Ohio’s manufacturing gains likely to continue
After years of outsourcing production, U.S. manufacturers are beginning to step up jobs at home in response to rising costs in foreign markets and the productivity of American workers.Added factory...
View ArticleLeaders tour BioInnovation Institute headquarters
About 150 health-care, community and state leaders and other invited guests celebrated the recent opening of the new headquarters for the Austen BioInnovation Institute in Akron during a ceremony and...
View ArticleLawsuit charges InfoCision with misrepresentation
A lawsuit seeking class-action certification has been filed in Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court against Bath Twp.-based InfoCision Management Corp. The second-largest privately held teleservices firm...
View ArticleNew data, but not much new in Wyo. fracking study
CHEYENNE, WYO.: New samples from beneath a Wyoming gas field where the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency linked hydraulic fracturing to groundwater pollution seem unlikely to sway hearts and minds...
View ArticleHigh court declines to force JobsOhio agreement
COLUMBUS: A divided Ohio Supreme Court tossed a complaint Friday that state officials hoped might resolve legal concerns about the state’s new private job-creation entity and seal JobsOhio’s right to...
View ArticleBusiness moves — Sept. 30
Fifth Third BankJeff Ferry was hired as vice president, commercial middle market relationship manager. He will provide financial solutions to the bank’s current and prospective commercial middle market...
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Gene NixonHealth commissionerSummit County Public HealthNot surprisingly, the downturn in the economy including job availability, housing affordability and poverty rates negatively affects health in...
View ArticleBusiness notes — Sept. 30
COMPANIESAkron/Summit Convention & Visitors BureauThe Ohio Association of Convention & Visitors Bureaus presented the Akron/Summit Convention & Visitors Bureau with a First Place MIDDY...
View ArticleWestern oil boom comes with trade-offs
SIDNEY, MONT.: Politicians are quick to extol the virtues of domestic oil drilling while ignoring the trade-offs. Here in this fast-developing Western oil patch, the gritty side of America’s new oil...
View ArticleA look at the yield famine
Some people hate buying food. They think it is boring, a weekly drudgery they would rather avoid.Not me. I think buying food is fun. I enjoyed doing it in 1960 as a college student. I enjoyed doing it...
View ArticleWhat college students — and parents — need to know about banking
Now that the fall semester’s well under way, college students should take a moment to reconsider their banking options. According to a May 2012 report by the U.S. PIRG Education Fund, more than 900...
View ArticleLeslie H. Wexner: Forever young
It doesn’t take long when talking to Leslie H. Wexner to realize there’s nothing limited about his outlook for the future. At 75, he still talks about growing his business, staying involved in the...
View ArticleSprint’s CEO sees 2014 rebound after beating Apple shares
Sprint Nextel Corp. shares have outperformed Apple Inc. this year, along with all but one other stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index. Can this be real?“I tell the team here, ‘You’re not going...
View ArticleNext cold war? Gas drilling boom rattles Russia
PITTSBURGH: The Kremlin is watching, European nations are rebelling, and some suspect Moscow is secretly bankrolling a campaign to derail the West’s strategic plans.It’s not some Cold War movie; it’s...
View ArticleOhio gas prices holding steady
COLUMBUS: Ohio motorists will see gas prices holding steady as they begin a new work week.The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the state was $3.72 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the...
View ArticleHonda recalls 600,000 Accords to fix faulty hoses
DETROIT: Honda is recalling 600,000 Accord midsize cars in the U.S. and Canada to fix a faulty power steering hose that can leak fluid and cause a fire.The recall affects Accords with V-6 engines from...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — Oct. 1
LOCAL BUSINESSClosings at Curves fitnessThe Ellet and Barberton locations of Curves — fitness centers for women — have closed.Franchise co-owner Diane Kennedy of Green said the 10-year franchise...
View ArticlePa. plant under study for natural gas conversion by FirstEnergy
FirstEnergy Corp. is looking at burning natural gas to produce electricity at one of its largest coal-burning power plants.The Akron-based utility is studying adding natural gas to coal to produce...
View ArticleLockheed drops plans to issue layoff notices on budget cuts
Lockheed Martin Corp., the world’s largest defense contractor with operations in Akron, dropped plans to issue layoff notices in anticipation of defense spending cuts set to begin Jan. 2.Lockheed said...
View ArticleHealth Bulletin Board: Global health focus of conference, benefit
Akron Children’s Hospital is raising money and awareness to help young patients in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation. The hospital is hosting a Global Health Conference throughout the day Oct....
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