Former President Donald Trump owns more than $1 million worth of cryptocurrency and up to $250,000 in gold bars along with the portfolio of golf courses and real estate properties that have made him a billionaire, according to newly released financial disclosures.

2. Wall Street climbs to kick off a big week for earnings reports - Friday, April 19, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed Monday and clawed back a chunk of their losses from last week, which was the worst for the S&P 500 in more than a year.

The S&P 500 rose 0.9% to recover more than a quarter of last week's rout. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 253 points, or 0.7%, and the Nasdaq composite jumped 1.1%.

3. Trump has posted a $175M bond to avert asset seizure as he appeals NY fraud penalty - Friday, March 29, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals, according to a court filing.

4. Trump Media stock falls more than 21% after company discloses $58M loss for 2023 - Friday, March 29, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Less than a week after a flashy stock market debut, Donald Trump's social media company on Monday disclosed that it lost nearly $58.2 million last year, sending its stock tumbling more than 21%.

5. When will Trump pay his $175 million appeals bond? Here's what's next in his civil fraud case - Friday, March 22, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump got a break this week when an appeals court cut down the amount of money he needs to put up to pause collection while he appeals a $454 million-plus judgment in his New York civil fraud case.

6. NY state asks court not to let Trump forgo $454M bond during fraud case appeal - Friday, March 15, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — New York state lawyers urged an appeals court Wednesday not to buy former President Donald Trump's claims that it's impossible to post a bond fully covering a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals.

7. Key questions as Trump hurtles toward deadline to pay $454 million fraud penalty - Friday, March 15, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is hurtling toward a critical deadline in his most costly legal battle to date. If the former president doesn't come up with a financial guarantee by Monday, New York's attorney general can start the process of collecting on the more than $454 million Trump owes the state in a civil fraud lawsuit.

8. Trump's lawyers say it is impossible for him to post bond covering $454M civil fraud judgment - Friday, March 15, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's lawyers told a New York appellate court Monday that it's impossible for him to post a bond covering the full amount of a $454 million civil fraud judgment while he appeals.

9. Here's where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House - Friday, March 1, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — From allegations of plotting to overturn a lost election to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House.

10. Judge orders Trump, his companies to pay $355 million in New York civil fraud case - Friday, February 16, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge ordered Donald Trump and his companies on Friday to pay $355 million in penalties, finding they engaged in a yearslong scheme to dupe banks and others with financial statements that inflated his wealth.

11. Here's where all the cases against Trump stand as he campaigns for a return to the White House - Friday, February 16, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — From allegations of plotting to overturn a lost election to illegally stowing classified documents at his Florida estate, former President Donald Trump faces four criminal indictments in four different cities as he vies to reclaim the White House.

12. Top Davidson County commercial real estate transactions for 2023 - Friday, January 26, 2024

Top Davidson County commercial real estate sales for 2023, as compiled by the Nashville Ledger.

13. Trump defies judge, gives courtroom speech on tense final day of New York civil fraud trial - Friday, January 12, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Barred from giving a formal closing argument, Donald Trump still seized an opportunity to speak in court at the conclusion of his New York civil fraud trial Thursday, unleashing a barrage of attacks in a six-minute diatribe before being cut off by the judge.

14. Baker Donelson expands IP practice with Sawrie - Friday, June 30, 2023

Baker Donelson has grown its Intellectual Property Group with the hiring of David Franklin Sawrie, Ph.D., in its Nashville office.

Sawrie practices patent law in the electrical arts, mathematics and medical devices. He uses this knowledge to help clients design and execute patent portfolio strategy and management. He handles all aspects of patent procurement from invention disclosure meetings and claim drafting through advanced stages of prosecution.

15. Who's who in the Manhattan DA's Donald Trump indictment - Friday, March 31, 2023

As Donald Trump fought his way to victory in the 2016 presidential campaign, key allies tried to smooth his bumpy path by paying off two women who had been thinking of going public with allegations of extramarital encounters with the Republican.

