Nov 25 Economy This Weekend Is Small Business Saturday In Louisville (And Elsewhere) There are more than 870 member businesses in LIBA, the Louisville Independent Business Alliance. And a lot of them will have their doors open on Saturday. By Staff Nov 25 Economy This Weekend Is Small Business Saturday In Louisville Staff
Oct 20 Economy At Ft. Knox Summit, Veterans Learn How To Become Entrepreneurs "Turning Your Great Ideas Into Gold" was organized by the Kentucky Innovation Network to give veterans the tools they need to start their own businesses. By Roxanne Scott Oct 20 Economy At Ft. Knox Summit, Veterans Learn How To Become Entrepreneurs Roxanne Scott
Oct 18 Community Ford To Temporarily Idle Louisville Plant, Others After six years of growth, U.S. demand for new vehicles is slowing. So far this year, overall industry sales are flat compared to 2015. By Associated Press Oct 18 Community Ford To Temporarily Idle Louisville Plant, Others Associated Press
Oct 4 Economy Thinking Of Starting A Business? New Data Point To Elizabethtown According to data just released from the U.S. Census Bureau, Elizabethtown topped the list of metro areas with the fastest-growing rate of new startups. By Roxanne Scott Oct 4 Economy Thinking Of Starting A Business? New Data Point To Elizabethtown Roxanne Scott
Oct 3 Economy New Kentucky Home: From Battle Zone Refugee To Business Owner We spoke with a former refugee about how the small business he started is creating a community of support for refugees making Kentucky their new home. By Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource Oct 3 Economy New Kentucky Home: From Battle Zone Refugee To Business Owner Becca Schimmel, Ohio Valley ReSource
Sep 24 Economy Minority Business Fair Returns To Fourth Street Live Next month's Metro Diverse Business Fair takes place at Fourth Street Live, which has been of accused of racial discrimination in recent years. By Roxanne Scott Sep 24 Economy Minority Business Fair Returns To Fourth Street Live Roxanne Scott
Sep 21 Economy A Nation Engaged: Recruiters Talk Job Opportunities In Louisville We visited a career fair organized by the workforce agency KentuckianaWorks. Here's what recruiters there had to say about jobs and the local economy. By Roxanne Scott Sep 21 Economy A Nation Engaged: Recruiters Talk Job Opportunities In Louisville Roxanne Scott
Sep 19 Economy A Nation Engaged: Economic Opportunities For More Americans This week, we’re participating in a national week of conversation alongside NPR and fellow member stations called A Nation Engaged. By Roxanne Scott Sep 19 Economy A Nation Engaged: Economic Opportunities For More Americans Roxanne Scott
Jul 26 Economy Can New Direct Flights Boost Louisville’s Economy? Reducing travel time between cities can lead to more investment in a region. It can also decrease costs, such as shipping goods. By Roxanne Scott Jul 26 Economy Can New Direct Flights Boost Louisville's Economy? Roxanne Scott
Jul 3 Economy For The Fourth, Fireworks Sales Boom Across The River Darren McKinley asks a customer if they’ll being paying cash or credit at the Phantom Fireworks cash register. The customer pulls out neatly folded twenties as workers pack their bags on the Friday morning before the Fourth of July holiday. It’s 8:30 a.m., and three customers have entered the store so far. It’s expected to get […] By Roxanne Scott Jul 3 Economy For The Fourth, Fireworks Sales Boom Across The River Roxanne Scott
May 23 Community LISTEN: Inside Phoenix Hill Tavern’s ‘Museum’ Of Memorabilia As anyone who ever visited knows, the 25,000-square-foot club was also known for its memorabilia and antiques, which are being sold at auction. By Roxanne Scott May 23 Community Inside Phoenix Hill Tavern's 'Museum' Of Memorabilia Roxanne Scott
May 20 Community The NRA’s Economic Impact In Louisville Is Expected To Be Huge The NRA is controversial, but along with controversy comes money -- big money. And their stop in Louisville is no exception. By Roxanne Scott May 20 Community The NRA's Economic Impact In Louisville Is Expected To Be Huge Roxanne Scott
Jan 5 Investigations Louisville-based PharMerica Settles Fraud Lawsuit PharMerica Corp., the Louisville-based company and one of the nation’s biggest providers of drugs to nursing homes, closed out its 2015 by agreeing to write another large check to the government to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defrauding federal health care programs. The agreement to pay $2.5 million was announced by the U.S. attorney’s […] By James McNair Jan 5 Investigations Louisville-based PharMerica Settles Fraud Lawsuit James McNair
Oct 21 Community LISTEN: After Key Vote, What’s Next For Humana On Monday, shareholders voted to approve a $37 billion deal to sell Louisville-based Fortune 500 company Humana to health insurer Aetna, which is headquartered in Connecticut. The vote is another hurdle cleared for the companies, but shareholders aren’t the final arbiter; federal regulators are still reviewing the terms and aren’t expected to finish their work for […] By Stephen George Oct 21 Community LISTEN: After Key Vote, What’s Next For Humana Stephen George
Oct 20 Community Louisville-Based Yum Brands Plans To Spin Off China Business NEW YORK — The owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell plans to spin off its China business into a separate, publicly traded company. Shares of Louisville-based Yum Brands Inc. gained more than 4 percent in Tuesday premarket trading. Yum Brands said that it believes the China business, called Yum China, could grow from […] By Associated Press Oct 20 Community Louisville-Based Yum Brands Plans To Spin Off China Business Associated Press