Jobs report spurs Dow beyond 15,000 for the first time
NEW YORK: It’s only a few days into May, but already investors have seen one surprise after another, as the Dow Jones industrial average passed 15,000 for the first time Friday on the strength of a...
View ArticleCasinos brace for impact of Internet gambling
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.: With legal gambling now moving beyond the casinos and onto the Internet, the industry is bracing for the most far-reaching changes in its history.A Las Vegas firm, Ultimate Gaming,...
View ArticleMeniru Meadery to expand into beer
JACKSON TWP.: Dr. Godwin Meniru is one busy guy.For starters, he’s a gynecologist with his own practice, the Junaelo Women’s Clinic.He’s also the owner of the Meniru Meadery, where he makes both mead...
View ArticleContinental AG sticks to 2013 targets on raw-material costs
Continental AG, Europe’s second-largest auto-parts maker, reiterated financial targets for 2013 as declining raw-material costs and new products make up for a sixth yearly contraction in its home...
View ArticleOhioans to see federal unemployment benefits cut
CINCINNATI: These days, the only dates Richard Crowe takes his wife on are hunts for bargains at the grocery store.Crowe, of Wintersville, was laid off last year from RG Steel’s coke plant in nearby...
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TUESDAY: Timken shareholders meet. WEDNESDAY: Babcock & Wilcox reports earnings. THURSDAY: Cooper Tire reports earnings.
View ArticleBetty Lin-Fisher: Understand insurance coverage if you are borrowing a car or...
Robin Schiele recently took a quick trip to Hilton Head, S.C., to pick up her mother and bring her back to Ohio.Since the Randolph Township woman’s flight was early in the morning, Schiele left her car...
View ArticleBusiness notebook — May 5
COMPANIESGoodyear Tire & Rubber Co.Boeing Co. presented Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. with a Boeing Supplier of the Year Award for its contributions to Boeing’s overall success during...
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MondayLearn Interviewing Skills with the Interview Doctor — 3-5 p.m., Hudson Library & Historical Society, 96 Library St., Hudson. Dan Toussant, the Interview Doctor, will teach interviewing skills...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — May 5
MEDIADiller makes reboundBarry Diller, the billionaire chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp, said he regrets buying Newsweek magazine, which he merged with the Daily Beast website in 2010.“I wish I hadn’t...
View ArticleBusiness solutions news items
WORKPLACESalary cut allowedQ: Is it legal for a company to cut salaries? I work as a host for a restaurant chain. After 10 years, I was making $11.50 an hour, but I was recently cut back to $9.50.A:...
View ArticleBusiness people — May 5
Akron Children’s HospitalBeth Smith was named vice president for marketing and public relations. A resident of Akron, she oversees the hospital’s advertising, marketing, and public relations programs,...
View ArticleInsurer National Interstate’s new COO a home-grown talent
Tony Mercurio grew up in Northeast Ohio and counts among his accomplishments playing on the offensive line — center and guard — for the University of Mount Union’s first NCAA championship football team...
View ArticleNew Aultman Hospital CEO enjoys challenges of job
When Christopher E. Remark was looking for a job in the financial field, he didn’t know health care would become his career.At a job fair in Canton about 16 years ago, the Walsh University graduate...
View ArticleAereo calls networks’ bluff on switching to cable
Aereo Inc. Chief Executive Officer Chet Kanojia challenged CBS Corp. and News Corp.’s Fox broadcast network to follow through on threats to go off the air and switch to cable in protest over the...
View ArticleSchulman’s new Fairlawn headquarters make statement
There’s a lot of gray and beige in the new A. Schulman headquarters in Fairlawn, but there’s nothing drab about the glass, metal and brick building.“It’s a very distinctive building,” said Joseph...
View ArticleA LOOK AT THE PLAYERS
KEY EXECUTIVESFacts and figures about the key executives in the dispute between Timken Co. and two large institutional shareholders:Ralph Whitworth• Who: Founder and principal, Relational Investors LLC...
View ArticleWhy the US economy is taking so long to recover
WASHINGTON: The American economy and job market are moving in the right direction, just not very quickly.The news Friday that U.S. employers added a solid 165,000 jobs in April and unemployment fell to...
View ArticleTimken steels itself for shareholder vote to split company
One big Timken bearings and steel company or two smaller ones?Tuesday’s annual shareholders meeting in Canton may decide the outcome of a pitch by the California State Teachers’ Pension System that $5...
View ArticleHaving money isn’t so easy
Hold those guillotines! I’d like to say a few words to provoke your sympathy for the well-off, particularly those who “have money” and don’t work for a living.Legend has it that such people have it...
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