Business news notebook — June 16
COMPANIESJarrett Logistics Systems Inc.The Orrville company was recognized as a winner of the 2013 Leading EDGE Award. The award was developed by the Entrepreneurs EDGE to recognize value-creating,...
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GOVERNMENTVA meets goalThe Department of Veterans Affairs announced it has met the goal to hire 1,600 new mental health professionals outlined in President Barack Obama’s Aug. 31 executive order.The...
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TuesdayToastmasters Akron 151 — 6:30 to 8 p.m., Summa St. Thomas Hospital, 444 N. Main St., Akron. Information: 330-733-7683.Northeast Ohio Business Alliance — 7:30 to 9 a.m., Real Estate Capital...
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Davey Tree Expert Co.Chris Bast was appointed treasurer. Bast joined the company after a 19-year career with Diebold. He is a certified public accountant and a certified treasury...
View ArticleSilver investors take $5 billion hit
Silver is punishing investors amid diminishing trust in precious metals as a store of wealth and concern that growth is weakening, with $5.2 billion erased from the value of their near-record holdings...
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View ArticleBetty Lin-Fisher: Beware of ‘free’ medical alert systems, Medicare calls
Remember what you were taught when you were little?If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.And another one: There’s no such thing as a free lunch.Most people can spot a scam or plot to trick...
View ArticleCompanies fighting back against hackers
Frustrated by their inability to stem an onslaught of computer hackers, some companies are considering adopting the standards of the Wild West to fight back against online bandits.In taking an...
View ArticleSterling Jewelers finds social media goes well with jewelry
Kay Jewelers — the chain operated by Sterling Jewelers Inc. of Akron — sure gets a lot of social media love.Nearly 800,000 people have clicked that they “like” the Kay Jewelers Facebook page.And to...
View ArticleAkron chamber plans visit to Omaha, Neb.
Akron community and business leaders will visit Omaha, Neb., in September in a program designed to learn from what other cities call their best practices.The Sept. 15-17 trip is a follow-up by the...
View ArticleBusiness news solutions items — June 16
COMPUTERSOutlook error messageQ: I’ve been using Microsoft Outlook on my 2010 MacBook Pro with the OS X version 10.6.8 operating system. But in March I started getting an error message when I tried to...
View ArticleInfoCision’s history
1982 — Gary Taylor, who began his career as a television time-buyer with the Humbard Foundation, forms InfoCision as a telemarketing company.1983 — Bill Forsyth, a former Bell Labs computer software...
View ArticleInterview attempts failed
The Beacon Journal sent four emails to InfoCision over a two-week period requesting a face-to-face interview with the company’s chief of staff, Steve Brubaker, in connection with these stories. The...
View ArticleDetails of the lawsuit
A class-action lawsuit against InfoCision was filed Dec. 10, 2010, in U.S. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, and presided over by Judge Sara Lioi. It was settled May 9, 2012.The lead plaintiff...
View ArticleFormer plaintiffs discuss InfoCision’s tactics, policies
In January, InfoCision Management Corp. was named “One of America’s Top 150 Workplaces” by an organization called WorkplaceDynamics.At least 318 people who were part of a lawsuit against the Bath...
View ArticleWays to improve online life, save money
As the year began, I decided I would get serious about digital cleanup — to save money and improve my online life.For a while, I had been putting off tasks such as backing up computer files and...
View ArticleMedicare: Someone is going broke
Will I have a doctor next year? I worry about that. You might worry a bit too, if you happen to be of Medicare age.When the 2013 Medicare trustees report was released two weeks ago, the immediate media...
View ArticleOhio gas prices coming back down
COLUMBUS: Relax, Ohio motorists. Gas prices are moving back down.After hovering around $4 a gallon for a couple weeks because of refinery problems in the Great Lakes region, prices at the pump have...
View ArticleInfoCision declines to comment
The Beacon Journal sought comment from InfoCision for this story. Representatives from InfoCision declined to comment. Here is the complete email exchange between the Beacon Journal and...
View ArticleAkron General ER doctor honored
A longtime Akron General Medical Center emergency medicine doctor has earned statewide recognition. Dr. Thomas Hetrick recently was named 2013 Emergency Medicine Physician of the Year by the Ohio...
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