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NEW YORK — Cable companies said Wednesday that they will offer Internet service for $9.95 per month to homes with children that are eligible for free school lunches.The offer will start next summer and is part of an initiative the Federal Communications Commission cobbled together to get more U.S. homes connected to broadband.One third, or about 35 million homes, don’t have broadband. That

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook Inc.’s expected settlement with the Federal Trade Commission is sending a strong message to Internet companies that regulators are getting serious about protecting the privacy of consumers.The social networking giant could announce a deal with the FTC as early as today over charges that it violated users’ privacy when it changed default settings to make more of their

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WASHINGTON — A Chevrolet Volt that caught fire three weeks after its lithium-ion battery was damaged in a government crash test has regulators taking a harder look at the safety of electric car batteries.The car that caught fire was tested May 12 by a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contractor at a Wisconsin facility using a relatively new side-impact test intended to replicate

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Rehab Practice Management LLC said it has acquired Desert Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, which provides outpatient physical therapy services in Apple Valley, Calif.Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed.With the acquisition of Desert Physical Therapy, Franklin-based Rehab Practice now has four locations in Southern California’s high desert area.Earlier this year, the provider of

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ROCK HILL, MO. — Bobby Tessler’s temper sizzled just as much as his chicken wings as he stood over his deep fryers Tuesday and thought about the money that recently greased the pockets of thieves instead of his own.Since he opened his business St. Louis Wing Co. in April, thieves have siphoned hundreds of pounds of grease from a container behind his business, depriving him of about $2,000 that a

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WASHINGTON — A Chevrolet Volt that caught fire three weeks after its lithium-ion battery was damaged in a government crash test has regulators taking a harder look at the safety of electric car batteries.The car that caught fire was tested May 12 by a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration contractor at a Wisconsin facility using a relatively new side-impact test intended to replicate

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NEW YORK — Groupon, the company that pioneered online group discounts, saw its stock rise about 30 percent in its public debut Friday, showing strong demand for an Internet company whose business model is considered unsustainable by some analysts.Groupon’s stock initially jumped as high as $31.14 per share — or nearly56 percent — from its opening price of $20 a share before losing some

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Single-family home sales in the Nashville area dropped 4.6 percent in October from their September levels, the second consecutive month-to-month dip after a sales sprint this summer.There were 1,446 single-family homes sold in the nine-county Nashville market last month compared with 1,513 in September, the Greater Nashville Association of Realtors reported on Wednesday.But compared with

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DALLAS — Jerry Wright is a whiz when it comes to inventing protective face gear but considers himself a “social media idiot.” Nick Schaeffer is a master electrician, not a master of the virtual universe.Yet both are finding marketing success on Facebook, YouTube, LinkedIn, Twitter and other social media.They routinely post blogs, star in slick, newslike videos and continuously fine-tune their

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NEW YORK — Americans were shopping in October, but they were spending at a slower clip than expected as they faced a barrage of bad economic news.October revenue at stores open at least a year — an indicator of a retailer’s health — rose3.7 percent from the same month a year ago, according to the International Council of Shopping Centers’ tally of 25 retailers.But October’s increase is weaker

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Rutherford County 118 Silverstone Drive, Murfreesboro 37130 Year built: 1998 Square feet: 1,960 Description: This three-bedroom, 2½-bath home is on a large, treed lot on a cul de sac. The home features a vaulted ceiling in the great room, built-in bookcases and a fireplace. It has new paint. There is room for an office or a fourth bedroom in the loft area on second level. The master suite is on

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MEMPHIS — Pinnacle Airlines Corp. figures to remain in rebuilding mode for much of next year.Executives of the Memphis-based owner of Pinnacle, Mesaba and Colgan airlines wouldn’t say how soon they expect to turn a profit within the next year or so, but they pointed to a brighter revenue picture by 2013 after reporting a multimillion-dollar loss for the most recent quarter.The company reported

