August 26, 1996

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee’s economy continues to make slow, steady progress like an old locomotive on a long climb, a new University of Tennessee report shows. The monthly index of leading economic indicators, based on May data, improved for the seventh straight month, the UT-Knoxville Center for Business and Economic Research announced Monday. “The economy

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Tennessee-Knoxville’s master of accountancy program is the nation’s 10th best, a national publication says. The annual Public Accounting Report, a nationwide survey of accounting professors, ranks UT-Knoxville’s master’s program seventh best among public universities and its undergraduate program 20th. “This is the first time the master of accountancy program