Bill Brewer

• Navigating complex financial issues Published 09/03/2012 at 3 a.m.

  An unexpected thing happened to Ed Pershing on his way to a career as a corporate lawyer — the health-care industry exploded.

• Ch-Ch-Changes: Bill Brewer leaves News Sentinel Published 03/11/2012 at 5 a.m.

  I'm not a fan of goodbye columns. But like many of you, I'm captivated by history and trends.

• Harper upgrading second dealership for Tennessee-made auto Published 03/02/2012 at 7:40 p.m.

  The popularity of Volkswagen's Chattanooga-made Passat has been a boon to Knoxville's recently expanded VW dealership, and that result has led Harper Dealerships to launch a similar upgrade of its Harper Infiniti business, which will begin getting Tennessee-made Infiniti luxury ...

• Comcast cutting some local jobs, adding more Published 02/29/2012 at 7 p.m.

  As Comcast cuts 16 local positions and transfers the work to Chattanooga, the telecommunications company is filling 85 other jobs at its Asheville Highway operations center.

• Bill Brewer: Tempting Georgia with Aqua-Volva Published 02/19/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Beware of Georgians bearing airplane passengers.

• National Seating exiting Tellico Plains, another company entering Updated 02/13/2012 at 8:57 p.m.

  One company’s loss is another company’s gain, and Monroe County is glad it’s a wash.

• Caris Healthcare acquires S.C.-based Solaris Hospice Published 01/31/2012 at 7:50 p.m.

  A Knoxville-based hospice care network is finding growth in this nascent health care business through acquisition.

• South College receives pharmacy accreditation Published 01/23/2012 at 8 p.m.

  South College, which has admitted its first doctorate class in pharmacy and has been awaiting formal approval from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, received notice Monday that the new program is accredited to begin classes.

• Local VW dealership riding Passat wave Published 01/05/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Shannon Harper has a front-row seat to Volkswagen's sales performance. His VW dealership's 2011 sales reflect the automaker's strong overall results. In fact, Harper is making a hefty bet that sales of VW models, led by the Chattanooga-manufactured Passat, will ...

• Bill Brewer: Dreaming of better days and other silly notions Published 01/01/2012 at 4 a.m.

  Quick, call a tutor. We must be failing history.

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