State Tennessee Financial News

Sources say Jeep maker Stellantis reached a tentative contract agreement.

By David Shepardson and Joseph White

By Joseph White

Brisbane fast-charging company Tritium may be forced to close its Australian factory and move its headquarters overseas after a dramatic fall from a “double unicorn” $2 billion listing on the Nasdaq two years ago to being issued a show-cause notice last week about its underperformance on the American bourse.

The billionaire Haslam family says in a lawsuit that Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway are trying to artificially depress the price the company is obligated to pay for the family’s remaining 20% stake in the Pilot Travel Centers truck stop company ...

Ford agreed to a record 25% hourly wage hike over the life of the contract, which exceeds four years. With cost-of-living allowances, the top wage rate is expected to increase by 33%. The top pay will be over $40 an hour, the union said.

Kaufman Hall Investment Management has acquired the assets of Ponder Investment Co., a $1 billion AUM firm that provides investment management services to nonprofit health care, cultural, and other institutions.

Elizabeth Hoffman, famous for her role as Beatrice Reed Ventnor, the mother of the daughters in the NBC drama 'Sisters,' has died at the age of 97. She passed away on August 21 due to natural causes at her home in Malibu, as confirmed by her son, Chris. Hoffman's notable roles included portraying Eleanor Roosevelt in the miniseries 'The Winds of War' (1983) and 'War and Remembrance' (1988-89). She also played Meryl Streep's mother in 'The River Wild' (1994) and an elderly character named Ruth in 'Dante's Peak' (1997). In 'Sisters,' Hoffman's character, Bea, kickstarts the story as her four daughters reunite to care for her after she turns to alcohol to cope with her husband's passing and sells the family home. She appeared in 87 out of the show's 128 episodes during its six-season run from 1991 to 1996. Born on February 8, 1926, in Corvallis, Oregon, Hoffman began her acting career in theater before making her on screen debut in 1980 with a role on 'Little House on the Prairie.' She also appeared in 'Matlock' and 'Stargate SG-1' in the late 1980s and 1990s. Hoffman's film credits include 'Fear No Evil' (1981), 'Nuts' (1987), and 'Born on the Fourth of July' (1989). She also made appearances on various television shows such as 'The Greatest American Hero,' 'The A-Team,' 'Hunter,' 'L.A. Law,' 'Star Trek: The Next Generation,' and 'Thirtysomething.' Her theatrical work featured performances in Tennessee Williams plays and the role of a woman who takes in a young Jewish girl in Diane Samuels' 'Kindertransport.' She is survived by her sons Chris and Paul, as well as her grandchildren Erica, Alison, Lauren, and Lily.

By Jonathan Stempel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti's office said on Monday that there would be a press conference on Tuesday with five other states to discuss a big-tech investigation.

Sequoia Financial Group is acquiring M Capital Advisors, a Nashville, Tennessee-based RIA that oversees $930 million in assets, the firm announced Friday.

By Lucia Mutikani

Scientists are setting out to collect genetic material from 500,000 people of African ancestry to create the world’s largest database of genomic information from the population

Billboard, Maren Morris, the well-known singer-songwriter, has filed for divorce from her husband of five years, Ryan Hurd. The legal complaint, filed on October 2 in Tennessee state court, cited «irreconcilable differences» as the reason for the separation. The court documents also revealed that the couple had previously signed a prenuptial agreement, which will govern the division of their assets.

By Tom Polansek

Billy Ray Cyrus has set aside his Achy Breaky Heart to marry the Australian musician Firerose.Cyrus, 62, and Firerose, 34, shared the news on Instagram on Wednesday, a day after they tied the knot on Oct. 10.Cyrus said the ceremony “will always be the beautiful, joyous day that our two souls united as one in holy matrimony.”“It was the most perfect, ethereal celebration of love we could have ever imagined,” he wrote.

Investing.com — European stock markets traded in a mixed fashion Wednesday, with weakness in LVMH hitting the French market ahead of the release of key U.S. inflation data.

Tennessee has issued a heartbreaking warning to other parents after her seven-year-old daughter died early this month while playing with her birthday balloons.Alexandra Hope Kelly of Clinton, Tenn., celebrated her seventh birthday on Sept. 24.

Dalton State College in Georgia gets top marks for the quality of the campus experience it offers, according to the WSJ/College Pulse 2024 Best Colleges in the U.S. rankings.

The U.S. government appears poised to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators due to a manufacturing flaw that could send metal shrapnel rocketing through a car interior

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