VOL. 35 | NO. 13 | Friday, April 1, 2011
Ex-Health care exec finds second career on historic Lower Broadway
When Libbi Lee first walked into Robert’s Western World more than a decade ago, she had never drunk a beer, much less entertained the idea of owning a bar. But that night out with the girls in 1999 was the first step into what would be a major career and lifestyle switch.
Right down the street from Troubadours, the long-empty Seanachie Irish Pub space is getting new life.
VU students, mobile market deliver better options to ‘food deserts’
With a nod and a bright smile, Chandlér Bradley, 63, glances up from the cashier’s table at The Nashville Mobile Market.
The Nashville Mobile Market operates as a 501c3, but it’s “very much a business,” says executive director Alexandra “Alex” Arnold.
NEWSMAKERS
Nashville business leader Phil Pfeffer received the first “Entrepreneur of the Year” award by Lipscomb University’s Center for Entrepreneurship this week.
GET A JOB!
The industry where your job is positioned and the occupation that becomes your life’s work will have a big impact on almost every facet of your life. Careful consideration should be given to placing yourself in the right position.
BOOK REVIEW
“Dig This Gig” by Laura Dodd
I SWEAR
Brooklyn, N.Y. – My annual trek to the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament began before daylight. It was St. Patrick’s Day, and I forgot to wear green. Fortunately, I had my green pen in my pocket.
KAY'S COOKING CORNER
“Oh My Darling, Clementine”
STATE LEGISLATURE
NASHVILLE (AP) — A House subcommittee has approved legislation that would void a new Nashville ordinance barring companies that discriminate against gays and lesbians from doing business with the city.
NASHVILLE (AP) — Members of the House and Senate both unanimously honored former Tennessee Gov. Ned McWherter with a resolution on Thursday.
NASHVILLE (AP) — A measure to limit lawsuit damages in Tennessee is advancing in the House despite continued debate among Republican leaders on what the cap should be.
NASHVILLE (AP) — A proposal requiring Tennessee to give free photo identification cards to people 18 and older is advancing in the Senate.
STATEWIDE
NASHVILLE (AP) — Republican Gov. Bill Haslam has increased how much his agency heads earn compared with what their counterparts made in the administration of his Democratic predecessor, an Associated Press analysis of public records has found.
Here is a list of Gov. Bill Haslam's department heads' new salaries and how much they have increased over their counterparts in former Gov. Phil Bredesen's administration:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration has uncovered a second incident of an air traffic controller sleeping on the job, but in this case the napping was deliberate.
NATIONAL BUSINESS
NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers shrugged off higher gas prices and cool temperatures to give retailers a surprisingly solid March.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, a sign that layoffs are dropping and employers may be hiring more workers.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fixed mortgage were essentially unchanged this week, as the average rate on the 30-year fixed loan stayed below 5 percent.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration is reviewing its safety regulations aimed at spotting metal fatigue in aging aircraft in response to the 5-foot hole that ripped open in a Southwest Airlines plane last week, the agency's chief told a House panel on Wednesday.
ROME (AP) — Global food prices have fallen for the first time in eight months, but it's premature to conclude that means the recent sharp spike is over, a U.N. agency said Thursday.
GENEVA (AP) — Exports jumped 14.5 percent last year — the biggest rise recorded since 1950 — as economies rebounded from the global downturn, the World Trade Organization said Thursday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Rite Aid Corp. is reporting a slightly smaller loss for the fiscal fourth quarter as its revenue stabilized after more than two years of declines.
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — Libya blamed Britain for attacks on the country's largest oil field, saying the strike killed three workers and countering rebel claims that government forces were behind the attacks that have shut down production in the east. Meanwhile, a Liberian flagged tanker left the eastern port of Tobruk, en route to Singapore, oil and shipping officials said Thursday.
NATIONAL POLITICS
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans battling with President Barack Obama over budget cuts plan to hold a House vote Thursday on one-week legislation to avoid a government shutdown, despite opposition from the White House and Senate Democrats pressing for a longer-term solution.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration warned Wednesday that a federal shutdown would undermine the economic recovery, delay pay to U.S. troops fighting in three wars, slow the processing of tax returns and limit small business loans and government-backed mortgages during peak home buying season.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appealed directly to President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end what Gadhafi called "an unjust war." He also wished Obama good luck in his bid for re-election next year.