16. Group urges feds to investigate Snapchat over fentanyl sales - Friday, December 23, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the U.S. deals with its deadliest overdose crisis to date, a national crime-prevention group is calling on the Justice Department to clamp down on social media's role in the spread of fentanyl, the drug largely driving a troubling spike in overdose deaths among teenagers.

17. Smith takes C suite post with Barnes & Thornburg - Friday, December 16, 2022

Eleanor Smith, formerly of Bass, Berry & Sims, has joined Barnes & Thornburg as chief client officer, bringing more than two decades of legal business development and practice management experience to the role.

18. EPA denies Cheniere Energy request for LNG pollution waiver - Friday, September 2, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday denied a request by Cheniere Energy, a leading U.S. producer of liquefied natural gas, to exempt two Gulf Coast plants from a federal air pollution rule.

19. Most in US fear Ukraine war misinformation: AP-NORC poll - Friday, April 29, 2022

WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of U.S. adults say misinformation around Russia's invasion of Ukraine is a major problem, and they largely fault the Russian government for spreading those falsehoods.

A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows 61% of people in the United States say the spread of misinformation about the war is a major problem, with only 7% saying it's not a problem. Older adults were more likely to identify the wartime misinformation as an issue, with 44% of those under 30 calling it a problem, compared with 65% of those 30 or older.

20. Bone McAllester Norton combines with Spencer Fane - Friday, August 27, 2021

Bone McAllester Norton PLLC, one of Nashville’s largest law firms, will combine with Spencer Fane, an Am Law 200 ranked law firm with offices in 20 cities nationwide.

The combination will become effective Oct. 1 and position the firms to expand both in terms of size and geography.

21. New to electric cars? Here’s how to shop for one - Friday, October 5, 2018

Although electric vehicles account for just a fraction of overall car sales, they are slowly gaining favor with buyers, particularly as second cars for daily commuting.

While you’re researching EVs, you’ll deal with the usual considerations, including price, comfort, cargo space and handling. Edmunds’ Best Electric Cars guide can streamline the research.

22. Want a car without owning one? Just subscribe - Friday, May 11, 2018

People use monthly subscriptions to pay for lots of things they used to buy: music, smartphones, books and even clothes.

Why not cars?

That’s the thinking behind car subscription services that are cropping up in Los Angeles, San Francisco, the New York metro area, Atlanta, and several other cities in the South and Midwest. For a monthly fee and a minimal commitment, you get a car with a warranty, maintenance, roadside assistance, a prescribed mileage allowance and, typically, insurance.

23. Littler adds attorneys in Nashville office - Friday, April 20, 2018

Littler, an employment and labor law practice representing management, has grown its Nashville office with the relocation of two attorneys and the addition of a new associate.

Eric Cook and Elise Hofer McKelvey have made the move to the Music City from the firm’s Los Angeles and Charlotte offices, respectively. Levy Leatherman joins the firm as a new associate from Baker Donelson. The additions bring the number of Littler attorneys practicing in that office to 11.

24. Los Angeles Times sold to local billionaire for $500 million - Friday, February 2, 2018

The Los Angeles Times is being sold to a local billionaire for $500 million, ending its strained tenure under the owner of the Chicago Tribune.

Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong is a major shareholder of Chicago's Tronc Inc., one of the richest men in Los Angeles and, according to Forbes, the nation's wealthiest doctor, with a net worth of $7.8 billion.

25. Fake news is still here, despite efforts by Google, Facebook - Friday, October 6, 2017

Nearly a year after Facebook and Google launched offensives against fake news, they're still inadvertently promoting it — often at the worst possible times.

Online services designed to engross users aren't so easily retooled to promote greater accuracy, it turns out. Especially with online trolls, pranksters and more malicious types scheming to evade new controls as they're rolled out.