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More than 40 years after the death of country singer “Gentleman” Jim Reeves, a Nashville court will determine the fate of his musical legacy – and the ownership of his considerable posthumous royalties.Reeves heirs – chiefly his nieces – and the surviving second husband of his widow Mary Reeves Davis will return to Davidson Country Probate court January 23.The two-day trial will determine how big

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When several major banks announced plans to impose new debit card fees on their customers earlier this fall, Avenue Bank’s marketing manager, Lisa Meiers, handled a daily barrage of questions from customers about the bank’s own fees.So, Avenue Bank launched a print and online campaign to make the message plain: The bank does not charge swipe fees — a fee of up to several dollars a month for using

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WASHINGTON — On the defensive over a half-billion-dollar loan to a now-bankrupt solar company, the White House on Friday ordered an independent review of similar loans made by the Energy Department, its latest response to rising criticism over Solyndra Inc.The announcement came as House Republicans prepared for a possible vote next week to subpoena White House documents related to the defunct

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Add First Tennessee Bank and Bank of America to the growing list of financial institutions scrapping monthly fees for making debit card purchases — a development being hailed by consumer advocates as a victory for customers.First Tennessee Bank will not be charging customers to use debit cards, becoming the latest bank based in Tennessee to turn back from its plans to impose monthly debit card

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Franchise owners Ted Bertuca Sr. and his son had no trouble securing a commercial loan for a McDonald’s location planned for Mt. Juliet later this year, pointing to what may be a long-awaited thaw in some sectors of local business lending.“The timing is right to do this,” said Bertuca, who operates 21 McDonald’s restaurants in the Nashville area. “And the bank has been there to support us.”As

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WASHINGTON — Home prices rose in August in half of major cities measured by a private survey, a sign that prices are stabilizing in some hard-hit portions of the country.The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index showed Tuesday that prices increased in August from July in 10 of the 20 cities tracked. That marked the fifth straight month that at least half of the cities in the survey showed monthly

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LOS ANGELES — Now that Apple Inc.’s chief visionary is gone, the company is facing a billion-dollar question: Will it be able to conjure another pioneering product without Steve Jobs?Perhaps fittingly, a possible answer came posthumously from Jobs himself.The television set, the quintessential squawk box of the 20th century, is ripe for a reinvention, the Apple co-founder said before he died Oct.

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NEW YORK — An agreement to contain the European debt crisis electrified the stock market Thursday, driving the Dow Jones industrial average up nearly 340 points and putting the Standard & Poor’s 500 index on track for its best month since 1974.Investors were relieved after European leaders crafted a deal to slash Greece’s debt load and prevent the crisis there from engulfing larger countries like

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Nissan’s two U.S. plants, including the one in Smyrna, could soon go global and begin making vehicles for export overseas, moving beyond their current role of assembling cars and trucks only for buyers in North America.The move could lead to significant expansion of the automaker’s U.S. production facilities, including its other vehicle-assembly plant, in Canton, Miss., and the engine plant in

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BMI’s board of directors has a new face at the helm, and it’s the first time the title has been given to a woman and an African-American.Susan Davenport Austin, an Ivy League-educated woman from Pittsburgh whose family has a long history in radio and who previously spent 10 years in investment banking, will be music rights group BMI’s next chairwoman of the board, the company said

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Bryan Jordan, CEO of First Horizon National Corp., has been elected to succeed Mike Rose as chairman of the bank holding company’s board as of Jan. 1. Scott M. Niswonger, chair and founder of Landair Transport, also has been elected to the First Horizon board. Memphis-based First Horizon is the parent of First Tennessee Bank.Rose, 69, will retire from the First Horizon board in April, just after

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An international law firm said Tuesday it will consolidate back-office functions in a new Nashville facility, the latest shared-services center to come to the region.Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLC said its planned center will provide human resource, information technology, finance and other non-legal professional services for its 14 offices worldwide, including its New York headquarters.The

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CHICAGO — Investors remain anxious to find safety even as the stock market moves back toward positive territory for the year.They’re on pace to yank more than $20 billion out of stock funds this month, the fourth time in the last five months, scarred by the volatility over everything from the sluggish economy to Europe’s debt crisis to the threat of another global recession.Despite the recent

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