Probe of Haslams’ Pilot Flying J might widen
NASHVILLE, TENN.: The federal investigation into the truck stop chain owned by the family of Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam and Cleveland Browns owner Jimmy Haslam led to its first convictions this week...
View ArticleApplications for US unemployment aid rise to 354,000
WASHINGTON: The number of Americans seeking unemployment aid rose 10,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 354,000, a sign layoffs have increased. Still, the level of applications is consistent with...
View ArticleU.S. economy grew 2.4 percent in first quarter
WASHINGTON: The U.S. economy grew at a modest 2.4 percent annual rate from January through March, slightly slower than initially estimated. Consumer spending was stronger than first thought, but...
View ArticleChildren’s Hospital breaks ground on $180 million addition
Beth Tenda doesn’t normally allow her three young children to play in dirt, but she made an exception Thursday.With colorful plastic shovels in hand, the trio enthusiastically moved earth during a...
View ArticlePanel approves $1 billion workers’ compensation insurance rebate to Ohio...
COLUMBUS: Directors of Ohio’s insurance fund for injured workers on Thursday unanimously approved Gov. John Kasich’s proposal to send rebate checks ranging from $5 to more than $3 million to...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — May 31
LOCAL BUSINESSNew pharmacy comingA new independent pharmacy is coming to East Akron, filling the last available space in Dave’s Middlebury Market Place shopping plaza, off East Exchange...
View ArticleStocks rise as lackluster reports ease Fed concern
NEW YORK: The stock market rose Thursday after a pair of lackluster economic reports convinced traders that the U.S. central bank will continue to boost the economy with its stimulus...
View ArticleMore charges may come in case involving Haslams
NASHVILLE: Sudden guilty pleas by a pair of mid-level executives show the investigation into the truck stop chain controlled by the family of Tennessee’s governor and the Cleveland Browns’ owner is...
View ArticleShale money could result in reduced assessments for 500,000 property owners
The Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District, flush with shale money, could reduce assessments paid by 500,000 individual property owners from Akron to the Ohio River. Action on reducing the...
View ArticleSecurity heavy at injection well meeting at Wingfoot Lake
SUFFIELD TWP.: The 55 activists and citizens worried about injection wells were safe, very safe.They were joined in and around the Pine Tree Lodge at Wingfoot Lake State Park by 30 state staffers,...
View ArticleWendy’s pretzel burger isn’t just about taste
NEW YORK: All the online buzz aside, there’s another reason why Wendy’s impending rollout of a pretzel burger has the fast-food chain excited: the profit margins.The Associated Press reported in...
View ArticleRisk-parity funds, the next ‘better mousetrap’?
The mutual fund industry is forever trying to build a better mousetrap—with mixed results.Index funds were once a novelty, but pioneers like Vanguard 500 brought about a new standard for low costs, tax...
View ArticleIt’s tech-toy gift season for fathers and grads
Along with Christmas and back-to-school, the Father’s Day-commencement season is prime time for gadget shopping. Here are a few suggestions that may appeal to the dad or grad on your list:Great sound...
View ArticleOPEC to study U.S. shale oil bonanza as export concern rises
OPEC has formed a committee to examine the impact of U.S. shale oil, an admission that the burgeoning supply is worrying some of its members.“It is a concern,” Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister Diezani...
View ArticleMcDonald’s Pushing Burgers as Salads Fail to Lure Diners
McDonald’s Corp., struggling to project a healthier image amid complaints about its high-calorie food, is having a hard time persuading customers to buy salads.Even with such names as Bacon Ranch and...
View ArticleAkron Urban League seeks participants for Ice House entrepreneur program
“Uncle Cleve” was an unlikely entrepreneur, a black man in the 1950s segregated South who found success owning the town’s ice house.His nephew, Clifton Taulbert, drew on life lessons learned from...
View ArticleBusiness news briefs — May 31
LOCAL BUSINESSJob fair in RootstownA job fair will be held from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday at the Northeast Ohio Medical University’s conference center in Rootstown at 4209 state Route 44. The event is free...
View ArticleU.S. stocks fall as data bolster concern on pace of Fed stimulus
NEW YORK: U.S. stocks fell Friday, paring the seventh monthly gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as better-than-forecast data on business activity and consumer confidence bolstered concern...
View ArticleColorado energy processor expands in Ohio
A Colorado energy company announced that it is enlarging a natural-gas processing facility in Ohio’s Noble County.The announcement came Thursday from MarkWest Utica EMG LLC, a joint venture between...
View ArticleDetroit survival depends on destruction of housing
William Pulte says the only way to truly save Detroit and get the housing market functioning properly again is to destroy large swaths of the city as quickly as possible.Pulte, a scion of the family...
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