Kentucky Business News

The Wichita Eagle Stores across Wichita and the nation opened their doors well before dawn Friday, kicking off the holiday shopping season with discounts on everything from toys to TVs. Hundreds of shoppers were lined up in front of Old...

Fayette County had the lowest unemployment rate at 7.8 percent, followed by Calloway (8 percent), Boyd (8.4 percent), and Jessamine, Madison, Oldham, Rowan and Scott (8.8 percent each). The highest unemployment rate was in Magoffin County (21.7 percent), followed by...

Jere Downs of the Louisville Courier-Journal reports that 10,000 people applied for 90 jobs at a General Electric factory there over the course of three days. The positions have a salary of approximately $27,000 annually, but come with extensive benefits....

Churchill Downs Inc. has hired a staffer at the American Gaming Association as senior vice president of corporate and government relations. D. Brett Hale will start the job on Jan. 4 and report to Robert L. Evans, president and chief...

For the most part, the additional weeks can only be used before the end of the year. Officials say that despite the delays, Kentucky and Indiana residents won't lose out on benefits because claims can be back-dated to Nov. 8,...

Pizza Hut is banking on it, with new marketing for its chicken wings, now sold in about half the chain's 6,200 U.S. restaurants...Pizza Hut is banking on it, with new marketing for its chicken wings, now sold in about half...

But, the PSC said, electric utilities should consider using stronger lines and placing poles closer together in some areas; cell phone companies should look to generators to keep their towers operating; and residents should be better prepared to face natural...

58 AM CST In light of the current economic times and an environmental disaster late last year, Tennessee Valley Authority is mostly holding the line on executive compensation. At a meeting Thursday in Bowling Green, TVA board chairman Mike Duncan...

On Tuesday, it was their turn to take a precious commodity home. After selling the sales toppers at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select and Keeneland September yearling auctions, the Lyons were the headliners again after buying stakes winner Holiday Runner for...