ballroom. Rifkin -- named by The National Journal as one of the 150 people in the U.S.

Christmas Around Town: Open houses offer discounts to area chamber members

05.11.09 21:55:00

Chamber membership will have its privileges in Blount County this Christmas. Ten Blount County businesses are having special open houses for chamber members.

Murrell Brothers contributes to youth soccer

05.11.09 21:55:00

Murrell Brothers Tire and Uniroyal Tire have contributed more than $1,232 in funds and equipment to Maryville-Alcoa-Blount County Parks and Recreation for its youth soccer program.

Program expanded: U.S. House votes to extend homebuyer tax credit plan

05.11.09 21:52:00

The House voted 403-12 Thursday to extend and expand the tax credit program to include many buyers who already own homes.

Kentucky site only one Harley-Davidson considering

04.11.09 23:40:00

Harley-Davidson has announced that a Kentucky location is the only one it is considering if it relocates its York, Pa., motorcycle plant.

Oil dips below $80 as U.S. dollar strengthens

04.11.09 23:36:00

SINGAPORE #8212; Oil prices dipped below $80 a barrel Thursday in Asia as the U.S. dollar strengthened.

AP sources: Demo Health bill to get AARP backing

04.11.09 23:34:00

In a coup for House Democrats, AARP will endorse sweeping health care overhaul legislation headed for a history-making floor vote, officials told The Associated Press on Wednesday.

Federal Reserved again to hold interest rates at record-lows

04.11.09 22:50:00

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke and his colleagues warned that rising joblessness and hard-to-get-credit for many people and companies could restrain the rebound in the months ahead.