26. House committee passes bill to make Oral chemo more affordable - Friday, March 31, 2017

Despite objections to a pharmaceutical reporting requirement, a House committee this morning passed legislation designed to make oral chemotherapy medication more affordable.

By a 16-2 vote, the House Insurance and Banking Committee approved legislation sponsored by Rep. William Lamberth prohibiting an insurance provider from requiring a higher insurance co-payment for oral anti-cancer medication than for injected chemotherapy medication. The measure moves next to the Calendar & Rules Committee and then the House floor.

27. Ex-pharmacy exec convicted in deadly Tennessee meningitis outbreak - Friday, March 17, 2017

BOSTON (AP) — The former head of a Massachusetts pharmacy was acquitted Wednesday of murder allegations but convicted of racketeering and other crimes in a meningitis outbreak that was traced to fungus-contaminated drugs and killed 64 people across the country.

28. Haslam's trustee appointments - Friday, October 28, 2016

Gov. Bill Haslam's appointments to boards of trustees for Tennessee State University, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee Tech, Austin Peay, University of Memphis and East Tennessee State:

29. Why are Tennessee’s ACA rate hikes among nation’s largest? - Friday, October 16, 2015

Can you imagine your car payment going up by 44 percent next year? Or that the cost of your cable was going up another 36 percent per month?

That’s what it will feel like for hundreds of thousands of Tennesseans in 2016 as the nation gets ready for its third year of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare, which provides health care insurance to more than 231,440 people in the state who couldn’t otherwise obtain insurance.

30. Will your boss match Netflix's yearlong paid leave? - Friday, July 31, 2015

Netflix stirred envy in sleep-deprived parents nationwide by saying it will give its employees up to a year of paid leave following the birth or adoption of a child. But outside of hypercompetitive Silicon Valley, don't hold your breath for your boss to match it.

31. Poll: Obama health law fails to gain support - Friday, March 28, 2014

WASHINGTON (AP) — Public support for President Barack Obama's health care law is languishing at its lowest level since passage of the landmark legislation four years ago, according to a new poll.

32. Top commercial real estate transactions for January 2013 - Friday, March 1, 2013

Top January 2013 residential real estate transactions for Davidson, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson and Sumner counties, as compiled by Chandler Reports.

33. Florida moving ahead with Corizon, prison health privatization - Friday, July 13, 2012

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Gov. Rick Scott's administration announced Tuesday that it was moving ahead with privatizing health care services in Florida's prisons, two weeks after a Tallahassee judge refused to rule on a legal challenge by unions representing nurses and other state employees.

34. GOP chapters call for sanctions for Haslam - Friday, July 13, 2012

NASHVILLE (AP) - At least two chapters of the Tennessee Republican Party say Gov. Bill Haslam seems to be consistently lacking conservative values and have passed resolutions calling on state party leaders to sanction him.

35. High-end rentals top residential trends - Friday, February 10, 2012

A surge of new or proposed apartment construction that includes more than 3,000 new units and 15 separate projects is sweeping across Nashville’s urban neighborhoods, as well as few suburban and small city locations in Middle Tennessee.

36. Southeast Venture hires new property manager - Friday, October 28, 2011

Lee White has joined Southeast Venture as property manager and will handle the day-to-day operations of over 400,000 square feet of office and industrial space located in Brentwood, LaVergne, Antioch, Belle Meade, MetroCenter, the Gulch and airport areas.

37. New facility to bring 400 jobs to Perry County - Friday, August 26, 2011

NASHVILLE (AP) - An automotive supplier will open a new $23 million manufacturing plant and create 400 jobs in the next five years in Perry County, where the unemployment rate in recent years has reached nearly 30 percent, Gov. Bill Haslam announced Tuesday.

38. Leadership changes at Vanderbilt-Ingram - Friday, August 12, 2011

Two senior faculty members at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center have been promoted to new leadership roles.

Carlos L. Arteaga, M.D., professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology and director of the Breast Cancer Program, has accepted a new role as associate director for Clinical Research.