VOL. 35 | NO. 24 | Friday, June 17, 2011
Brothers-in-law turn love of music, memorabilia into ultimate hangout, TV pilot
“Nashville Cats” and other fans of John Sebastian and the Lovin’ Spoonful know “there’s thirteen-hundred fifty-two guitar pickers in Nashville.” That number has grown, of course, in the 45 years since that song was a hit.
The Nashville Pickers aren’t a spinoff of the successful History Channel show, “American Pickers.”
With the growing popularity of “couponing” websites and blogs that offer links, deals and advice on how get more bang for your buck, as well as TV shows such as Extreme Couponing, national grocery chains are firming up their polices they say to manage confusion but also likely to tamp down discounts.
GREEN BUSINESS
Erika Woodard acquired her fondness for food a little later in life. A self-professed picky eater, Woodard didn’t exactly have the sense of culinary adventure her parents hoped she would.
Tayst owner and executive chef Jeremy Barlow will be the featured chef at the James Beard House in New York on Monday, Aug. 22.
REALTY CHECK
The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, as I wrote last month, conducts leadership study missions in which various community leaders embark upon a pilgrimage to a different city in order to observe and understand defined practices and policies of these communities.
GET A JOB!
There are thousands of professional associations, clubs, societies and trade organizations that keep up with and communicate directly or indirectly employment information pertaining to their field or industry.
Stephanie R. Taylor has joined the law firm of Bone McAllester Norton PLLC and will oversee the firm’s Entertainment Law group
I SWEAR
The column about my knee evoked a record amount of mail. Evidently, many folk have joint pain issues.
KAY'S COOKING CORNER
I had a dear family friend, Dale Evans, pass away recently. Dale will be missed at every family function. This past week, however, I received an unexpected gift of something that belonged to him.
STATEWIDE
NASHVILLE (AP) — Gov. Bill Haslam doesn't plan to stand in the way of proposed tuition hikes at Tennessee's two higher education systems.
NEW YORK (AP) — FedEx Corp. expects the global economy to hit a higher gear later this year as fuel prices retreat from three-year highs and the Japanese economy recovers. While much of the growth will be driven by China and other developing nations, FedEx said the U.S. economy will improve as well.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Investment firm Morgan Keegan & Co. is paying $200 million to settle civil fraud charges that it overstated the value of mortgage investments just as the housing market was collapsing in 2007 and lured buyers of its funds with false sales materials.
NASHVILLE AREA
NASHVILLE (AP) — The Nashville district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gets a new commander Friday.
GALLATIN (AP) — A Gallatin, Tenn., chemical plant where four workers have died in fires this year will resume partial production this week.
NATIONAL BUSINESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week rose by the most in a month, signaling growing weakness in the job market.
Oil prices tumbled to below $93 a barrel on Thursday due to concerns that U.S. economic growth and crude demand will weaken this year.
LONDON (AP) — A downbeat assessment of the U.S. economy from the Federal Reserve hit global stocks Thursday, while the euro faltered ahead of a meeting of EU leaders where Greece's debt troubles are likely to dominate talks.
YOKOHAMA, Japan (AP) — Nissan is forecasting a 15.4 percent drop in profit for the fiscal year through March 2012 because of production disruptions from the March earthquake and an unfavorable exchange rate.
NEW YORK (AP) — Drugstore chain Rite Aid Corp. is reporting a smaller fiscal first-quarter loss as its sales held steady.
NATIONAL POLITICS
WASHINGTON (AP) — The rapidly growing national debt could soon spark a European-style crisis unless Congress moves forcefully, the Congressional Budget Office warned Wednesday in a study that underscored the stakes for Vice President Joe Biden and negotiators working on a sweeping plan to reduce red ink.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats are leading the criticism of President Barack Obama's troop withdrawal plan from Afghanistan, arguing that his timeline for bringing 33,000 U.S. troops home by next summer isn't fast enough.
WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, minorities make up a majority of babies in the U.S., part of a sweeping race change and a growing age divide between mostly white, older Americans and predominantly minority youths that could reshape government policies.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Increasingly troubled by the economy, more Americans are convinced the country is headed in the wrong direction and fewer approve of President Barack Obama's economic stewardship. The sentiments pose a new complication for the president's re-election hopes and create an obstacle to a recovery that relies in part on public perceptions.