A solar home isn’t for everyone
As someone who considers himself an environmentalist, I’d love to get a solar array for my home. But I’m finding that it may not make a lot of sense — at least right now.My wife and I drive fairly...
View ArticleBlackBerry Q10, the keyboard strikes back
The BlackBerry has finally caught up to the world of touch-screen smartphones. It took time — six years, from the launch of the first iPhone — and it may be too late to save the company that makes it....
View ArticleSocial gifting boom spawns dozens of companies
Buying a birthday present for a friend? Forget the wrapping paper and bow. This is the age of social gifting, and all you need is a Facebook account and mobile application.The latest buzz in e-commerce...
View ArticleAre you a tax cheat if you shop online tax-free?
WASHINGTON: Buy anything on the Internet lately without paying sales tax? In all but a few states, you’re probably a tax cheat.That’s right, even if Internet retailers don’t collect sales tax at the...
View ArticleOhio gas prices up to start work week
COLUMBUS: Ohio motorists are paying more for gas this week.A gallon of regular gas in Ohio was listed at an average of about $3.68 in Monday’s survey from auto club AAA, the Oil Price Information...
View ArticleNew natural gas pipeline could run from Utica shale region through Akron area...
A large pipeline proposed for transporting natural gas from eastern Ohio’s Utica shale through Detroit and into southern Ontario would run under several communities in the Akron-Canton area.The...
View ArticleGM plans to invest about $16 billion in home market by ’16
General Motors Co., profitable for 13 consecutive quarters, is planning to invest about $16 billion on U.S. factories and facilities through 2016, more than it will spend in China, the company...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — May 6
LOCAL BUSINESSPearce Engineering joins GPDAkron engineering and architectural firm GPD Group has acquired an Akron-based electrical engineering firm.Pearce Engineering and its three employees have...
View ArticleWarren Buffett offers advice on investing and life
OMAHA: Billionaire Warren Buffett dispensed plenty of advice on investing and life during the Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting held last weekend.The wisdom Buffett and his investing partner...
View ArticleTimken stockholders reveal steel spinoff votes today
Sometime late this morning, the public will find out if a majority of Timken Co. stock owners want to spin off the Canton company’s steel operations.This history-in-the-making vote takes place starting...
View ArticleMost U.S. stocks advance as S&P 500 extends last week’s record
NEW YORK: Most U.S. stocks rose Monday as the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index extended its record level following data last week that showed American employers added more workers than forecast in...
View ArticlePneumococcal vaccine promoted for heart patients
A group of local heart specialists has joined with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases to boost pneumonia vaccination rates among at-risk patients.Northeast Ohio Cardiovascular Specialists...
View ArticleAnti-fracking amendment on ballot in Youngstown
COLUMBUS: Voters were weighing a proposal Tuesday to ban hydraulic fracturing in a northeast Ohio city where disposal of wastewater from the drilling method led to earthquakes and alleged groundwater...
View ArticleMany part-timers to lose pay amid health act’s new math
Many part-time workers are facing what is being called a double whammy from President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act.The law requires large employers offering health insurance to include part-time...
View ArticleNew stock market milestone: Dow 15,000
NEW YORK: The Dow Jones industrial average punched through another milestone Tuesday: its first close above 15,000.The Dow rose 87.31 points to 15,056.20 points Tuesday, a gain of 0.6 percent.It was...
View ArticleFirstEnergy’s first-quarter profit down nearly 36 percent
Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp.’s profit fell nearly 36 percent in the first quarter, the company said Tuesday morning.The company reported net income of $196 million for the first quarter of 2013....
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — May 7
LOCAL BUSINESSGas price increasesThe monthly natural gas price for customers who have chosen Dominion’s Standard Choice Offer (SCO) or those who don’t choose their own supplier will go up slightly....
View ArticleSchulman employees celebrate new home
FAIRLAWN: A. Schulman Inc. officials on Tuesday marveled that it was fewer than 10 months ago when they broke ground on the company’s new headquarters.Officials of the global polymer company recalled...
View ArticleTimken Co. steel spinoff gets historic shareholder backing
CANTON: Now it gets interesting.For more than 100 years, there has been one Timken Co. in Canton. The city may get two smaller ones.The pair of activist shareholders that successfully passed a...
View ArticleDow average gains, holds on to 15,000 level
NEW YORK: The Dow Jones industrial average rose Wednesday, closing above 15,000 for a second day after breaching the landmark level for the first time Tuesday.On Wednesday, a day without any major...
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