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Federal Reserve officials are betting that seven interest-rate cuts and emergency loans to banks may be just about enough to pull the economy through the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression. More

The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) Wednesday announced the appointment and confirmation of Juli Mosley as vice chair and Dr. A. Dexter Samuels as secretary of its Board of Commissioners. More

Residents of Bells Bend wasted little time expressing frustration and anger at a neighborhood meeting last night over a community plan process that integrates a 500-acre corporate office, retail and residential development into their otherwise sparse, rural landscape. More

The Gulch has landed its first national retailer, an apparel and furnishings store that targets the trendy crowd. But it means the concert venue City Hall goes away. More

Confidence among Americans fell to a five-year low this month after home prices dropped by the most since at least 2001, signaling a deepening threat to consumer spending. More

Mars Inc., backed by billionaire Warren Buffett, agreed Monday to buy Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for $23 billion to create the world’s biggest candy maker. More

Before he produced even a demo disc, Steve Fishell was traveling, recording and performing with Emmylou Harris’s Hot Band. More

North Nashville developer Virgil Gordon sold 26 town homes he developed near Fisk University to a California investor for $2.6 million. More

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. More

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At the Leadership Music Digital Summit, held Tuesday at Belmont University, NPD Group VP/Sr. Industry Analyst Russ Crupnick presented a compelling entertainment industry look titled, Ten Years After: America & Digital Music. More

Creditors of the defunct investment firm Hanover Corp. will meet in Nashville this week to have their day in court. More

Construction teams have been working for months building their partnerships in order to chase contracts to build the Nashville’s new downtown convention center, the largest construction project in the state's history. More

A prominent Brentwood corner has been the target of attempts for a substantial mixed-use development of retail, residential, office and a hotel that would be a tax boon to the city if it could be built. More

Lynch joins Jarrard Phillips Cate & Hancock Chambers, McAlister join Pinnacle Financial Health care executive search firm expands to Dallas Cooper names Leuschen legislative director Regions Bank names Preston branch manager More

The Seattle-based fashion retailer Nordstrom announced this morning it has signed a letter of intent to open a 149,000 square foot location in the Mall at Green Hills. More

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, responding to the collapse of Bear Stearns Cos., may require Wall Street banks to keep more cash on hand during periods of market stress. More

Pulte Homes Inc., the fourth-largest U.S. homebuilder, reported a $696.1 million first-quarter net loss, about three times wider than analysts expected, as stricter mortgage-lending standards cut demand. More

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is probing whether credit-rating companies changed the way they graded debt as the market for products tied to subprime mortgages boomed earlier this decade, its chairman said. More

Dear Dave, We have about $8,000 in car loan debt. Despite this, I’d like to go ahead and fully-fund our Roth IRAs. My wife, however, thinks we should pay off the debt first. The fact is we can have either one done by December. What do you think? Steve More